The Internet Should Pay You Back: Own Your Digital Assets and Your Identity

Nexaria Digital and TrueID.Help are two Smith App Studio apps that put you back in control of your online life — one helps you own and monetize digital assets, the other protects your identity by monitoring for data breaches.

You have built a digital life. Do you actually own it?

Most of us pour time, money and creativity into the online world and get very little ownership in return. Two apps from Smith App Studio flip that equation — one on the side of earning, one on the side of protecting.

Turn digital property into income

What is Nexaria Digital? It is a Web3 marketplace where creators, owners and brands can own, list, rent and monetize the digital world. On Nexaria you can list, sell, rent and advertise digital assets across multiple blockchain ecosystems — virtual land and metaverse parcels, NFTs and collectibles, digital billboards and in-world advertising space, and VR/AR experiences. The big idea: your digital property should work like real property, something you can rent out, advertise on and earn from, not just sit on. Whether you are a creator with an audience or a brand hunting for virtual real estate, Nexaria is built so that property can generate income instead of gathering dust.

Protect the identity behind it all

Owning more online also means more to protect. What is TrueID.Help? It is a digital identity protection and breach-monitoring service that watches for your personal information where it should not be — so you can act early, before a leaked password becomes a stolen identity. Data breaches are not rare events anymore; they are a weekly occurrence. If your information does leak, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's IdentityTheft.gov is the official place to report it and get a recovery plan — and TrueID's job is to make sure you are the first to know, not the last. (New to this? Read our guide on how to check if your data was breached.)

Ownership and protection are two halves of one idea

The modern internet took a strange shape: platforms own your content and hackers chase your identity, while you — the person who created and lives the digital life — carry all the risk and keep little of the upside. Nexaria and TrueID exist to hand that balance back to you: own what you build, guard what is yours. Start by monetizing your digital assets, then lock down your identity — or see the whole family of apps at smithappstudio.com.