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Floor price

The cheapest listed item in an NFT collection.

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By the Orca Crypto teamUpdated 2026-09-28How we check this3 min readDefinition
Definition

The cheapest listed item in an NFT collection.

Floor price is the lowest asking price currently available. It is the standard shorthand for how a collection is doing.

It is also easy to manipulate and often thin. A handful of listings can set a floor that would collapse if anyone tried to sell into it.

In practice

A collection with a 2 ETH floor and three listings has a much weaker floor than one with two hundred.

What people get wrong

That the floor is what your NFT is worth. It is the cheapest listing, which can be one person leaving, and it says nothing about whether a buyer exists at that price. In a thin collection the floor is a quote, not a bid.

Common questions

Is the floor price what my NFT is worth?
It is the cheapest listed item, which is an asking price nobody has accepted rather than a valuation. Traits and rarity mean many items are worth considerably more or less.
Why can the floor be manipulated?
Because a handful of listings set it. Buying up the cheapest items to lift the visible floor is cheap and has been done repeatedly.

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