It was difficult getting NEAR to initially fund the wallet...but that was also several months ago when I was less familiar with different wallets and exchanges. Now it would be really easy with Crypto.com app.
In terms of the Paras.id experience, it's been GREAT! The card making interface is simple and efficient and easy to use. It costs pennies to mint and no gas fees. The Publications feature is also really great! Being able to basically add a blog post to your account to dive deeper into the cards is brilliant.
Their Discord is focused with only a few channels.
As with all the other platforms, discovery is difficult and you really have to market your own work.
Each week they post their own Publication which highlights 4-5 new collections on the Platform and I was featured this week after just minting 2 cards in my series.
They add 15 new artists every 3-5 days and they have a large backlog of submissions. I submitted on March 9 and it took almost 2 months to be accepted due to the backlog.
Hope all that helps.