GameStop is gathering creators for its new NFT marketplace

GameStop is getting into NFTs, and plans to open an dex (decentralized exchange) on the Ethereum blockchain. Now it's recruiting creators to help fill its digital store shelves.

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In a bid to pivot into emerging million-dollar digital trends, GameStop is delving headlong into the new NFT blockchain craze. The company will launch an NFT marketplace in the hopes of making royalties and revenues on peer-to-peer art/content exchanges. There's just one problem: GameStop doesn't have anything to sell just yet.

Now the ailing retailer has opened up a submissions and sign-up page on its NFT marketplace page. GameStop wants to recruit NFT creators so it has something to peddle in its marketplace. The sign-up page is pretty straightforward and asks basic questions like "why do you want to make NFTs for our platform?" and requires links to previously-created content. It's a vetting process that could see only a handful of NFT creators getting the opportunity to sell their content on the new market.

While details on GameStop's NFT plans are slim--the company really doesn't own any IPs or content from which it can create from, hence the need for independent creators--recent job listings give some clues.

GameStop is currently hiring four NFT-related roles including:

1. Sr Software Engineer - NFT Platform
2. Software Engineer - NFT Platform
3. Software Engineer - NFT Platform
4. Accounting Manager, Blockchain