● Run a launchpad
Create a launchpad
Chain, size, curve, fees, branding — every decision the wizard asks for and what it does.
Creating a launchpad is free and takes a few minutes. Go to the wizard, connect a wallet, and work through the steps below. Nothing is charged; the transactions you sign pay network fees only.
A Candles NFT is the key to LaunchKit: only holders of the collection on Robinhood Chain can create a launchpad, and there is no other way in. The wallet you connect in the wizard has to hold one at the moment you create — that wallet becomes the launchpad's owner, and the check is made against it. The NFT is a key, not a payment: it is not spent or locked, it stays yours to keep or sell, and the launchpad stays yours either way.
1. Chain
Today, launchpads open on Robinhood Chain; more chains are coming soon and show in the wizard as exactly that. The chain is fixed forever — wallets, fees and every token launched on your page follow it. See Chains.
2. Size
The size preset sets where coins start and where they graduate. Three presets, or set the caps yourself.
| Preset | Starts at | Bonds at | For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $4,000 mcap | $27,000 mcap | A first launchpad, a tight community |
| Standard | $5,000 mcap | $69,000 mcap | The pump.fun ladder — a familiar shape |
| Moon | $10,000 mcap | $500,000 mcap | An audience that already exists |
Caps are in USD, and you can set both yourself instead of taking a preset.
3. Curve shape
Three shapes, all reaching the same final market cap by different routes. Flat rises gently and raises the least; steep is cheap early and expensive late, raising the most.
| Shape | Feels like |
|---|---|
| Flat | A steady climb — early buyers are not enormously rewarded |
| Balanced | The default. Recognisable to anyone who has used a launchpad |
| Steep | Very cheap at the start, expensive near the end — early buyers most rewarded |
The wizard draws the curve live from the real program math, not an approximation, so what you see is what launches.
4. Trading fee and the creator's cut
The trading fee is charged on every buy and sell, from 0.1% to 10%, default 1%. Of it, 10% is commission and the rest splits between you and the creator of each coin, by a slider you set from 0 to 70.
Your number is a floor rather than the fee itself: each creator picks their own token's fee at launch, from your floor up to 10%, and the whole fee splits by your launchpad's rules whatever they pick.
5. Branding
Name, handle, tagline, colours, logo. All of it is editable later, unlike everything above — see Branding.
6. Sign
There is no transaction at all — one free signature proves you own the wallet that will receive the fees, we check that it holds a Candles NFT, and your launchpad is live. Your settings are then written into every coin's pool at the moment it launches, which is what makes them permanent.
Chain, quote currency, curve shape, market caps, trading fee, creator's cut, and the wallet that receives fees. These live in an immutable on-chain config by design: a launchpad owner who could quietly change the fees after coins launched would be rugging their own users. Branding, copy and socials stay editable forever.