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+* title: make lens collects great
+* description: enable creators to create posts on lens that result in NFTs appealing to secondary market place customers. 
+* author: @lens/punkess (inspired by @lens/carstenpoetter @lens/chaoticmonk @lens/ryanfox )
+* status: Draft
+* type: Protocol
+* created: 2024-03-08
+
+# [LIP-17] make lens collects great
+The goal of this LIP is to enable creators to create posts on lens that result in NFTs appealing to secondary market customers. 
+
+(= look (headline, description) and feel (attributes) must be comparable to state of the art media NFTs available on OpenSea e.g.) 
+
+**Nice to have**: enable collections on lens.
+
+## motivation
+Thanks to $BONSAI and lens going permissionless, paid collects get some attention (again). Creators start minting on lens (again) and #lensfrens collect (with $BONSAI). Thats great and an important first step. The next step to keep the momentum is a thriving secondary market for lens collects. Imo state of the art NFT meta data is prerequisite to "make it" on market places.
+
+### example
+Lens collect: https://hey.xyz/posts/0x018ec4-0x0194
+
+* status quo: https://opensea.io/assets/matic/0x5d891e31b19285336cf6ba9d7643935bb1f3ee8a/1
+* goal: https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x524cab2ec69124574082676e6f654a18df49a048/11671
+
+We saw the discussion around collects, meta data and market places over and over again on lens. @lens/chaoticmonk , @lens/carstenpoetter , @lens/ryanfox and many more posted frequently regarding the importance of this topic.
+
+## next steps
+This LIP should bring all relevant people and ideas together - from a tech and creator side - to find an amazing solution shaping the future of NFTs on lens. 
+
+
+* (LIP 17a: we need full content search on @lens/lens !) 
+* (LIP 17b: let's move LIPs to @lens/lens !) 
+
+## Copyright
+Copyright and related rights waived via CC0.