# Creator Earn Base.meme makes it easy for creators to earn with passive rewards on market activities. ## 1. Creator trade As a creator on Base.meme, you do NOT receive any initial allocation of your coin. If you want to own your own coin, you can buy it during the Bonding Curve phase, just like any other participant. Buying early in this phase gives you the best price. **It is highly recommended that you purchase your own coin at the time of creation. This helps prevent others from attacking or sniping your token and ensures you have an initial stake in your project.** **TIP:** Strategic buying and holding can maximize your long-term earnings as a creator. ## 2. Creator rewards Creators also earn passive rewards whenever people trade their coins. There are 2 types of creator rewards: ### Trade rewards (Bonding Curve Phase) * Earn 1% of the trade value on every trade that happens during the Bonding Curve phase on Base.meme. * This does NOT apply to trades on other platforms or after the coin graduates to Uniswap. ### Market rewards (After Graduation) * After your coin graduates from the Bonding Curve phase and the Uniswap market is created, you earn creator rewards on every trade in the Uniswap market. * For coins created on or after December 5, 2025 (Uniswap V4 market), creators earn 1% of the trade value on every trade. * For coins created before December 5, 2025 (Uniswap V3 market), creators earn 0.5% of the trade value on every trade. * For buys: Creators earn their share of the trade value in pair token selected at token creation, which may be ETH, USDC, or SOL on Base. * For sells: * Uniswap V3: Creators earn their share of the trade value in their own coin. * Uniswap V4: Creators earn their share of the trade value in pair token selected at token creation, which may be ETH, USDC, or SOL on Base. Check out our [article](/fees-rewards/rewards-on-base-meme.md) here for an in-depth breakdown of how protocol rewards work on Base.meme. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.base.meme/fees-rewards/creator-earn.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.