GM! With Web3's rapid growth, service providers are demanded to push new and innovative project tools. While having an abundance of decentralized technology tools is great for industry innovation, it creates a tough barrier to entry for fledgling projects. It can be challenging to find the right service provider with so many on the market and financially inhibiting for new projects in need of top-tier services. To help developers find the most appropriate, cost-effective service providers, Polygon Village is happy to offer its Welcome Vouchers Program.
Welcome Vouchers Bring WAGMI Energy
Polygon Village, an initiative of Polygon DAO, addresses these issues through Welcome Vouchers. This initiative gives DApps get free access to the best web3 service providers under a single forum. Welcome Vouchers act as a bridge between service providers to projects, covering all services a project might need through its lifecycle.
Since launch, 1000+ Vouchers have been dispersed, opening greater access to a broader ecosystem of builders and helping onboard the next 10k projects to Polygon.
The Polygon DAO aims to decentralize, grow and innovate the Polygon community. It’s been three months since the Village took effect, acting as a one-stop shop for developers in the ecosystem. As such, we believe Vouchers align with the community ethos by offering comprehensive, quality support to the projects building on Polygon.
What are Welcome Vouchers?
Welcome Vouchers, valued at up to $40,000, are designed for projects looking to spur higher adoption rates and benefit from the top-tiered Web3 service providers. Polygon Village partners with some of the best Web3 service providers across domains, hosting, infra support, audit service, listing, liquidity support, marketing, legal and more.
Polygon and projects building on Polygon will specify use cases and categories across all domains to qualify for welcome Vouchers. Eligible projects can access and request Welcome Vouchers anytime during the pre-defined timeline set by partners.
Why Welcome Vouchers?
Through Welcome Vouchers, grantees gain access to a host of benefits, including; but not limited to:
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Access to preferred Polygon partners for services across including audits, marketing, liquidity, hiring, API services, education, job board, and more.
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Visibility to partner DApps and assistance in customer acquisition.
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The competitive advantage of ecosystem play to both partner DApps & Polygon.
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Less dependency on fiat disbursal from partners/ Polygon DAO.
Notable Welcome Voucher Partners
Welcome Vouchers offer project and tooling partners visibility for DAOs coming to Polygon Village by having their services listed on the Grants page. To date, Welcome Vouchers onboarded 50+ Voucher Partners Onboarded across 12 Distinct verticals offering $1.5M in potential revenue to the Voucher Partners. Notable partners include:
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Alchemy – Alchemy offers a powerful blockchain developer platform providing a suite of developer tools to power Dapps.
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Akash Network – a distributed peer-to-peer marketplace for cloud computing, allowing devs to instantly deploy Dapps without having to set up, configure, or manage servers.
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Tatum – For projects in their earliest stages, Tatum offers flexibility to securely build and run a Dapp without a need for coding.
Qualifying for a Welcome Voucher
Whether you are building for DeFi or NFTs, DeSci, DAO or ZK proofs, tools, or anything else, any project on Polygon can apply. Welcome Vouchers will be free offerings available to DApps based on specific requirements such as the DApp being live on mainnet, initial traction, or as specified by the partner. Polygon DAO will disburse grants to Voucher recipients for additional operational expenses for the initial six months.
How to Apply?
For DApps
DApps can fill out an application for Welcome Vouchers through this form. Applications are reviewed bi-weekly.
For Partners
Partners can contact the Polygon DAO team through Discord to apply for a Voucher partnership and fill out this form. Please include details on the service type, Voucher offerings (including free services amount), number of DApps you want to offer services to, and qualification criteria, if any. Partner details will be featured on the Polygon DAO grants page, and partners will see applications for evaluated DApps rolling in monthly.
Closing Thoughts
Welcome Vouchers are an integral part of the Village and a key step in onboarding the next 10k projects on Polygon. Looking to join the growing Polygon ecosystem but are unsure where to start? Head over to the DAO Discord and follow the Polygon DAO Twitter for the latest ecosystem updates.
About Polygon DAO
Polygon DAO is the centerpiece of Polygon’s long-term strategy of progressively decentralizing the ecosystem's growth to the community. Polygon DAO aims to represent and support various areas of interest within the Polygon ecosystem. Through Polygon Village, developers gain access to everything they need to build, grow, and showcase their Web3 initiatives; projects building on Polygon receive comprehensive, quality support.
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