Fees
Last updated October 21, 2026
Every party that can take anything from a launch or a trade, with the amount and where it goes. WICK's own line is zero.
At creation
| Cost | Amount | Paid to | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| WICK platform fee | 0 | — | No fee, no percentage, no token requirement. |
| pump.fun creation fee | 0 | — | Creation is free on pump.fun. |
| Solana account rent | about 0.015 to 0.02 SOL | Solana (locked in the new accounts) | The deposit the network requires for the mint, metadata and curve accounts. Preflight shows the exact figure inside "rent + network". |
| Solana transaction fee | 0.000005 SOL per signature | Solana validators | Two signatures on the create transaction. |
| Priority fee | you set it; default 0.0005 SOL | Solana validators | Speeds inclusion when the network is busy. |
| Storage of art, metadata and receipt | free under 100 KB per file | Irys / Arweave | Above 100 KB (only GIFs, since stills are shrunk) Irys's posted price per byte, paid from your wallet, a fraction of a cent per 100 KB at the time of writing. |
| Optional first buy: pump.fun trading fee | 1.25% of the buy | 0.30% creator (that is you), 0.95% pump.fun | Same fee as any trade on the curve. |
| Optional first buy: PumpPortal fee | 0.5% of the buy | PumpPortal | Charged only on trades built through its Local Transaction API. With no first buy, PumpPortal takes nothing. |
Worked example: a launch with no first buy costs about 0.02 SOL in rent and fees and nothing else. A launch with a 1 SOL first buy costs about 0.02 SOL plus 1 SOL, of which 0.0125 SOL is pump.fun's trading fee (0.003 SOL of that returns to you as creator) and 0.005 SOL is PumpPortal's fee; the rest buys tokens on the curve. Preflight prints the exact figures for your launch.
While trading on the bonding curve
| Fee | Amount | Paid to |
|---|---|---|
| Trading fee, every buy and sell | 1.25% | 0.30% creator, 0.95% pump.fun protocol |
Graduation
| Fee | Amount | Paid to |
|---|---|---|
| Migration to PumpSwap | 0.015 SOL | pump.fun |
After graduation (PumpSwap)
PumpSwap's swap fee is tiered by market cap and falls as the coin grows. From pump.fun's published schedule for SOL-paired coins:
| Market cap | Creator | Protocol | LP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 420 SOL | 0.300% | 0.930% | 0.020% | 1.25% |
| intermediate tiers | fall step by step with market cap; see pump.fun's fees page for the full ladder | |||
| 98,240 SOL and above | 0.050% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.300% |
Creator fees
The creator's share of trading fees accumulates in a per-creator vault account on pump.fun. When your wallet is connected, WICK reads that vault and shows the unclaimed balance on the launch page. Claiming is done on pump.fun.
What WICK will never charge
- A percentage of your curve or your pool.
- A fee hidden inside slippage or a priority fee.
- A fee for the mint keypair, the vanity address, storage under the free tier, preflight, receipts or the Candles board.
If WICK ever introduces a fee it will be a flat amount, shown on the launch form before you sign, and dated on this page first.