Please note that pricing in the examples used below may not reflect current pricing in the Connect Shopping Cart.
After setting up your Connect Wallet, it's time to buy a node! In order to buy a node through the Connect shopping cart, navigate to the "Buy Nodes" tab and select the nodes and quantities you are interested in purchasing. Note that the Connect shopping cart operates with USDT, USDC, WIN, and credit cards. You can change your deisred purchase currency by selecting the "View Prices In:" dropdown menu!
Please note that you will still need to have some ETH in your wallet in order to pay the Gas Fee.
Helpful hint: adding nodes to your cart even before payment will show you an estimate of your total, including your estimated Gas Fee.
Select "Checkout" in order to continue with your purchase.
Your pricing will be locked in place for 30 minutes. You'll be required to accept and sign a Node Agreement for each node brand from which you are purchasing. Take your time to read through the print for each node. If you are purchasing nodes from multiple brands you will be required to go through these actions multiple times. You can find a copy of the node agreements signed in your Account Settings under Order History and Order Details.
Now you will be taken to the checkout page. Here you will see the summary of your order and estimated total. You can choose to either pay through an external wallet or your Connect wallet if you paying in USDT, USDC, or bridged ERC-20 brand tokens. To pay with a credit card, select the top option. In order to learn about purchasing nodes with a credit card, click here.
Paying with bridged tokens allows you to purchase a node with the rewards that you have earned from running Nodes! Note that you can only pay with rewards that correspond to the brand of node you are purchasing. For example, if you are purchasing a Grow Node, you will be presented the option to pay with bridged GROW, but not WIN. And remember that these rewards MUST be bridged before making purchase. To learn more about bridging your rewards, please click here.
The External Wallet option allows you to send funds from an external wallet to a one-time use wallet address. The external wallet option does not add funds to your Connect wallet address.
Scan the QR code or copy the wallet address presented into the Send To field of a compatible external wallet. This is an ERC20 network address. Send from the external wallet to the Connect shopping cart wallet within 30 minutes.
After sending the payment from your external wallet, come back to the Connect shopping cart and click Verify Payment to process your order.
To pay with your Connect wallet, you'll need to hold the currency you chose to use for your purchase in your Connect wallet. You can add funds to your wallet right now during the purchase process.
Selecting the Deposit button will present the option to send funds to your wallet by either scanning a QR code or simply copying and pasting your wallet address into the recipient address of a compatible wallet application. This is an ERC20 network address.
After your funds have been added, enter your Encryption Passcode press the "Submit Order" button to complete your purchase.
Once your payment has process you'll see "Order Complete" and "Congratulations! Your order is complete!"
You're now a node owner! Learn how to find a copy of your purchase receipt, including transaction id, wallet address and more here.
Next, click here for help getting your nodes online!