FAQ
Common questions about PumpForge. For the legal agreement covering your use of this Interface, see the Terms of Use.
Frequently asked questions
What is PumpForge?
PumpForge is a one-stop launchpad for tokens on Solana. You can create a token, build a liquidity pool, swap, lock liquidity, harvest fees, and add or remove liquidity, all in one place. Every action is built on top of trusted, audited Solana programs. Token creation flows through Metaplex; pools and swaps flow through the Raydium Protocol.
Why should I use PumpForge instead of Raydium LaunchLab?
Short version: you pay PumpForge once, you'd pay LaunchLab on every swap your token ever does. That difference compounds fast on a token that catches.
LaunchLab is Raydium's bonding-curve launcher (their answer to pump.fun). It's clever, but the protocol takes a cut of every trade on the curve, charges a chunky graduation fee (~6 SOL) when the curve fills, and locks your supply inside the curve until strangers buy it out of there. The post-graduation pool runs on their terms, not yours.
PumpForge is the opposite shape. You pay flat one-time service fees (0.20 SOL to mint, 0.10 SOL per pool, 0.10 SOL to lock, 0.05 SOL per authority revoke) plus Solana account rent (the network's cost for keeping your new accounts on chain). The full token supply lands in your wallet on day one. You pick the pool type, the fee tier, the ratio. Once you seed the pool, every cent of swap fees flows to the LPs, which is you. No protocol sits between you and the trades.
Up-front you usually spend a bit more on PumpForge (about 0.55 SOL via Express Launch, or roughly 0.7 SOL if you do mint + pool + lock manually). Long-tail you spend zero. LaunchLab is the cheaper bet if you want a viral lottery ticket with no up-front skin in the game. PumpForge is the cheaper bet for any token that actually trades.
LaunchLab is Raydium's bonding-curve launcher (their answer to pump.fun). It's clever, but the protocol takes a cut of every trade on the curve, charges a chunky graduation fee (~6 SOL) when the curve fills, and locks your supply inside the curve until strangers buy it out of there. The post-graduation pool runs on their terms, not yours.
PumpForge is the opposite shape. You pay flat one-time service fees (0.20 SOL to mint, 0.10 SOL per pool, 0.10 SOL to lock, 0.05 SOL per authority revoke) plus Solana account rent (the network's cost for keeping your new accounts on chain). The full token supply lands in your wallet on day one. You pick the pool type, the fee tier, the ratio. Once you seed the pool, every cent of swap fees flows to the LPs, which is you. No protocol sits between you and the trades.
Up-front you usually spend a bit more on PumpForge (about 0.55 SOL via Express Launch, or roughly 0.7 SOL if you do mint + pool + lock manually). Long-tail you spend zero. LaunchLab is the cheaper bet if you want a viral lottery ticket with no up-front skin in the game. PumpForge is the cheaper bet for any token that actually trades.
What else makes PumpForge different?
A few things we're proud of:
• One app, one wallet, one workflow. Mint, pool, lock, swap, harvest, add/remove. No tab-juggling between three different sites and three different fee schedules.
• Revoke Authorities for tokens you already minted. Forgot to lock down mint or freeze when you launched? Paste the mint address, click revoke, done. Most launchers don't let you fix a token after the fact.
• The full bill, every time. Service fee, Raydium protocol fee, network fee, ATA rent, all spelled out before you sign. No surprises in the wallet popup.
• Token-2022 supported. First-class for both pool creation and the revoke flow.
• One app, one wallet, one workflow. Mint, pool, lock, swap, harvest, add/remove. No tab-juggling between three different sites and three different fee schedules.
• Revoke Authorities for tokens you already minted. Forgot to lock down mint or freeze when you launched? Paste the mint address, click revoke, done. Most launchers don't let you fix a token after the fact.
• The full bill, every time. Service fee, Raydium protocol fee, network fee, ATA rent, all spelled out before you sign. No surprises in the wallet popup.
• Token-2022 supported. First-class for both pool creation and the revoke flow.
Is my wallet safe? Can PumpForge take my tokens?
No. PumpForge is fully non-custodial. We never see or store your seed phrase, private keys, or recovery info. Every transaction is prepared on our server, sent to your wallet for you to review, and only signed if you approve it. If anything looks wrong in the wallet popup, just reject it and nothing happens. Your funds stay in your wallet at all times.
How do I create a token?
Open the Create Coin page, fill in the name, symbol, supply, decimals, and a logo, then click Generate. Your metadata is uploaded to Arweave and the full supply is minted directly to your wallet in a single transaction. You can also revoke the mint and/or freeze authority in the same transaction, which is strongly recommended for any token you plan to share or list.
Why should I revoke the mint and freeze authorities?
Active authorities mean the token creator can still mint extra supply or freeze any holder's account. Most exchanges, listing sites, and holders treat tokens with active authorities as high risk for that reason. Revoking is a one-time, on-chain action that permanently locks the token down. No more minting, no more freezing, no exceptions. It is one of the simplest and strongest safety signals you can give to anyone considering your token. If you forgot to revoke when you minted, the Revoke Authorities section on the Create Coin page lets you do it any time.
