Fees and costs

The split

The platform fee

Flat, per launch, charged when you execute. A launch that does not execute is not charged, and a simulation is never charged, however many times you run it.

Flat rather than a percentage is a deliberate choice. A percentage fee means the product earns more the more you spend, which puts our interest and yours on opposite sides of every decision about buy size. A flat fee does not.

Network costs

Four things make up what Solana takes. They are shown separately rather than as one total, because they behave differently and you can influence some of them.

• Base feeThe standard charge for including a transaction. It is small, fixed per signature, and there is nothing to tune.
• Priority feeAn optional amount that raises your transaction's position when block space is contested. Higher means more likely to be included promptly, and more expensive.
• Bundle tipWhat the bundle pays for inclusion through the block engine. Inclusion is competitive, so this is the number that decides whether your bundle wins the slot against other bundles.
• Account rentA deposit held by every new account: the mint, the token accounts, the wallet accounts. It is not spent, and most of it returns when the accounts are closed by the sweep.

What makes a launch cost more

• More walletsEvery wallet is more accounts, more rent, more signatures and more base fee. Twenty wallets costs meaningfully more to run than ten, before a single token is bought.
• A contested slotWhen block space is busy, the tip needed to win a slot rises. This is a market and it moves.
• RetriesA bundle that does not land and is rebuilt has its own fees. A launch that lands on the third attempt paid network costs three times.
• Larger buysThe buys themselves are the largest line for most launches, and they are not a fee. They are you buying your own token.

What does not make it cost more

The platform fee does not move with any of the above. Neither does the number of simulations you run, the number of times you edit the create form, or the size of the supply you mint.

What is shown before you sign

The cost breakdown appears after simulation and before the signature request. Every line is itemised, with the total, and it is the last screen between you and execution.

• Platform feeThe flat fee, on its own line, clearly marked as ours.
• Network costsBase fee, priority fee, tip and rent, itemised rather than merged.
• Total buy amountWhat the wallets will actually spend on the token.
• Grand totalWhat leaves your wallets if the launch lands.

Refunds and failed launches

• A launch that does not executeNo platform fee. You are not charged for configuring a launch, simulating it, or deciding against it.
• A bundle that does not landNetwork costs for the attempt are spent. They went to the network and there is nobody to reclaim them from.
• Unspent SOL in the walletsNot a fee at all. Sweep returns it, along with the rent from the accounts it can close.