COUNTRY

Hong Kong

TEAM SIZE

5

BUDGET

NDA

INDUSTRY

NFT Marketplace

TECHNOLOGIES

Solidity/React

About the Project

Refinable built an end-to-end NFT platform that aimed to remove minting friction and high gas costs by operating on Binance Smart Chain and other chains, providing creators with no-code minting, storefronts, auctions and a discoverability layer for collectors. The team launched a native token (FINE) via a Polkastarter IDO and integrated marketplace mechanics (primary sales, royalties, secondary trading) so creators and brands could monetize digital assets while leveraging lower fees and faster confirmations than some alternative chains. Refinable also pursued partnerships and ecosystem integrations to expand creator tools and marketplace liquidity.

Challenges in Development

IDO / launch scalability

The Polkastarter IDO experienced heavy demand and early infrastructure strain typical of hot token launches, requiring coordination across chains and pools.

Trust & IP moderation

Ensuring content quality, IP rights and moderation in an open creator marketplace required policy, tooling and human review workflows. (industry common-sense challenge)

Cross-chain complexity & fees

Managing metadata, bridges and token standards across chains created technical and UX complexity for minting, transfers and royalties

Solutions: Our software agency provided

We hardened the launch infrastructure and queueing so the Polkastarter IDO and early token flows scaled without repeated outages. We simplified the creator experience with guided minting, wallet helpers and optional fiat rails so onboarding conversion increased. We implemented liquidity and promotional mechanics (curated drops, timed auctions) to concentrate demand and improve secondary fills. Finally, we added moderation and IP-protection workflows so brands and creators felt safer bringing premium drops to the marketplace.

QUODD Screenshot
QUODD Screenshot
Key Features of the Application

1. No-code NFT minting

Refinable provided creators with a simple UI to mint ERC-721/1155 NFTs without writing smart contracts.

2. Multi-chain marketplace

The product operated primarily on BSC at launch and supported cross-chain or multi-network flows to reduce gas friction for users.

3. Creator storefronts & drops

Artists and brands could set up storefronts, run drops/auctions and configure royalties and sale mechanics.

4. Secondary trading & discovery

The platform offered a searchable marketplace and trading UI for secondary sales, with social/discovery features to surface creator works.

5. Native token (FINE) utility

The FINE token was issued as the protocol token used for ecosystem incentives, governance signals and marketplace utility tied to token economics.

QUODD App Screenshot
Technologies We Use in This Project

The solution improved user engagement, and a pilot adoption rate exceeding expectations.

Results — Marketplace Growth & Operational Stability

Refinable launched via a Polkastarter IDO that sold out its pools and validated early market demand. Post-launch, the BSC-centric model lowered mint fees and enabled fast onboarding, which increased the flow of creator listings. Token listings (FINE) gave the community on-chain economic levers, though liquidity and price were subject to broader market conditions. Operational and UX fixes (queueing, onboarding, moderation) materially improved launch reliability and creator/buyer confidence during subsequent drops.

Genie App Screenshot