How to create a meme coin: steps and cost on each launchpad

You can launch a memecoin on pump.fun for 0 SOL or 0 USDC in platform fees, per its fee page checked on 2026-09-25. You pay Solana network fees, and pump.fun charges 0.015 SOL once if the coin graduates. The steps below come from the guides of six launchpads.

Steps restate each launchpad's own guide, opened on 2026-10-01. Each cost is quoted from the launchpad's docs or create page, last checked on 2026-10-01. Network fees change with the chain's load and are not in the table.

How to make a meme coin in five steps

Choose a launchpad and a chain. The cost table shows what each launchpad charges to create a coin.
Get a wallet for that chain. Fund it with enough of the chain's coin to pay network fees.
Enter the coin details. Every launchpad below asks for a name and a ticker. Most also take an image or logo, a description and social links.
Choose the launch settings. Examples are the pair, a first buy, the fee mode or who receives creator rewards. On several launchpads you cannot change these settings later.
Sign the transaction. The coin starts to trade on a bonding curve or in a pool, depending on the launchpad.

How to create a meme coin on each launchpad

The steps below restate each launchpad's own guide or create page, opened on 2026-10-01. Quoted facts come from the launchpad pages on MemeFees, with their own check dates.

How to create a meme coin on pump.fun

pump.fun is a Solana launchpad. You create the coin on its create page, and the coin trades on a bonding curve from the first second.

Sign in on the pump.fun create page.
Enter the coin name and the ticker. A description and social links are optional.
Choose the pool pair, SOL or USDC, and choose who receives creator rewards: the creator or the holders.
Check every field. The create page says that coin data such as social links and the banner cannot be changed after creation.Source: pump.fun create page, checked 2026-10-01
A new coin has a supply of 1 billion and starts trading at once on a bonding curve.Source: pump.fun fee schedule (updated 20 May 2026), checked 2026-09-25

Platform fee to create: “0 SOL or 0 USDC”pump.fun fee schedule (updated 20 May 2026), checked 2026-09-25

More on pump.fun: profile and fees, pump.fun stats: launches, graduations, fees and revenue, pump.fun fee calculator.

How to create a meme coin on LetsBONK

LetsBONK publishes no create guide. It is a front end on Raydium LaunchLab, so these steps follow Raydium's own guide for a quick LaunchLab launch. The LetsBONK screens can differ.

Raydium runs the bonding-curve program.Source: Raydium: LaunchLab platform config (rate units), checked 2026-09-25
Connect a Solana wallet. Raydium's guide says a quick launch on raydium.io needs about 0.05 to 0.1 SOL for transaction fees.
Enter the token name and the ticker, and upload a logo image or GIF. A description and social links are optional.
Enter an initial buy in SOL if you want one. Raydium notes that this buy changes the first price on the curve.
Review the summary, select Create and approve the transaction in your wallet.Source: Raydium guide: creating a LaunchLab token, checked 2026-10-01
When a SOL-paired curve has raised 85 SOL, Raydium moves the liquidity to a CPMM pool.Source: Raydium LaunchLab API: letsbonk.fun platform config, checked 2026-09-25

Platform fee to create: “Not published. LetsBONK has no public fee page; the launch quote shows network and account costs.”No public source, checked 2026-09-25

More on LetsBONK.fun: profile and fees, LetsBONK.fun stats: launches, graduations, fees and revenue.

How to create a meme coin on four.meme (BNB Chain)

four.meme is a BNB Chain launchpad. Its guide lists the fields of the create form and the launch fee.

