An in-depth look at how software development companies use NFTs Table of Content 1.Effective business relationship 2.NFT-based digital seal of authenticity 3.Blockchain domain NFTs for security and censorship 4.Tokenize documentation using NFTs 5.Creating domain name ownership 6.Offer tokens to active team members 7.Digital Assets to incentivize customers 8.Create digital assets for unique experience 9.Manage digital marketplace and portfolio 10.Ownership for digital assets such as code, or website 11.NFT to secure user accounts and assure autonomy 12.Multiple reasons 13.Conclusion NFTs have gained tremendous popularity and taken the digital world by storm. These are the fastest-growing assets that are built using Blockchain technology. NFTs are unique collectibles whose value is tied to their uniqueness; hence these cannot be exchanged for one another. There are several platforms where users can mint unique NFTs, bid on them, and sell them in the auction for cryptocurrencies. The best part is, it provides proof of ownership for digital objects; and allows you to check the status of each transaction. Several clients began to focus on NFT project development since they are best used for ownership protection. In this blog, we will learn how software development companies use NFTs to deliver exceptional value for their clients’ businesses. Effective business relationship How Can software development Agencies Use NFTs in my opinion, software development agencies can create NFTs and their marketplaces to foster relationships between businesses and their clients. This provides an effective business relationship and enhances the placement of trade offers for the growth of both parties. The agencies can also develop smart contracts to replace the existing traditional contracts. With smart contracts, business organizations can set agreements over the computer that automatically execute the expected terms upon completing the pre-programmed conditions. This enhances simplicity, security, trust, proper record keeping, and speed and minimizes paperwork. Software development agencies can develop Blockchain smart contracts in NFTs that entail business-driven strategies to increase the integration of smart contacts and automation of services. - Tautvydas Sutkus, Counselor-at-Law of oliolusso.com NFT-based digital seal of authenticity An NFT-based digital seal of authenticity for a physical item creates more in-built trust in peer-to-peer resale and can empower a software development agency to share in the associated value capture more easily using platforms like Recurate and Trove that merge such kind of secondary trading into a branded experience. Initially, NFTs allow businesses to create a digital proof of ownership, transfer, and attendance to various experiences they offer their customers. Moreover, NFTs are instant and transparent. The software NFTs can represent ownership and track assets through systems, for example, SCM, ERP, and CRM software. It can also be used to cross-check the authenticity and manage business-critical data. - Stella Cooper - CEO at PaydayLoansUK Read More: How is Blockchain used in the software development industry? Blockchain domain NFTs for security and censorship The software development agencies use NFTs in domain name ownership. Owners can control their domains with a blockchain domain system using private keys. The internet corporation for assigned names and numbers controls the standard domain name service, and there’s limited oversight of these domains. This increases concerns about security and censorship. Blockchain domain names are permanently recorded in a public registry and can’t be eliminated or altered by a third party, assisting in eliminating these issues. Blockchain domain NFTs enable easy trading along with customizable domain names. The Ethereum Name Service and Unstoppable Domains, decentralized substitutes to the standard DNS, offer crypto-addresses analogous to Twitter or Instagram. - Maria Saenz, CEO at Fasttitleloan Tokenize documentation using NFTs The software development companies use NFTs by identifying, certifying, and doing proper documentation. Although personal identity management is one area in which NFTs can shine, it’s still early for such application. As NFTs comprise a creative set of details, they can be used to tokenize documentation, for example, degrees, licenses, academic certificates, and other qualifications. The certification or identity can be issued directly over the blockchain as an NFT, which can be traced back to the owner. Therefore, employing NFTs to protect or store personal profiles digitally and software information gives users better control over their data and helps prevent identity theft. - Madilyn Hill, CEO at TruePersonFinder Creating domain name ownership Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are monetary assets with data kept on a blockchain. It can be given by the owner and sold or traded later. That's why as a founder, it is crucial to know where you can use your NFT. These NFTs can be used to tokenize documentation such as degrees, academic certificates, licenses, and other qualifications, as well as medical records, and birth and death certificates, because they contain code with a unique set of information. Through it, you can also use private keys to control their domains