SuperRare has been operating since 2018, which makes it one of the oldest NFT platforms of any kind, and it has maintained the same position throughout: curated single-edition art, enforced royalties, high fees.
Curation as the product
Artist access is selective and the standard has been maintained. In a market where anyone can mint anything, curation is a genuine service — it is the difference between a gallery and a swap meet. Collectors pay for that filter, and whether it is worth 15% is a judgement about how much you value it.
Royalty position
10% to creators on secondary sales, enforced, throughout the royalty wars. SuperRare took the artist's side and paid for it in volume, which is a consistent and defensible position.
Fees and liquidity
15% on primary sales is the highest in this category by some margin. Secondary liquidity is very thin, as with any single-edition art platform. Both facts point the same way: this is a place to buy work you want to own.
Who should use it
Serious digital art collectors and established artists. Anyone assessing NFTs as an asset class rather than as art will find the fees and liquidity unattractive, correctly.