Launch settings
Dev buy, Launch at, Launches, pair-token quotes, OTC Desks and creator fees — and what Simulate checks.
The settings that shape the mint itself, collected in one place.
Dev buy#
Set on the DEV row of the Wallets step: how much the creator buys inside the mint transaction, making it the first holder. Limit: 85 SOL on Solana; quote-dependent on pons. Leave at 0 for no creator buy.
On a stock-quoted pump.fun curve the dev buy is typed in SOL and swapped into the stock inside the mint transaction. USDC curves and StonkFun stocks spend the quote the creator already holds.
Launch at#
On Review & Deploy. Empty = mint now. Set a time 30 seconds to 30 days out to schedule; the whole launch (dev buy and tasks included) becomes one Scheduled launch task you can stop from the Tasks page.
Launches#
1 = mint once. Up to 10 identical launches run one after another — same wallets, dev buy and tasks on every mint.
Above 1, the line under the field adds up every launch's cost against live wallet balances: "Your wallets fund all 5 launches" means go; "fund 3 of 5" means the batch mints the three it can pay for. If a launch can't be funded when its turn comes, the batch stops there; earlier mints stay live.
Quote and pair token#
On pons with a USDG or stock quote, buyers need that token, not ETH:
- The dev buy and launch-task buyers swap ETH into the quote through the router right before launch (1 % router fee on that leg); a wallet already holding the quote spends that first.
- Gas and the launch fee stay in ETH — keep a little ETH in every buyer.
A stock-quoted pump.fun curve is the reverse: everything is typed in SOL, and each buy/sell swaps in the same transaction.
OTC Desks pairing (pump.fun)#
A pump.fun SOL launch can route creator fees to holders as rewards via otcdesks.cash. Picked on step 1 under the quote row — see OTC Desks pairing.
Creator fees (pons)#
Picked on step 1: recipient (Creator wallet, Holders, Custom address), Tax up to 10 %, Buyback. The pons contracts sweep the share automatically; the terminal's Creator fees button shows totals.
What Simulate checks#
- Metadata wouldn't revert on-chain (name/symbol length, image present).
- The creator can pay the mint, dev buy and gas.
- Every autostart task builds and simulates cleanly.
- A mounted supply plan fits under the supply cap.
Name, symbol, quote, creator-fee recipient and tax are written at the mint and cannot be edited afterwards. Simulate, read the review, then Create.
Pump Holder Rewards#
Choose Creator Fees or Holder Rewards at launch. Holder Rewards is permanent: Pump distributes the creator-fee share to eligible holders in the pair's quote token. Hold more than $20 worth to be eligible; payouts are proportional, several times an hour; no claim button.
- SOL and USDC pairs keep Pump's standard tiered fees. Custom pairs expose a flat fee of 0.01%–3%, final at launch.
- Holder Rewards can't combine with OTC Desks. Existing Cashback/Creator Fee tokens can apply to convert through Pump — conversion is permanent.
- New Cashback launches are no longer supported; existing ones keep trading and their cashback stays claimable.