Fill in the token name, the ticker, a short description, the logo and your social links.Source: four.meme guide: how it works, checked 2026-10-01
A creator pairs the token with BNB, USDT, USD1, UUSD or bStocks.
The creator can buy in the same transaction to get ahead of snipers.Source: four.meme guide: how it works, checked 2026-09-25
Confirm the transaction to launch the token.Source: four.meme guide: how it works, checked 2026-10-01
At 100% of the curve, about 18 BNB for a BNB pair, four.meme pairs 20% of the supply with the raise on PancakeSwap.Source: four.meme guide: how it works, checked 2026-09-25

Platform fee to create: “Free. Only the BNB network fee applies, about 0.005 BNB”four.meme guide: how it works, checked 2026-09-25

More on four.meme: profile and fees, four.meme stats: launches, graduations, fees and revenue.

How to create a meme coin on Bags

Bags is a Solana launchpad built around shared creator fees. Its docs describe the launch flow of the Bags API, one call or signature per step.

Have a Solana wallet with some SOL for transactions.
Create the token info and metadata.Source: Bags docs: token launch workflow, checked 2026-10-01
Every Bags launch needs a fee-share config. It lists up to 100 claimers by social account, each with a share in basis points.Source: Bags API changelog, checked 2026-09-25
The creator chooses one of seven modes, from 0.25% to 10% on the curve.Source: Bags docs: customize token fees, checked 2026-09-25
Get the launch transaction, sign it with your wallet and send it to the network.Source: Bags docs: token launch workflow, checked 2026-10-01

Platform fee to create: “no Bags fee for API launches since September 2025, only transaction costs. Robinhood Chain: 0.02 ETH by default”Bags API changelog, checked 2026-09-25

More on Bags: profile and fees, Bags stats: launches, graduations, fees and revenue.

How to create a meme coin on Zora

On Zora, each post is a coin. A profile can also have a creator coin.

Tap + to open the Create modal, then choose Upload or Generate.
Add a title. The title is also the coin's ticker. A caption is optional.
Select Next. You receive 10 million of your coin by default, and you can buy more before you post.
Tap Post to publish the post and its coin.Source: Zora help: how to create a post, checked 2026-10-01
A creator coin is made when you finish setting up a Zora account. Existing users select Activate on their profile. Zora says this choice cannot be undone.Source: Zora help: how to enable your Creator Coin, checked 2026-10-01

Platform fee to create: “Every post is free to create”Zora help: how to create a post, checked 2026-10-01

How to create a meme coin with Clanker

Clanker has two main ways to launch: the deploy page on clanker.world and the @clanker bot on Farcaster.

On clanker.world/deploy, connect a wallet. Choose the network and enter the name, the symbol and an image.
Add a description and links to Telegram, a website, X or Farcaster if you want them.
Choose the pool fee setting: Recommended, a base fee plus a fee that follows volatility, or Legacy, a fixed fee. The default is the dynamic fee.
Add more reward recipients if you want to. By default, all rewards go to the connected wallet.Source: Clanker docs: clanker.world deployments, checked 2026-10-01
On Farcaster, tag @clanker in a cast with a token name, a ticker and an optional image. The bot pairs the token with WETH by default.Source: Clanker docs: deploying a token, checked 2026-10-01

Platform fee to create: “No creation fee is published in Clanker's deploy guides”Clanker docs: deploying a token, checked 2026-10-01

What you pay to launch a memecoin

A launch can cost money at three points. This guide compares the platform part of each one.

Creation fee. What the launchpad charges to create the token. Some charge nothing.
Network fee. What the chain charges to run the transactions. You pay it on every launchpad.
Fee at graduation. A one-time fee when the token moves from its bonding curve to a DEX pool. See the graduation guide.

Trading fees are a separate cost. They apply to every buy and sell after launch, including the creator's own. The curve fee table compares them.

