You've got questions about the upcoming boutique and accessories? We've got your answers right here.

Q: What is the Boutique?

A: The "MoonCat Boutique" will be a web interface and a smart contract to enable customizing the appearance of MoonCats you've adopted. At launch, a selection of accessories from featured artists and the ponderware team will be available, and a designer will be available for anyone to create their own.

Q: When does the Boutique launch?

A: The MoonCat Boutique launches July 7th 2021 around 5:00pm EST

Q: What guidelines do I need to follow when creating accessories?

A: To begin, designers will free to make whatever accessories they choose, and accessories will not be vetted by the ponderware team. This is subject to change as the market fills and matures. Mature-themed accessories will not be promoted or endorsed by ponderware, including collections by a designer with some family-friendly and some adult-themed content.

ponderware also intends to keep the MoonCat collection on OpenSea as not containing explicit or sensitive content (as defined here), so to start we will be manually whitelisting accessories to appear in the OpenSea representation.

Accessories can be designed to be "in front" of a MoonCat (such as glasses, headwear, or a costume) or "behind" a MoonCat (such as a background, logo, or body modifications like wings); full conversion suits such as making MoonCats completely different colours are permitted, as the original traits will still be displayed in marketplaces along with their accessory-free model.

Q: How many accessories can a MoonCat wear at once?

A: As many as you'd like, though stacking may get a little strange. This means if you wanted your MoonCat to have glasses, a hat, bunny ears, tentacles, and boots they can in fact do so. There's about 65 000 layers in front of or behind a MoonCat, so you'll have plenty of room to play with.

Q: I acclimated my MoonCat prior to June 9th! When and where can I get my Space Helmet?

A: The Space Helmet will arrive in your Acclimated MoonCat's wardrobe at some point in the near future; after it arrives, you'll need to put it on in order for it to be visible publicly on your MoonCat.

Q: Will donning/removing accessories require contract transactions?

A: Yes, they will require transactions with associated fees.

Q: What will be the cost of a "put my accessory on" transaction?

A: The price to "purchase and put on" an accessory will be approximately 370,000 gas units if done individually. This price drops if multiple accessories are purchased together (e.g. drops to around 230,000 per accessory if four are purchased together.)

Q: I'm an artist considering selling an accessory, do I get a return on my work?

A: Yes! The creator of an accessory can set a price and will receive that amount, minus a fee, on each of that accessory that is sold.

Q: How does this benefit ponderware and MoonCats?

A: ponderware as a corporation will get profit from the accessories specifically designed and owned by them, as well as receive a small fee from every accessory sale (accessories that the accessory manager sets to free will stay free; ponderware will get no fee from those).

Q: Sounds cool! Where will I be able to see my accessories?

A: Accessories "put on" by a MoonCat will appear in their graphic representation in OpenSea. You'll also be able to see the original look of a MoonCat, for those looking to see the base MoonCat without accessories or modifications.

MoonCatPop cans from {Brand_Name_Here} can be minted with your MoonCat's accessories, with some exceptions.

Other marketplaces and metaverses may support them in the future.

Q: I can't wait! What will accessories cost?

A: Accessories will be sold for ETH. Prices will be set by the designer of an accessory.

Q: Will the Boutique support staking?

A: Staking will not be built-in — however, as the price of an item can be set by the accessory designer to "not for sale" to not allow anyone to buy that accessory via ETH, and even while an accessory is "not for sale", the manager of that accessory can still "gift" them away to individual MoonCats, and therefore side-channel alternative payment options will be available to those willing to set them up. However, those buying into these side-channels do so at their own risk. Ponderware will have moderation controls over the Boutique, and reserve the right to de-list items from the website if there seems to be shady business being done.

Q: Will I be able to sell or trade accessories?

A: These accessories are not standard ERC-721 NFTs on their own, so have some special behaviours:

• Once acquired by a MoonCat, they cannot be transferred to another MoonCat
• Accessories owned by a specific MoonCat can be "put on", "taken off", and "reordered" by that MoonCat's owner. Accessories "taken off" (made not visible in the MoonCat's rendered appearance) are still owned by that MoonCat and can be "put on" again later)
• If a MoonCat is sold, their accessories are transferred to the new owner.
• Multiple accessories can be worn at the same time (owner has control to "reorder" them to determine which is drawn on top of which)

Q: This sounds cool! I wanna design an accessory! How will that work?

A: A designer will launch alongside the Boutique as a web-based tool. Accessories are drawn on a grid that is half the pixel size of standard MoonCat graphics, which allows for slightly more detailed/smaller accessories, while still keeping the MoonCat pixel art aesthetic.

Accessory colors are pulled from a standard color palette designed to look good with MoonCats' multiple vibrant colors. The color options include many opaque colors, some translucent/glass-like colors, and several colors that shift to match the rendered colors of the MoonCat wearing the accessory.

Q: I want to provide only a limited number of accessories, or only for a limited time. Can I do that?

A: Accessory designers can choose how many of that accessory can be created (max total supply). They can set it to 25,440 (enough for every MoonCat to own one; essentially "unlimited supply") or a smaller number to create a more exclusive accessory, as well as set a price to offer the accessory for sale for (including setting the price to zero to make it just cost gas to claim). Designers will be able to change the price of an accessory after launch, but not the quantity.

Regardless of if an accessory is open for sale or not, the manager of the accessory can offer the accessory as a gift to specific MoonCats. To prevent spam, the receiving MoonCat can either reject the gift (if they don't want that accessory in their available wardrobe options at all), or accept and apply the gift.

Timed items will not be available (though a separate smart contract controlling that specific accessory could handle this).

Q: How do I ensure my design is unique? Won't someone just come along and make my Cool Red Hat a Cool Blue Hat?

A: All accessories will have a minting number and name associated with them; this will be a unique qualifier and cannot be duplicated. Accessory designers can also create different colorations of the accessory (e.g. a single "hat" accessory can be designed to be a "red hat" and a "blue hat", where the only difference is the colors, not the shape). When a MoonCat acquires the accessory, they get access to all color variations of that accessory (when "putting on" the accessory, the MoonCat owner can pick which color variation to apply)

Q: I wanna create an accessory and then have my friend actually sell the thing. Can I do that?

A: Yes! Management of an accessory can be transferred to other addresses, so even if an accessory is created manually by a human-controlled address, that designer could transfer ownership to a different address for more advanced disbursement options (e.g. owned by a DAO who controls who gets gifted the accessory, smart contract that adjusts price based on some outside oracle, smart contract that "gifts" the accessory if paid in a specific ERC20 token, etc.)

Q: I wanna create an accessory and give it away to some contest winners or perform some other action? Can I do that?

A: Yes! An accessory can be listed for sale (or not), limited in quantity (or not), given away (or not) — the designer is in control.

Q: I'd love to see an accessory designed by a famous brand, a famous artist, or some other entity! Is that something that can happen?

A: Absolutely! We know from experience that introductions are extremely helpful in these sorts of situations. If you're personally in touch with the right person to connect us to, we'd love to talk more. Please reach out to here here on Reddit, Twitter, or Discord.

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