Frank, DeGods’ creator, explained on Twitter that the founders have constantly been labeled as rug when they had 9.99% royalty. The team worked hard but felt overwhelmed with false accusations.
Royalties are an integral part of any NFT project because they help fund the creators and the collection itself. Many believe applying zero-royalty might affect the overall quality of DeGods.
Many creators have set royalties so that even after selling the NFT collection, they can earn a small portion from the secondary market as well. This becomes their passive income in the space.
Nonetheless, the team sees it as an experiment, so maybe they do have something planned out. After all, DeGods is the top best-selling NFT collection on the Solana blockchain.
As of now, only DeGods will be implementing the policy, and soon add it for t00bs and y00ts as well.