Fees
Fees
Who pays what, and where every fee ends up.
Every token pays the same small protocol fee. Everything else is chosen by its creator at launch and shown on the token page, so traders always know what a trade costs before they make it.
All fees
| What | How much | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|
| Launch | 0.05 AVAX | Protocol, used to buy back and burn $HOOKS |
| Protocol fee | Fixed 0.3% of every trade, curve and pool | Protocol, used to buy back and burn $HOOKS (a blueprint author can take part of it on the curve) |
| Creator fee | Set by the creator, 0% to 10%, on every trade | The creator |
| Base pool fee | Set by the creator, 0% to 10% | The locked liquidity, whose fees go to the creator; the token side is burned |
| Dynamic fee | Base rising to at most 10% on large trades | The locked liquidity |
| Sell tax decay | Up to 20% extra on sells at open, fading to 0 | The locked liquidity |
| Volatility fee | Up to 5% extra inside a busy block | The locked liquidity |
| Snipe tax | Set by the creator, up to 25%, during anti-snipe | Curve: added to the pool at graduation. Pool: a pot, or the protocol |
| Pool buy cuts | LP rewards, pots and your fee: up to 20% together (a referral is paid out of your fee) | In-range liquidity, pots, creator (and referrer, from the creator fee) |
| Buyback | Up to 15% of sells, together with your fee | Saved, then spent buying and burning the token |
Limits that protect traders
Hook fees have hard ceilings in the contract, not just in the form. Buy-side cuts together are capped at 20% and sell-side cuts at 15%, so no mix of hooks can make a token impossible to trade.
What the creator earns
- Their own fee on every curve and pool trade.
- The paired-asset side of the locked liquidity's LP fees, forever.
What the protocol does with its share
The launch fee and the 0.3% protocol fee buy back and burn $HOOKS, the official Avax Hooks token.
Note
Prices and fees in the app are shown in US dollars using live price feeds.