SlyceUp: Marketplace for NFT Leasing

SlyceUp is a marketplace to discover NFTs to rent. These NFTs grant you time-bound ownership and unlock special access and memberships.

I founded SlyceUp in April 2022, and my two cofounders joined in May and June of 2022. We came together to create a renting protocol and boutique NFT marketplace that catered towards women. We wanted to be the bridge that brought a new demographic of users to web3.

My role was co-CEO with a focus on product. I lead user research and spoke to over 90+ users. In addition, I designed the UI, UX and visual design of the site.

We closed SlyceUp in May 2023 due to market timing. Through our research and work, we discovered that we were a bit too early in the NFT renting space and the NFT industry needed to mature a little more before NFT renting could take off.

Here was our progress:

  • 50 signups to our waitlist.

  • Built an MVP in Bubble to test initial assumptions and get early feedback.

  • 5 agreements of interest with creators / businesses from our Bubble demo.

  • Attended ETHDenver, Outer Edge LA and Zuzalu to network and get early feedback and interest from potential users.

  • Started to build our audience through Twitter and LinkedIn - 200 followers on LinkedIn and 42 on Twitter.

Marketplace

The SlyceUp marketplace featured seven topics in the navigation. We focused on businesses involved in City & Travel, Fashion, Film, Food & Drink, Music, Education and Social.

The homepage highlighted three businesses and their offerings.

SlyceUp Website

The SlyceUp homepage was the user’s entry point to SlyceUp. They could apply for priority access or access the marketplace in the navigation.

All pages were designed in Figma.

Example Offering

This page shows what your offering could look like on SlyceUp. We used ATX DAO’s membership as an example.

You select an NFT and it takes you to the next page.

After selecting the NFT you’d like to rent, you enter this page.

You input the number of weeks you’d like to rent this NFT for and the price is calculated in both MATIC and USD.

You then select ‘Access’ and a pop up appears to connect your wallet.

We used existing renting protocols while developing our own.

After the renting time period ended, the NFT would seamlessly leave your wallet and go back to the owner’s wallet.