Solana Spaces shuts down physical stores to focus on NFT airdrop … – Cryptopolitan

Solana Spaces shuts down physical stores to focus on NFT airdrop … – Cryptopolitan

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Solana Spaces will close New York and Miami stores 7 months after

TL;DR Breakdown

  • Solana Spaces announced that it would close its two retail stores in New York City and Miami at the end of the month.
  • The company said it would shift its focus to its NFT airdrop platform DRiP.

On February 21, Solana Spaces announced that it would close its two retail stores in New York City and Miami at the end of the month. The Solana-themed, community-oriented stores intended to onboard more users but didn’t reach their goals. In a tweet accompanying the announcement, founder Vibhu Norby gave his reasons for the store shutdowns.

The following is a note from our founder, @vibhu.

Dear @solanaspaces community,

We’ve made the difficult decision to sunset our stores in NYC and Miami by the end of February, and to pivot our Solana onboarding efforts into digital products like DRiP, our free NFT product with… https://t.co/kjNu9Ay4Gk

— Solana Spaces (@solanaspaces) February 21, 2023

The ambitious initiative of opening two stores in the Hudson Yards neighborhood of Manhattan and the Wynwood section of Miami was relatively short-lived, having only officially opened in late July and August. Founder Norby explained that Solana Spaces reached an “inflection point” with the stores, prompting them to shift their investment focus to “DRiP,” their new nonfungible token artwork airdrop platform. With DRiP onboarding the same quantity of people every day as the stores onboarded, between 500 and 1,000 each week, the decision to close the shops was made “a few weeks ago,” and they will “sunset” at the end of February. Norby stated that this was part of a broader plan to onboard more people into the Solana and Web3 ecosystem.

“Our endowed mission from day one was to experiment with new and disruptive models to bring people to Web3 and to serve the community on behalf of the Solana Foundation.”

Vibhu Norby

As CEO Norby explained, the stores successfully brought people into Solana—but they ultimately felt that focusing on its new NFT airdrop platform DRiP would be a more efficient way to build their user base.

The space featured wallet onboarding tutorials, rewards, merchandise shopping, and events for customers to attend. Initially, Norby had hoped to bring in over 100,000 people per month – but unfortunately, only 75,000 managed to visit the store during its seven-month run. Despite this setback, Solana Spaces was still sponsored by the Solana Foundation, Orca, and Phantom wallet provider – and while it wasn’t able to continue running, it was still able to win over a lot of fans.

Just visited for my 2nd time a few days ago!
Thank you for the experience!
Every time I come to Miami I have to make a pilgrimage to SolanaSpaces 😁🤝 pic.twitter.com/ugCqbSyIzg

— Investrepreneuer.sol (@LordHearMePray) February 15, 2023

Other industry players, such as Star Atlas and Aurory, have acknowledged Solana Spaces’ contribution to the crypto space.

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Damilola Lawrence

Damilola Lawrence

Damilola is a crypto enthusiast, content writer, and journalist. When he is not writing, he spends most of his time reading and keeping tabs on exciting projects in the blockchain space. He also studies the ramifications of Web3 and blockchain development to have a stake in the future economy.

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