NFT Creators on Wave pay $16/month — $192/year. Over three years, that's $644. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 17.4 months. The median NFT Creator earns $32,000/year, so Wave's annual cost is roughly 0.6% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $644 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
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You're not the only one who's had enough.
NFT Creators face unique challenges: Tracking mint revenue, secondary royalties, and gas costs across multiple wallets and chains for tax season. Royalty enforcement collapsing as marketplaces make creator fees optional, so secondary income evaporates. Converting crypto proceeds to fiat and documenting cost basis for every coin in/coin out. Holding the Discord community's attention between drops without overpromising a roadmap. On top of all that, Wave charges $16/month ($192/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median NFT Creator earns $32,000/year. Software at $192/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your self-custody wallet (MetaMask / Phantom / Ledger) is yours. You bought it once. Nexa works the same way — $279 once for invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, and full accounting. All connected. All offline-capable. You own it like you own your tools.
Wave is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | Wave | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $16/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $644 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most nft creators are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Settings → Data Export. Download customers, invoices, transactions, and accounts.
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The day runs on two clocks at once: the art pipeline and the community. Morning is in the studio refining trait layers for the next collection, making sure the rare combinations actually render and the metadata JSON points at the right images on IPFS. Then it's into Discord, where overnight there are mod tickets, a phishing link someone posted in general, and twenty people asking when the next drop is. The creator checks the block explorer to see how secondary sales did overnight and notices royalties came in lighter than the volume suggests, because the marketplace made creator fees optional again. There's a quote to assemble for a brand that wants a small custom 1/1 set, priced in a stablecoin, which means thinking about gas, conversion, and what the work is actually worth. Afternoon is split between answering collector DMs, scheduling a teaser post, and the unglamorous accounting reality: every wallet has coin-in and coin-out events that the tax software will eventually demand a cost basis for. Before signing off, the creator pulls proceeds from the last drop off the wallet, converts a portion to fiat to cover rent, and writes down the rate so next April isn't a forensic reconstruction across three chains.
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For solo operators and small teams (1-5), yes. Nexa includes invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, task management, and full accounting. Wave may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Wave is $16/month — that's $644 over 3 years. Which is more? And if you'd rather split it, Nexa is also available as 3 payments of $99.
Yes. Nexa is $279 as a one-time payment, or 3 payments of $99 ($297 total). Either way it's a one-time purchase — no subscription, no recurring fees ever.
30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund. If Nexa doesn't save you $500 in year one, you get every penny back.
Export your data from Wave as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $1,900/year on software — and NFT Creator face their own version of that math. Wisconsin income tax up to 7.65%. No city income tax in Milwaukee but state burden is above national average. Wisconsin requires specific trade credentials through DSPS. Milwaukee requires a business license and may require additional occupational licenses.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Milwaukee metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps NFT Creators run into with Wave, and what Nexa does instead.
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