Creator earnings

How creators earn#

Creators earn on every trade of the tokens they launch, in ETH. Each buy and sell pays the standard trade fee, and the creator receives a fixed share of it. If the creator chose a creator tax at launch, all of that tax goes to the creator as well.

Standard trade fee

1%Paid by every buyer and seller

Creator’s share of every trade

0.5%Part of the 1% standard fee

Creator tax

0–10%Optional, chosen at launch, 100% to the creator

What a creator earns

0.5% + creator taxExample: 1 ETH traded with a 2% creator tax pays the creator 0.025 ETH

This applies on the bonding curve and keeps going after graduation, when trades go through the Uniswap v4 pool. The creator’s share of the standard fee is recorded for each token at launch, so a later change to the split does not affect tokens that already exist. See Fees for the full breakdown.

Where earnings accrue#

Your share is paid into the fee vault contract in the same transaction as each trade. You don’t need to do anything for it to add up. When you want it, you claim it from Earnings.

• Earnings are always in ETH, never in tokens, so collecting them doesn’t sell your token.
• You can claim at any time, as often as you like. One claim pays out everything waiting for your wallet across all your tokens.
• Unclaimed earnings stay in the vault until you claim them. They don’t expire, and only the wallet they belong to can claim them.

How to claim#

1. 1
   Open Earnings

   Go to Earnings (also under Portfolio, Earnings tab) and connect the wallet that receives your fees. If your wallet is on another network, switch to it first.
2. 2
   Check what you can claim

   Claimable now shows everything waiting in the fee vault for this wallet. Press Claim to open the claim window.
3. 3
   Choose where it goes

   By default the ETH is sent to the wallet you are using. To send it somewhere else, enter an address under Send to another address.
4. 4
   Confirm in your wallet

   Press Confirm claim and approve the transaction. It is a single transaction that pays out everything at once, and you only pay network gas.

Fee recipient#

Each token has a fee recipient: the wallet that receives the creator’s share and creator tax. You set it when you launch, under Advanced, Fee recipient. If you leave it empty, your own wallet is used. Set a different address if you want earnings to go to a team wallet or a separate wallet.

Changing the recipient

The creator can change the fee recipient later from the token page, under More actions, Creator fee recipient. It takes two steps so fees can never be sent to an address nobody controls:

1. 1
   The creator proposes a new wallet

   Enter the new address, press Propose wallet and confirm the transaction. Fees keep going to the current recipient for now.
2. 2
   The new wallet accepts

   The new wallet connects, opens the same menu and presses Accept and receive fees. From then on, new earnings go to it.

Tracking your earnings#

Everything about your launches and earnings is in Portfolio.

Created tab

Market cap

The token’s current market cap.

To graduation

How full the bonding curve is, or Trading on Uniswap once the token has graduated.

Your creator fees

What you have earned from that token so far.

Earnings tab

Claimable now

What you can claim right now, with the Claim button.

Earned all time

Everything this wallet has earned, claimed or not.

Choosing a creator tax#

The creator tax is an extra fee from 0 to 10% that you choose when you launch, in 0.25% steps. All of it goes to you. It is a trade-off:

• A higher tax earns you more per trade. The tax is added on top of the standard fee and paid on every buy and sell.
• It also makes every trade more expensive. Traders see the full fee on the token page and in the trade panel. A high tax can put off people who trade often or in small amounts.
• It is capped. The creator tax can be at most 10%, and the standard fee plus the creator tax can never exceed 12%.
• It is permanent. The tax is fixed at launch and can never be changed, by you or by anyone else.

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