What is the difference between CPMM and AMMv4 pools?
Both are constant-product pools on Raydium. CPMM is the newer, cheaper, simpler version. It supports Token-2022 and is the recommended choice for most launches. AMMv4 is the older format and requires a separate OpenBook market, which makes pool creation more expensive (around 0.55 SOL versus 0.25 SOL for CPMM). AMMv4 still has its place for pairs that benefit from on-chain order book depth.
What does locking liquidity do?
Locking sends your LP tokens into Raydium's on-chain lock program permanently. You give up the ability to ever withdraw the underlying liquidity, and in exchange the pool keeps trading and your locked position keeps earning fees. You can claim those fees any time using the Position NFT minted to your wallet at lock time. Locking is the strongest possible signal that the team cannot rug pull, since the liquidity is provably out of their hands forever.
What is the difference between locking and burning liquidity?
Both make liquidity unrecoverable, but they behave very differently afterward.
Lockingsends your LP tokens to Raydium's lock program and mints a Position NFT to your wallet. The liquidity stays in the pool, the pool keeps trading, and trading fees keep accruing to your locked position. You can harvest those fees any time using the Position NFT. You give up the principal forever, but you keep the income stream.
Burning sends LP tokens to a dead address (or to the SPL burn instruction). The tokens are destroyed, and with them every claim on the underlying liquidity, including future fees. There is no NFT, nothing to harvest, and no way to recover anything. Burning is simpler and slightly cheaper, but you walk away with nothing back.
Most projects choose locking because it gives the same trust signal (liquidity cannot be pulled) while still letting the team or community claim trading fees. Burning is the right choice when you want to fully renounce any future interest in the pool.
Lockingsends your LP tokens to Raydium's lock program and mints a Position NFT to your wallet. The liquidity stays in the pool, the pool keeps trading, and trading fees keep accruing to your locked position. You can harvest those fees any time using the Position NFT. You give up the principal forever, but you keep the income stream.
Burning sends LP tokens to a dead address (or to the SPL burn instruction). The tokens are destroyed, and with them every claim on the underlying liquidity, including future fees. There is no NFT, nothing to harvest, and no way to recover anything. Burning is simpler and slightly cheaper, but you walk away with nothing back.
Most projects choose locking because it gives the same trust signal (liquidity cannot be pulled) while still letting the team or community claim trading fees. Burning is the right choice when you want to fully renounce any future interest in the pool.
Can I unlock liquidity later?
No. Locking is permanent and irreversible. Only lock if you are completely sure. You can still claim accrued trading fees as often as you like using the Harvest button on the Lock Liquidity page, but the locked LP tokens themselves stay locked forever.
Are PumpForge service fees refundable?
No. PumpForge service fees are non-refundable once the transaction you sign lands on-chain. This applies to every paid action: token creation, authority revokes, pool creation, liquidity locking, add and remove liquidity. Solana transactions are irreversible, so the platform cannot recover funds that have already settled to the treasury.
Express Launch is bundled. The flat 0.35 SOL service fee is collected on the first transaction (token mint), not split per step. If you cancel between mint and pool, or between pool and lock, the bundle fee is already paid and is not refunded. Your token is still on-chain and you can finish the remaining steps manually from the Create Pool / Lock Liquidity pages.
Network fees, account rent, and Raydium protocol fees are also non-refundable. Some account rent (e.g. wrapped-SOL temp accounts, or LP token accounts you later close) may be reclaimable on Solana directly via account closure, but PumpForge does not refund the portions that go to the platform treasury.
Review every transaction in your wallet before signing. Once you approve, the action is final.
Express Launch is bundled. The flat 0.35 SOL service fee is collected on the first transaction (token mint), not split per step. If you cancel between mint and pool, or between pool and lock, the bundle fee is already paid and is not refunded. Your token is still on-chain and you can finish the remaining steps manually from the Create Pool / Lock Liquidity pages.
Network fees, account rent, and Raydium protocol fees are also non-refundable. Some account rent (e.g. wrapped-SOL temp accounts, or LP token accounts you later close) may be reclaimable on Solana directly via account closure, but PumpForge does not refund the portions that go to the platform treasury.
Review every transaction in your wallet before signing. Once you approve, the action is final.
Can I lock only a portion of my LP instead of all of it?
No. PumpForge is intentionally 100%-only when you lock LP, both in the Express Launch flow and on the standalone Lock Liquidity page. The whole point of locking is the trust signal it sends to buyers: the creator cannot pull liquidity. A partial lock weakens that signal, because whatever percentage stays liquid is still drainable. Keeping it all-or-nothing keeps the message clean.
If you want to keep some LP unlocked for future strategy, do not lock at all — burn the LP you want to commit to the pool, and hold the rest. The two flows have different tradeoffs (see "What is the difference between locking and burning liquidity?" above).