Memecoin launch cost by launchpad

Platform fee to create a token, its type and the fee at graduation, per launchpad
Launchpad	Chains	Platform fee to create	Type	Fee at graduation
four.meme Stats	BSC	“Free. Only the BNB network fee applies, about 0.005 BNB”four.meme guide: how it works, checked 2026-09-25	Free	Not published
NOXA Fun	MegaETH, Monad, Stable, Robinhood Chain	“there is no launch fee”noxa.fi docs (current site), checked 2026-09-25	Free	Not published
pump.fun Stats	Solana	“0 SOL or 0 USDC”pump.fun fee schedule (updated 20 May 2026), checked 2026-09-25	Free	0.015 SOL
Bags Stats	Solana, Robinhood Chain	“no Bags fee for API launches since September 2025, only transaction costs. Robinhood Chain: 0.02 ETH by default”Bags API changelog, checked 2026-09-25	Depends on the chain	Not published
Flap.sh Stats	BSC	“a deploy cost of about 0.001 BNB”Flap: create page, checked 2026-09-25	Fixed fee	Not published
LetsCash	Robinhood Chain	“About one dollar, paid in ETH”LetsCash: about, checked 2026-09-25	Fixed fee	Not published
Pons Stats	Robinhood Chain	“V1: 0.0005 ETH”Pons V1 docs, checked 2026-09-25	Fixed fee	Not published
LetsBONK.fun Stats	Solana	“Not published. LetsBONK has no public fee page; the launch quote shows network and account costs.”No public source, checked 2026-09-25	Not published	Not published
Raydium LaunchLab	Solana	“Not published as a Raydium fee. The guide says to hold about 0.1 to 0.5 SOL for creation and vault rent.”Raydium: creating a LaunchLab token, checked 2026-09-25	Not published	Not published
Zora	Base, Robinhood Chain, Solana	“Every post is free to create”Zora help: how to create a post, checked 2026-10-01	Free	Not published
Clanker	Base, Arbitrum, Unichain, Ethereum, Monad	“No creation fee is published in Clanker's deploy guides”Clanker docs: deploying a token, checked 2026-10-01	Not published	No curve. A bot deploy puts the supply, less any vault share, in a Uniswap V4 pool as single-sided liquidity, and the LP is locked.Clanker docs: Farcaster bot deployments, checked 2026-10-01

Type groups the quoted fee: free, a fixed fee, a fee that depends on the chain, or no published figure. Not published means we found no official figure on the check date.

What happens after you create a meme coin

The bonding curve

On most launchpads in this guide, a new coin trades on a bonding curve. The curve is a contract that sells the coin and sets the price from the amount already sold. On pump.fun, every buy and sell on the curve pays “1.25% per trade”. The bonding curve guide compares the curve fee and the end point of each launchpad.

Graduation

A coin graduates when its curve is complete. On pump.fun that happens “when all 793.1 million curve tokens are sold”, and the liquidity moves to a PumpSwap pool, with a one-time fee of 0.015 SOL. The graduation guide lists the point and the destination for each launchpad, and the graduating list shows coins close to the end of their curve.

Creator rewards

Many launchpads pay the creator a share of each trade. pump.fun pays “0.30% on the curve”, and its create page lets the creator send this reward to holders instead. The creator fee guide compares the default share on each launchpad.

Risks, legal and tax notes

Raydium's launch guide says that launching a token carries financial and reputational risk.Source: Raydium guide: creating a LaunchLab token, checked 2026-10-01
Some launch settings are permanent. On Raydium LaunchLab, the supply and the share of supply on the curve cannot change after launch.Source: Raydium guide: creating a LaunchLab token, checked 2026-10-01
In the United States, SEC staff said on 27 February 2025 that meme coins of the type it described are not securities. The statement is a staff view with no legal force, and other federal or state agencies can still act against fraud.Source: SEC staff statement on meme coins, 27 February 2025, checked 2026-10-01
For US tax, the IRS treats digital assets as property, not currency. The federal tax return asks if you received, sold or exchanged a digital asset during the year.Source: IRS: digital assets, checked 2026-10-01
The success rate guide shows how many graduated coins still trade at or above their graduation market cap.

Rules differ by country. This section is general information. It is not legal, tax or financial advice.

