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How to make a memecoin on Solana

Making a memecoin takes about a minute. Getting anyone to trust it takes longer. Here's how launching works on the main Solana launchpads, and what buyers will check before they touch your coin.

Updated 8 November 2026 · 2 min read

How a launch works

Every big Solana launchpad works the same way at its core. You give the coin a name, ticker, image and social links, and it starts trading on a bonding curve: a formula that raises the price with every buy. You don't need to put up any liquidity. If enough SOL flows in, the coin graduates and its liquidity moves to a normal trading pool. Most coins never get there.

The launchpads compared

  • [pump.fun](/tools/pump-fun): the biggest. Trades on the curve cost 1.25%, and 0.30% of that goes to the creator. Graduated coins move to pump.fun's own exchange, PumpSwap.
  • [LetsBonk](/tools/letsbonk): the BONK community's launchpad, built on Raydium's launch tools. Coins graduate to Raydium pools, and part of the fees supports BONK.
  • [Bags](/tools/bags): built around creator earnings. You earn a share of trading fees on every trade of your coin, and can route those royalties to other people, like the account a coin is about.
  • [Jupiter Studio](/tools/jupiter-studio): Jupiter's launchpad. You set a 1% or 2% trade fee at launch and earn 50% of it for the coin's lifetime. Custom mode adds anti-sniper fees and creator vesting. Coins graduate to a Meteora pool.
  • [boop.fun](/tools/boop): free to launch, from the site or by tagging its bot on X. After graduation, a 2% fee applies and 62.5% of it goes to the coin's holders.

Compare them all on our launchpads page.

Step by step

  1. Set up a wallet like Phantom with some SOL for fees and any first buy.
  2. Open the launchpad from its official link. Fake launchpad sites exist to drain creators too.
  3. Add the name, ticker, image and socials. Make the X account first, so buyers can check it.
  4. Decide your own first buy, called the dev buy, and keep it modest. Buyers will see it.
  5. Launch, share the contract address from your own accounts, and stay around to talk to the people who buy.

What buyers will check (so do it right)

Traders run the same rug check on your coin that they run on everyone else's. A big dev buy, supply spread across fresh wallets, or a bundled launch will be spotted in seconds by tools like Trench Radar and Bubblemaps, and most will skip your coin. A clean launch with a visible, small dev wallet is the strongest trust signal you have.

FAQ

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

Launching is free or close to it on most launchpads; you mainly pay Solana network fees and whatever you choose to buy yourself. boop.fun, for example, is free to launch from its site.

Do memecoin creators earn fees?

On most launchpads, yes. pump.fun pays creators 0.30% of bonding curve trades, Jupiter Studio pays 50% of its 1% or 2% trade fee for the coin's lifetime, and Bags pays creators a share of every trade.

What happens if my memecoin doesn't graduate?

It stays on the bonding curve and keeps trading there, usually with little activity. Most launched coins never reach graduation.

Nothing here is financial advice, and we never call a coin or tool safe. We say what we checked and when.