# Cost of minting

**URL:** <https://forum.flow.com/t/cost-of-minting/739>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 4, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/cost-of-minting/739 "2021-01-04T16:42:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![bastrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b4bc9f/32.png) [@bastrove](https://forum.flow.com/u/bastrove)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/cost-of-minting/739/1 "2021-01-04T16:42:15Z")

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what’s the rough cost of minting an NFT on flow right now? And does it change based on the content of the token, or is it just transaction fees?

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**Author:** ![TheOneSock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.flow.com/theonesock/32/185_2.png) [@TheOneSock](https://forum.flow.com/u/TheOneSock)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/cost-of-minting/739/2 "2021-01-04T16:53:40Z")

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**Currently** its just the transaction fee.

However someone could already define a NFT so that there is a cost associated to its creation.