What the launch cost data shows

Three of the nine launchpads charge no platform fee to create a token: four.meme, NOXA Fun and pump.fun. The creator still pays the network fee of the chain. For four.meme the source says: "Free. Only the BNB network fee applies, about 0.005 BNB".

Three charge a small fixed fee: Flap.sh ("a deploy cost of about 0.001 BNB"), LetsCash ("About one dollar, paid in ETH") and Pons ("V1: 0.0005 ETH"). On Bags the fee depends on the chain: "no Bags fee for API launches since September 2025, only transaction costs. Robinhood Chain: 0.02 ETH by default".

LetsBONK.fun and Raydium LaunchLab publish no creation fee. LetsBONK.fun: "Not published. LetsBONK has no public fee page; the launch quote shows network and account costs." Raydium LaunchLab: "Not published as a Raydium fee. The guide says to hold about 0.1 to 0.5 SOL for creation and vault rent."

A launch can cost more later. pump.fun charges 0.015 SOL when a token graduates. No other launchpad here publishes a fee at graduation.

By chain: on BSC, four.meme has no platform fee and Flap.sh has a fixed fee; on Robinhood Chain, NOXA Fun has no platform fee, Bags has a fee that depends on the chain, LetsCash has a fixed fee and Pons has a fixed fee; on Solana, pump.fun has no platform fee, Bags has a fee that depends on the chain, LetsBONK.fun has no published fee and Raydium LaunchLab has no published fee.

In total, three of nine are free to create, three charge a fixed fee, one changes with the chain and two publish no figure.

Frequently asked questions

How do you create a meme coin?

Choose a launchpad, connect a wallet that holds enough of the chain's coin for network fees, enter a name, a ticker and an image or logo, and sign the create transaction. The launchpad then lists the coin, in most cases on a bonding curve. On pump.fun the platform fee to create is 0 SOL or 0 USDC.

How to create a meme coin on Solana?

Use a Solana launchpad such as pump.fun, LetsBONK or Bags. On pump.fun, you sign in, enter the coin name and the ticker, choose a SOL or USDC pair and create the coin. On LetsBONK, which runs on Raydium LaunchLab, you connect a wallet, enter the name, the ticker and a logo, and approve the transaction. Bags needs a fee-share config that names the fee claimers before launch.

How much does it cost to create a meme coin?

On four.meme, NOXA Fun, pump.fun and Zora, the platform charges nothing to create a token; you pay only the network fee. Other launchpads charge a small fixed fee or publish no figure.

Can you create a meme coin for free?

four.meme, NOXA Fun, pump.fun and Zora charge no platform fee to create a coin. Every chain still charges a network fee for the create transaction. A first buy of your own coin, where the launchpad offers one, also costs money.

How much does it cost to launch a meme coin on pump.fun?

Creating a coin on pump.fun costs 0 SOL or 0 USDC in platform fees. Only Solana network fees apply. pump.fun charges 0.015 SOL once, when the coin graduates.

How much does it cost to launch a memecoin on Solana?

On Solana, pump.fun charges no platform fee to create a token. Bags charges no fee for API launches on Solana. LetsBONK.fun and Raydium LaunchLab publish no creation fee. Solana network fees apply in every case.

Does it cost money to make a meme coin on BNB Chain?

On four.meme: "Free. Only the BNB network fee applies, about 0.005 BNB". Flap.sh's create page shows a deploy cost of about 0.001 BNB.

Is it legal to create a meme coin?

The answer depends on the country. In the United States, SEC staff said on 27 February 2025 that meme coins of the type it described are not securities. That statement has no legal force, and fraud rules still apply. This page is general information, not legal advice.

Related data and guides

Fee facts are quoted from each launchpad's own documentation, with the date we last checked it. Fees and revenue come from DefiLlama; launch, graduation and survival figures come from the MemeFees engine (see the methodology). MemeFees is independent and not affiliated with any launchpad on this page. This page is general information. It is not financial advice.