Chris: Hi there! Please introduce yourself.
LeoWAGMI: I go by the name @LeoWAGMI on Twitter and am one of the founders of Trumpy Dumpy. I have a background in building ecommerce and brick & mortar brands. I worked for large companies where annual sales averaged 9 figures. My role was to manage several divisions that partnered with existing brands or created internal ones and placed them on the shelves of the largest retailers in the country. I have been investing in crypto since 2017. Inspired by NFTs I decided it was time to use my experience and relationships to put a team together and build something different than any other NFT collection.
Chris: The most striking information about Trumpy Dumpy is the experience of the team. You have 20 years of experience! How is your team organized and how do you add value to Trumpy Dumpy NFT?
LeoWAGMI: Our team consists of career developers, entrepreneurs and creators. Most of the team works everyday out of our New York office. We have a wide range of skills and talents but only one mission. That mission is to help bring more people into the NFT space. Combining a team with knowledge in Web3, crypto, building companies & brands in the real world makes me confident that we will create something special with the Trumpy Dumpy collection.
Chris: Not only this, but you also provide free minting for Trumpy Dumpy NFT. How does it work?
LeoWAGMI: To make our collection accessible to more people we decided that making it free to mint is the best approach. So, on 2/27/22 our general mint will go live and allow anyone with a Metamask wallet to mint up to 5 Trumpy Dumpy NFTs.
Chris: So, how do you plan to fund the team?
LeoWAGMI: The founders are using our own capital to fund the team and marketing campaigns. We will use some of the royalties on Opensea to help fund future marketing campaigns and partnerships. We believe it’s important for an NFT project to bring value first.
Chris: More importantly, what will be the minting process? Do the buyers only pay gas?
LeoWAGMI: Yes, buyers will only need to pay for gas to mint up to 5 Trumpy Dumpy NFTs. Our contract is optimized which will help keep gas fees low.
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Chris: There are 10,000 NFTs to be released in the public sale. How is each token unique and different from the others?
LeoWAGMI: We worked with over a dozen artists to add their own touch to our collection. We ended up with over 260 unique traits. The traits colloid political humor, vibes and cultures. Since we started our crypto journey on Twitter and never left,(but now we also have discord, I would advise you to follow) we made sure to include some of our favorite Crypto Twitter terms.
Chris: What can the investors do with their adorable Trumpy Dumpy NFTs?
LeoWAGMI: Aside from bringing as many people into the NFT space as possible we want our collection to truly have value for our community. So, in the next phases our artists will create 3D versions of the Trumpy Dumpy collection. Our developers will build an exclusive space for our members in the Sandbox metaverse. Once complete we will invite comedians and other talents that match our vibes and host member only events for our community.
Chris: Subsequently, what are your plans on the marketing of the Trumpy Dumpy NFTs? Please elaborate on them.
LeoWAGMI: Being part of the space for several years our founders have seen many launches of crypto and NFT projects. Currently the space is filled with NFT projects that acquire bots to make it seem like their community is larger than it is. This leads to people fomo buying into pump and dumps. So, we wanted to take a different approach and grow our community quietly and organically. Currently we have billboard trucks in Miami, New York & Texas driving around raising awareness. We believe this will help with onboarding people that are unfamiliar to NFTs. Also, we are actively looking to partner with comedians and other talents to introduce Trumpy Dumpy to their audience.
Chris: In the end, what are the key milestones that are targeted to be achieved by the team of Trumpy Dumpy this year?
LeoWAGMI: Based on the small amount of marketing we’ve done in several US states we found that there is a huge audience that appreciates our collection! So, we will create content to help explain Web3 and NFTs to anyone that wants to learn. Our free mint makes it accessible for most to make Trumpy Dumpy their first NFT. The 3D collection and Sandbox experience will both be complete this year. That is all that I can share for now .
