SuperRare Review
Fees and splits published in full
of 10
SuperRare publishes a 3% marketplace fee paid by the buyer, an 85/15 primary split between artist and its DAO treasury, and a 10% secondary royalty to the original artist. It does not publish a contract licence or named audit on the pages read.
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Marketplace fee
3%, paid by the buyer
Primary split
85% artist, 15% DAO treasury
Secondary royalty
10% to the original artist
Licence / audits
Not stated
Chains
Not stated
Scores
Each criterion carries equal weight. The overall score is the average of these 5 scores — (9.0 + 8.0 + 2.0 + 2.0 + 2.0) ÷ 5 = 4.6.
Pros
- Marketplace fee published at 3%, paid by the buyer
- Primary sale split published: 85% to the artist, 15% to the SuperRare DAO treasury
- Secondary royalty published at 10% to the original artist
- A clear, curation-focused fee model
Cons
- No contract licence is published on the pages read
- No named audit is stated
- The supported chain is not stated on the pages read
- The terms of service are served as a PDF that could not be parsed
Every number, published
SuperRare states a 3% marketplace fee paid by the buyer, an 85/15 primary split between the artist and the SuperRare DAO community treasury, and a 10% secondary royalty to the original artist. On fee and royalty disclosure it is among the clearest here — a reader knows exactly what the artist receives and what the platform keeps at every stage.
An artist-first royalty
The 10% secondary royalty to the original artist is enforced as part of the sale, which is a stronger creator position than the optional models several larger marketplaces have moved to.
The code side is undocumented
No contract licence and no named audit appear on the pages we read, and the supported chain is not stated. The terms of service are served as a compressed PDF that could not be parsed. Those gaps hold the licence, chain and audit scores down, stated rather than assumed.
The company behind it
SuperRare, a marketplace for curated single-edition digital art, is run by SuperRare Labs, whose founders — John Crain, Jonathan Perkins and Charles Crain — previously built the NFT infrastructure company Pixura, and it launched in 2018. Its RARE token and the SuperRare DAO govern the protocol's curation. A named founding team with a prior track record in the space is a strong marker of accountability for a platform built around vetted, high-value art.
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Sources
Scored from published primary sources rather than hands-on use. Every figure above comes from one of the pages below, on the date shown. Manufacturers change prices and specifications without notice — if something here no longer matches the source, tell us and we will correct it.
- 1.SuperRare — offers, auctions and pricing (fees and royalties) — checked
- 2.SuperRare — DAO whitepaper — checked
Frequently asked questions
What does SuperRare charge?
A 3% marketplace fee paid by the buyer. Primary sales split 85% to the artist and 15% to the SuperRare DAO treasury; secondary sales pay a 10% royalty to the original artist.
Does SuperRare pay artist royalties?
Yes. Secondary sales pay a 10% royalty to the original artist.
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