How to Launch a Solana Token (Step by Step)

Before you start

Launching a token on Solana requires a funded wallet and a few decisions about supply and distribution. Everything else is handled by the launch wizard, which builds the mint, the metadata and the bonding curve in a single set of transactions.

• A Solana wallet such as Phantom or Solflare, set to the network you intend to launch on
• Enough SOL for the platform launch fee, network fees and account rent
• A token name, ticker symbol and logo image

Step 1 — Token details

Name, symbol and logo are written into the token's on-chain metadata and uploaded to IPFS, so wallets and explorers display them correctly. A clear description also decides whether your public token page is eligible for search indexing, so it is worth writing a real one.

Step 2 — Tokenomics

Choose the total supply and how it is split between the founder allocation, liquidity, community and anything else. The split is recorded with the launch and displayed publicly on the token page, which helps buyers evaluate the distribution.

Step 3 — Launch settings and the bonding curve

The bonding curve determines how the price moves as people buy. You pick the starting market cap and the migration threshold — the point at which the curve completes and liquidity migrates into a permanent pool.

Step 4 — Starting liquidity

Starting liquidity is an optional first buy made by you, in the same transaction that creates the curve. It is not a fee: you receive the tokens it purchases. It exists so the token is immediately tradable instead of sitting at zero volume.

Step 5 — Review, dry run, launch

The review step includes a dry run that simulates the exact launch transaction against the network without spending anything. It reports the instruction set, the accounts touched and the total cost. If the dry run is clean, the launch itself is two wallet approvals: the platform fee, then the combined config, pool and first-buy transaction.