which allows quick trading and customizable domain names. Finally, using NFT assures that the products' original creators and owners can be identified when selling virtual and physical real estate. - Anup Kayastha, Founder of Auto Loan Calculator Offer tokens to active team members Software development agencies can use NFTs to incentivize their employees to build high quality software. In order to encourage team members to build a product that they are proud of, the agency can hold periodic voting sessions which allows the organization to select the most impactful features to add to the product. This allows each software engineer to use the powers of their imagination to build the best product possible. Because there will be limited tokens available, the Blockchain development company can create a marketplace for their employees to purchase them. In order to do this, the agency can create a system where only active development team members can receive tokens. - Maria A. McDowell, Founder of EasySearchPeople Digital Assets to incentivize customers In the world of custom software development, digital assets have become increasingly important. With the wide variety of platforms available and the rise in cryptocurrencies, many software companies have begun to raise funds in the form of Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs). These assets are more valuable than traditional shares and can be used to incentivize and reward the consumers who support them. Additionally, NFTs are being utilized to make sure that the software developers have the proper concept of ownership over the services they created. This is especially important for clients as it lets them have more control over the quality of the software being created. - Emilia Flores, Co- founder at UKBadCreditLoans Create digital assets for unique experience NFTs can be used by software development agencies in a number of ways. One way is to use them to create digital assets that can be sold or traded. Another way is to use them to create unique experiences for clients or customers. For example, an agency could create an NFT that allows a customer to experience a virtual reality world. Or an agency could create an NFT that allows a client to access a special feature on a website. - Fiona Lewis, Co-Founder at Notta Looking to hire Ethereum Blockchain developers ? CONNECT US Manage digital marketplace and portfolio NFTs can be used by software development agencies in a number of ways. One way is to use them to create and manage a digital marketplace. By using NFTs, software development agencies can create a more secure and efficient way to sell and trade digital assets. Additionally, NFTs can be used to track the ownership and transfer of digital assets. This will allow software development agencies to manage their portfolios and ensure that their clients are getting the best possible service more easily. - Adil Advani, CEO at WELLPCB Ownership for digital assets such as code, or website NFTs can be used by software development agencies in a number of ways. One way is to use them to represent ownership of digital assets such as code, websites, or other online property. This can be helpful in protecting the ownership rights of the agency's clients. Additionally, NFTs can be used to represent shares in a company or project or to track the progress of a project. This can help agencies keep track of their work and ensure that they are meeting deadlines. Finally, NFTs can also be used to represent rewards or bonuses for employees. This can help motivate staff and keep them excited about their work. - Jie Min here, CTO at Airgram NFT to secure user accounts and assure autonomy The use scope of what can be used or coded as an NFT is limited only by the lack of code, this means that NFTs are profitable even for software agencies. NFTs are simply permanently stored data for contracts on the blockchain, and there are various ways software development agencies can take advantage of its existence and autonomy of use to make better products. One of the ways software development agencies can imbibe and maximize the use of NFTs is through using it as part of the security ware that secures their user accounts and assures autonomy. Since NFTs are trademarked by their non-fungibility, creating NFT coded security passes will ensure user accounts can neither be hacked or pried into, this might also that if a user loses his/her NFT pass, they may never again get access to the account, but people have been shown to choose security over plan B more often than now as we’ve seen with cryptocurrency. - Ellie Walters, CEO of FindPeopleFaster Multiple reasons "NFTs are Non-Fungible Tokens, and they are a form of financial security that is in the form of digital data and the NFT is secured on the blockchain. The sale and trading of NFTs can be done using the blockchain. Here’s are ways in which software development agencies can make use of NFTs effectively: 1. Creating a Secure Environment In the course of development, it is most important to ensure that the products that are developed such as websites, applications and more are created in a secure manner. NFTs help in ensuring that the security of the product is not exposed, which is how the vulnerability of the developed product is reduced substantially. 