How it works

Founder Pass + Drops, end-to-end.

Owny is two passes that work together. A creator deploys a numbered Founder Pass for their top 500 fans, then ships a themed Drop every quarter. Founders claim every Drop free, for life. Casual fans can buy any Drop directly. Both passes resell on the same marketplace; the creator earns 5% on every resale, forever.

For creators

Five steps to live.

  1. 01
    Sign up
    Email + passkey or existing wallet. ~30 seconds.
  2. 02
    Deploy your Founder Pass
    Set price, supply, royalty. ~€0.20 gas. Live in three minutes.
  3. 03
    Set perks
    10-perk template with sensible defaults: Discord, AMAs, votes, drops, DMs, discount, early access, postcards.
  4. 04
    Launch
    Record the 90-second script. Pin a comment on your next video. Drop your owny.io/@handle link in the description.
  5. 05
    Ship a Drop each quarter
    Founders auto-claim free. Casual fans buy in. New marketing event every season.
For fans

Five steps to your seat at the table.

  1. 01
    Find a creator
    Click owny.io/@handle from a YouTube video description, X post, or Discord.
  2. 02
    Buy a Founder Pass with a card
    Email sign-in, credit card. Your pass arrives in a wallet we manage. No seed phrase.
  3. 03
    Access the perks
    Discord role auto-assigned. Live AMA invites land in your inbox. Vote on monthly polls.
  4. 04
    Claim every Drop free
    Each quarter the creator ships a Drop. One signature on your dashboard claims it. Lifetime ownership.
  5. 05
    Resell anytime
    List your Founder Pass or any Drop on Owny's marketplace. Set your price; the creator earns 5% on the sale.
What about crypto?

Most fans never need to think about it.

Technically, Owny passes are NFTs on Base. Fans never see that word. They sign in with email, pay with a credit card, and their pass arrives in a wallet we manage for them. The words "wallet," "blockchain," "gas," and "NFT" never appear in the buy flow.

Creators, on the other hand, see full transparency: contract addresses, transaction hashes, exact fee splits, holder addresses. The dashboard reads more like Stripe than Patreon — numbers and tables, not vibes.

If Owny disappears tomorrow, the contracts on Base still work. Your passes still work. The marketplace still works. We're a non-custodial protocol — we never hold funds.

How the money flows

Concrete numbers, every path.

Three real examples — primary mint, Drop mint, and resale. The cap on Owny's 2.5% protocol fee is enforced in the contract. We can never charge more than 5%, ever, by code.

Primary mint — €150 Founder Pass
buyer pays €150.00
  • Creator€146.2597.5%
  • Owny€3.752.5%
Primary mint — €30 Drop
buyer pays €30.00
  • Creator€29.2597.5%
  • Owny€0.752.5%
Resale — €200 Founder Pass on the marketplace
buyer pays €200.00
  • Seller€185.0092.5%
  • Creator royalty€10.005.0%
  • Owny€5.002.5%

Pick your side.

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The protocol fee cap (2.5% today, 5% maximum) is enforced in the factory contract — read it for yourself: factory · marketplace · profile.