diff --git a/common/user.ts b/common/user.ts
index 0dac5a19..2df7213f 100644
--- a/common/user.ts
+++ b/common/user.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export type User = {
   referredByContractId?: string
   referredByGroupId?: string
   lastPingTime?: number
+  showWelcome: boolean
 }
 
 export const STARTING_BALANCE = ENV_CONFIG.startingBalance ?? 1000
diff --git a/firestore.rules b/firestore.rules
index 0f28ca80..48c36ad2 100644
--- a/firestore.rules
+++ b/firestore.rules
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ service cloud.firestore {
       allow read;
       allow update: if resource.data.id == request.auth.uid
                        && request.resource.data.diff(resource.data).affectedKeys()
-                                                                    .hasOnly(['bio', 'bannerUrl', 'website', 'twitterHandle', 'discordHandle', 'followedCategories', 'lastPingTime']);
+                                                                    .hasOnly(['bio', 'bannerUrl', 'website', 'twitterHandle', 'discordHandle', 'followedCategories', 'lastPingTime','showWelcome']);
       // User referral rules
       allow update: if resource.data.id == request.auth.uid
                          && request.resource.data.diff(resource.data).affectedKeys()
diff --git a/functions/src/create-user.ts b/functions/src/create-user.ts
index ab7c8e9a..b8e9917c 100644
--- a/functions/src/create-user.ts
+++ b/functions/src/create-user.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export const createuser = newEndpoint(opts, async (req, auth) => {
     creatorVolumeCached: { daily: 0, weekly: 0, monthly: 0, allTime: 0 },
     followerCountCached: 0,
     followedCategories: DEFAULT_CATEGORIES,
+    showWelcome: true,
   }
 
   await firestore.collection('users').doc(auth.uid).create(user)
diff --git a/web/components/onboarding/welcome.tsx b/web/components/onboarding/welcome.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2caf66dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/components/onboarding/welcome.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+import { ChevronLeftIcon, ChevronRightIcon } from '@heroicons/react/solid'
+import clsx from 'clsx'
+import { useState } from 'react'
+import { useUser } from 'web/hooks/use-user'
+import { changeUserInfo } from 'web/lib/firebase/api'
+import { updateUser } from 'web/lib/firebase/users'
+import { Col } from '../layout/col'
+import { Modal } from '../layout/modal'
+import { Row } from '../layout/row'
+import { Subtitle } from '../subtitle'
+import { Title } from '../title'
+
+export default function Welcome() {
+  const user = useUser()
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(true)
+  const [page, setPage] = useState(0)
+  const totalpages = 4
+
+  function increasePage() {
+    if (page < totalpages - 1) {
+      setPage(page + 1)
+    }
+  }
+
+  function decreasePage() {
+    if (page > 0) {
+      setPage(page - 1)
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function setUserHasSeenWelcome() {
+    // await changeUserInfo({ showWelcome: false })
+    if (user) {
+      console.log('setuserwelcome called')
+      await updateUser(user.id, { ['showWelcome']: false })
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!user || !user.showWelcome) {
+    return <></>
+  } else
+    return (
+      <Modal
+        open={open}
+        setOpen={(newOpen) => {
+          setUserHasSeenWelcome()
+          setOpen(newOpen)
+          console.log('show welcome is now')
+        }}
+      >
+        <Col className="h-[32rem] place-content-between rounded-md bg-white px-8 py-6 text-sm font-light md:h-[40rem] md:text-lg">
+          {page === 0 && <Page0 />}
+          {page === 1 && <Page1 />}
+          {page === 2 && <Page2 />}
+          {page === 3 && <Page3 />}
+          <Col>
+            <Row className="place-content-between">
+              <ChevronLeftIcon
+                className={clsx(
+                  'h-10 w-10 text-gray-400',
+                  page === 0 ? 'disabled invisible' : ''
+                )}
+                onClick={decreasePage}
+              />
+              <PageIndicator page={page} totalpages={totalpages} />
+              <ChevronRightIcon
+                className={clsx(
+                  'h-10 w-10 text-indigo-500 hover:text-indigo-600',
+                  page === totalpages - 1 ? 'disabled invisible' : ''
+                )}
+                onClick={increasePage}
+              />
+            </Row>
+            <u
+              className="self-center text-xs text-gray-500"
+              onClick={() => {
+                setOpen(false)
+                setUserHasSeenWelcome()
+              }}
+            >
+              I got the gist, exit welcome
+            </u>
+          </Col>
+        </Col>
+      </Modal>
+    )
+}
+
+function PageIndicator(props: { page: number; totalpages: number }) {
+  const { page, totalpages } = props
+  return (
+    <Row>
+      {[...Array(totalpages)].map((e, i) => (
+        <div
+          className={clsx(
+            'mx-1.5 my-auto h-1.5 w-1.5 rounded-full',
+            i === page ? 'bg-indigo-500' : 'bg-gray-300'
+          )}
+        />
+      ))}
+    </Row>
+  )
+}
+
+function Page0() {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <img
+        className="h-2/3 w-2/3 place-self-center object-contain"
+        src="/welcome/manipurple.png"
+      />
+      <Title className="text-center" text="Welcome to Manifold Markets!" />
+      <p>
+        Manifold Markets is a place where anyone can ask a question about the
+        future.
+      </p>
+      <div className="mt-4">For example,</div>
+      <div className="mt-2 font-normal text-indigo-700">
+        “Will Michelle Obama be the next president of the United States?”
+      </div>
+    </>
+  )
+}
+
+function Page1() {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <p>
+        Your question becomes a prediction market that people can bet{' '}
+        <span className="font-normal text-indigo-700">mana (M$)</span> on.
+      </p>
+      <div className="mt-8 font-semibold">The core idea</div>
+      <div className="mt-2">
+        If people have to put their mana where their mouth is, you’ll get a
+        pretty accurate answer!
+      </div>
+      <video loop autoPlay className="my-4 h-full w-full">
+        <source src="/welcome/mana-example.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
+        Your browser does not support video
+      </video>
+    </>
+  )
+}
+
+function Page2() {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <p>
+        <span className="mt-4 font-normal text-indigo-700">Mana (M$)</span> is
+        the play money you bet with. You can also turn it into a real donation
+        to charity, at a 100:1 ratio.
+      </p>
+      <div className="mt-8 font-semibold">Example</div>
+      <p className="mt-2">
+        When you donate <span className="font-semibold">M$1000</span> to
+        Givewell, Manifold sends them{' '}
+        <span className="font-semibold">$10 USD</span>.
+      </p>
+      <video loop autoPlay className="my-4 h-full w-full">
+        <source src="/welcome/charity.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
+        Your browser does not support video
+      </video>
+    </>
+  )
+}
+
+function Page3() {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <img className="mx-auto object-contain" src="/welcome/treasure.png" />
+      <Title className="mx-auto" text="Let's start predicting!" />
+      <p className="mb-8">
+        As a thank you for signing up, we’ve sent you{' '}
+        <span className="font-normal text-indigo-700">M$1000 Mana (M$)</span>{' '}
+      </p>
+    </>
+  )
+}
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