2. Creating an Identity as a Developer Another major use of NFTs for developers is that they can denote their identity to the products that they build. The developing company can make sure that they get their due credit as creators of the unique content that is put out through the developed products. 3. Human Resource Management Just like any other business, the software development agencies can make use of NFTs for managing their human resources with ease. Things like attendance, payroll management, leave management, shift management and more can be sorted with the help of records that are created using NFTs. 4. Secure Payments It is also possible to make sure that the secure digital data system of the NFTs is used for receiving payments for the projects that are delivered. This is something that can help in ensuring that the payment systems are streamlined, and the developers are able to get their fair due in time in a secure manner. It can be concluded by saying that the use of NFTs is set to increase with each passing day. More and more software development companies will find use for the NFTs because of the versatility in functions that it offers along with the security of data." - Kevin Levinson, Developer at Smart Sight Innovations "At Cause of a Kind a software development agency for the future, we use NFT's in a multitude of ways. Our customers are within the industries of MedTech, HealthTech, MarTeach, eCommerce and more. For us, the Non-Fungible Token, is wildly separate from the JPEG trading on OpenSea. We are using the NFT and the smart contract to support our customers and their digital transformation into web3. eCommerce sites offering wallet to wallet transactions with the NFT as the receipt of the purchase order, or NFT's to capture Proof of Attendance Protocol (PoAP), or NFT's as a representation of nonmonetary transactions such as document signatures instead of DocuSign, or gift cards to favorite stores or restaurants using the NFT and the wallet supporting it to fund the gift, and more. The application of the Non-Fungible Token, the immutable receipt of an interaction machine-to-machine, peer-to-peer, group-to-group, entity-to-entity, is limitless for us." - Justin Abrams. CEO of CauseOfAKind.com "Software development agencies can use NFTs in a multitude of ways, but specifically within the technology itself. It’s a perfect focus on how to build off of as NFTs are known to be assets that are minted on a blockchain, that correlate to a predetermined contract, which cannot be altered. For example, there’s infinite possibilities in how that technology can help validate and securitize software. Hiring developers in this space should be most software development company’s main focuses, especially as the technology gains more application and recognition in the space. I believe most companies will be left behind if they don’t begin to adopt the technology while it’s still very much in its infancy." - Guy Champion co-founder of Freescape.io "NFTs are flexible, and when one thinks creatively, their use cases are infinite. The key for any business who's looking to use NFTs to promote growth, traffic, sales, etc. is to make sure their NFT has utility. For example, a software agency that services dozens of clients could create a limited series of NFTs, that if held or purchased by its customers would guarantee them certain privileges. Think of this NFT series as a membership fee or an ongoing retainer - for the clients that buy an NFT, perhaps they receive more frequent software updates and are the first in line for IT support. They may even have lifetime XYZ while holding the NFT - it's up to the software development agency to decide how it applies best to their business and to do a deep dive into what utility or services they could offer with an NFT purchase." - Harrison Hosking, CMO of KEAK "The development of the NFT market will play a much larger role in the virtual world than it does now. And for companies thinking about developing an NFT market, it is compelling that, in addition to art and in-game merchandising, NFTs represent promising business applications. Using NFT, in your business: Creating robust NFT trading platforms, integrating multiple layers of security and rich features to improve users' trading experience. A full range of NFT trading floor development services can be offered, from front-end and back-end interface to smart contract development, all under one roof. Sell NFT to a virtual audience Savvy companies can take advantage and order NFT products to sell for use in virtual worlds Build brand loyalty with limited-edition merchandise Raise funds for social causes Improve supply chain management Stamping NFT-enabled tags on physical goods makes it easier for companies to track goods throughout the supply chain. Each NFT can be updated with relevant information at different stages of the manufacturing process." - Maksym Babych CEO at SPD LOAD Conclusion NFTs are blockchain-based platforms that are created and sold on online marketplaces like Opensea and Nifty Gateway. NFTs create actual ownership rights and reduce copyright concerns through authentic verification. In this blog, we discovered how software development companies use NFTs and help companies bring exceptional value to the business. It also helps you understand identity theft risks and ways to eliminate them.