How To Use Hermes To Watch An OpenSea Floor Price

I asked Hermes to check an OpenSea floor every 30 minutes and note when it dipped under $18. Short alerts instead of babysitting the tab.

Illustration: a price chart for an NFT collection floor with a dashed orange line at $18, the line dipping under it at the last check, a clock showing 30 minute checks, and a short Hermes alert.
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  1. What we’re doing
  2. What you’ll need
  3. Ask Hermes first
  4. What Happens next
  5. What I learned

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Here’s another real world example of what I’ve been using Hermes for. I was watching an NFT collection on OpenSea and catching myself opening the collection page every few minutes. You can babysit that tab yourself, but it takes almost no setup to have a Hermes agent check it on a schedule and just serve you up a notification on your phone so you can quickly see it.

So in this walkthrough I point Hermes at a collection link and ask it to check about every thirty minutes and tell me the floor price. You will get short floor alerts, plus an optional note when the floor dips under a price you care about.

Hermes is running on a NameHero VPS for this, so I can go about my day while it’s working and not worry about my computer being open or timing out. I can also access it cross-device very easily which is nice.

#What we’re doing

We are watching one OpenSea collection floor on a schedule. Hermes reads the page, messages you the floor, and adds a note when it dips under a band you care about. For this example that band was under $18.

This is read-mostly monitoring. Hermes is not buying or listing unless you explicitly ask and approve but it can do that as well.

#What you’ll need

#Ask Hermes first

Ask Hermes: Watch the OpenSea floor for this collection: [insert OpenSea collection link here]. Check about every 30 minutes. Message me the floor each time. Add a note when it is under $18. Do not buy or list anything.

Hermes can open the collection, read the floor, and keep reporting on that cadence. Watch the first couple of pings so the alert format feels right. Then stay off the collection page.

#What Happens next

In my case, I connected Telegram so I was able to get push notifications to my phone. This made it easier to talk to my agent on my iPhone as well.

#What I learned

You do not need a paid NFT analytics stack just to babysit one floor. If you are used to refreshing OpenSea yourself, a simple Hermes watch on a NameHero VPS saves a ton of time, and you still decide what to do with the number.

Hermes Agent Hosting comes with Hermes preinstalled on a NameHero VPS. NameHero support is available by live chat if you get stuck.

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