If you want to keep some LP unlocked for future strategy, do not lock at all — burn the LP you want to commit to the pool, and hold the rest. The two flows have different tradeoffs (see "What is the difference between locking and burning liquidity?" above).
How do trading fees work? Where is my yield?
On CPMM and AMMv4, trading fees are not paid out as new LP tokens. They quietly accrue inside the pool reserves, which means each LP token represents a slightly larger slice of the pool over time. You realize that yield when you remove liquidity, or when you harvest if the position is locked. The Fee APR shown in the panel is an annualized estimate based on the last 24 hours of pool volume.
Why did my swap fail?
Most swap failures are slippage related. The pool ratio moved between the time you got the quote and the on-chain execution by more than your slippage tolerance. Retry with a slightly higher tolerance or a smaller trade size. A few less common causes: the route does not exist for your pair (no liquidity), or your wallet does not hold enough of the input token plus a small SOL buffer for network fees.
What service fees does PumpForge charge?
Service fees go to PumpForge. Everything else listed below is paid to Raydium or to the Solana network (account rent + tx fees), not to us. Every page shows the full breakdown before you sign.
Token creation (standalone): 0.20 SOL service fee, plus 0.05 SOL per authority you revoke (mint or freeze). Account rent for the new mint and metadata adds ~0.02 SOL.
Express Launch (flat):0.35 SOL service fee covers mint + both revokes + pool + lock with no per-step charges. Plus Raydium's 0.15 SOL pool fee, plus ~0.04 SOL Solana account rent (mint, metadata, ATAs, LP mint, lock NFT). All-in around 0.55 SOL.
CPMM pool creation:0.10 SOL service fee, plus Raydium's ~0.15 SOL protocol fee, plus ~0.011 SOL account rent for the pool state, LP mint, and pool token vaults. All-in around 0.27 SOL.
AMMv4 pool creation:0.10 SOL service fee, plus Raydium's 0.15 SOL protocol fee, plus ~0.30 SOL OpenBook market account rent, plus ~0.06 SOL other account rent. All-in around 0.62 SOL. AMMv4 is materially more expensive than CPMM because of the OpenBook market it depends on. Use CPMM if you don't need order-book depth.
Lock CPMM liquidity: 0.10 SOL service fee, plus ~0.024 SOL lock-NFT account rent. All-in around 0.125 SOL.
Add liquidity:Free. You only pay Solana network fees and ~0.002 SOL ATA rent if you don't already hold the LP token.
Remove liquidity: 0.05 SOL service fee plus tx fee.
Swap:Free from PumpForge. Raydium's per-pool swap fee is built into the quote. ~0.002 SOL ATA rent if you don't already hold the receive token.
Harvest locked fees: Free. Just the network tx fee.
Burn tokens: Free. Closing a token account actually refunds ~0.002 SOL of rent back to your wallet.
Token creation (standalone): 0.20 SOL service fee, plus 0.05 SOL per authority you revoke (mint or freeze). Account rent for the new mint and metadata adds ~0.02 SOL.
Express Launch (flat):0.35 SOL service fee covers mint + both revokes + pool + lock with no per-step charges. Plus Raydium's 0.15 SOL pool fee, plus ~0.04 SOL Solana account rent (mint, metadata, ATAs, LP mint, lock NFT). All-in around 0.55 SOL.
CPMM pool creation:0.10 SOL service fee, plus Raydium's ~0.15 SOL protocol fee, plus ~0.011 SOL account rent for the pool state, LP mint, and pool token vaults. All-in around 0.27 SOL.
AMMv4 pool creation:0.10 SOL service fee, plus Raydium's 0.15 SOL protocol fee, plus ~0.30 SOL OpenBook market account rent, plus ~0.06 SOL other account rent. All-in around 0.62 SOL. AMMv4 is materially more expensive than CPMM because of the OpenBook market it depends on. Use CPMM if you don't need order-book depth.
Lock CPMM liquidity: 0.10 SOL service fee, plus ~0.024 SOL lock-NFT account rent. All-in around 0.125 SOL.
Add liquidity:Free. You only pay Solana network fees and ~0.002 SOL ATA rent if you don't already hold the LP token.
Remove liquidity: 0.05 SOL service fee plus tx fee.
Swap:Free from PumpForge. Raydium's per-pool swap fee is built into the quote. ~0.002 SOL ATA rent if you don't already hold the receive token.
Harvest locked fees: Free. Just the network tx fee.
Burn tokens: Free. Closing a token account actually refunds ~0.002 SOL of rent back to your wallet.
I created a token but it does not show up. What now?
Wallet token-account views can lag a few seconds behind confirmation. PumpForge already retries with a short delay built in. If your new token still is not visible after a manual refresh, check the signature on Solscan to confirm the mint succeeded. Pools created in the same flow may take a minute longer to appear in the dropdowns since they need to be re-scanned.