Fee Structure

Base.meme operates on Base with following fee structures setup. Below is a summary of each fee, and its rate.

1. First Buy Fee

How it's charged: Collected as an extra fee from first buyer of the coin. Note: Create on Base.meme is completely free. First buy fee is charged on whoever first bought the created coin.

Paired with	Amount
ETH	0.0015 ETH
USDC	5 USDC
SOL	0.04 SOL

2. Trading Fee (Bonding Curve Phase)

Fee Rate: 2% Note: Fees are charged in the pair token selected at token creation, which may be ETH, USDC or SOL on Base.

Distribution	Rate
Creator	1%
Creator's Referrer	0.2%
Trade Referrer	0.2%
Base.meme	0.6%

3. Seeding Fee (Liquidity Pool Creation)

How it's charged: Deducted from the liquidity pool at the time of pool creation. Note: Fees are charged in the pair token selected at token creation, which may be ETH, USDC or SOL on Base.

For Standard mode coins, the seeding fee is charged using the fixed amounts below.

Paired with	Amount	DEX Protocol	Pool Type
ETH	0.15 ETH	Uniswap	V3 or V4 pool
USDC	500 USDC	Uniswap	V4 pool
SOL	4 SOL	Uniswap	V4 pool

For Advanced mode coins, the seeding fee is 6% of the coin’s funding target (Raised), charged in the selected payment token. Base.meme will show the final amount before you confirm creation.

4. LP Fee (After Graduation)

Fee Rate: Depends on when the coin was created: - For coins created on or after December 5, 2025 (Uniswap V4): 2% of each trade. - For coins created before December 5, 2025 (Uniswap V3): 1% of each trade. LP Token Handling: After liquidity is added, LP tokens are held by the token's bonding curve contract and cannot be withdrawn or transferred, ensuring permanent liquidity lock. Note: Fees are charged in the pair token selected at token creation, which may be ETH, USDC or SOL on Base.

Uniswap V4 pools (coins created on or after December 5, 2025)

Distribution	Rate
Creator	1%
Creator's Referrer	0.2%
Trade Referrer	0.2%
Base.meme	0.6%

Uniswap V3 pools (coins created before December 5, 2025)

Distribution	Rate
Creator	0.5%
Creator's Referrer	0.1%
Base.meme	0.4%

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Example Scenarios

These examples illustrate how fees are charged and distributed at different stages of a coin's lifecycle on Base.meme.

All examples use 1 unit trade amount for demonstration purposes

ETH Paired Token

Fee Stage	Fee Type	Amount	Distribution
Token Creation	First Buy Fee	0.0015 ETH	To Base.meme
Bonding Curve	Trading Fee (2%)	0.02 ETH (for 1 ETH trade)	Creator: 0.01 ETH Creator's referrer: 0.002 ETH Trade referrer: 0.002 ETH Base.meme: 0.006 ETH
Pool Creation	Seeding Fee	0.15 ETH	To Base.meme
After Graduation (Uniswap V4)	LP Fee (2%)	0.02 ETH (for 1 ETH trade)	Creator: 0.01 ETH Creator's referrer: 0.002 ETH Trade referrer: 0.002 ETH Base.meme: 0.006 ETH
After Graduation (Uniswap V3)	LP Fee (1%)	0.01 ETH (for 1 ETH trade)	Creator: 0.005 ETH Creator's referrer: 0.001 ETH Base.meme: 0.004 ETH

USDC Paired Token

Fee Stage	Fee Type	Amount	Distribution
Token Creation	First Buy Fee	5 USDC	To Base.meme
Bonding Curve	Trading Fee (2%)	0.02 USDC (for 1 USDC trade)	Creator: 0.01 USDC Creator's referrer: 0.002 USDC Trade referrer: 0.002 USDC Base.meme: 0.006 USDC
Pool Creation	Seeding Fee	500 USDC	To Base.meme
After Graduation (Uniswap V4)	LP Fee (2%)	0.02 USDC (for 1 USDC trade)	Creator: 0.01 USDC Creator's referrer: 0.002 USDC Trade referrer: 0.002 USDC Base.meme: 0.006 USDC

SOL Paired Token

Fee Stage	Fee Type	Amount	Distribution
Token Creation	First Buy Fee	0.04 SOL	To Base.meme
Bonding Curve	Trading Fee (2%)	0.02 SOL (for 1 SOL trade)	Creator: 0.01 SOL Creator's referrer: 0.002 SOL Trade referrer: 0.002 SOL Base.meme: 0.006 SOL
Pool Creation	Seeding Fee	4 SOL	To Base.meme
After Graduation (Uniswap V4)	LP Fee (2%)	0.02 SOL (for 1 SOL trade)	Creator: 0.01 SOL Creator's referrer: 0.002 SOL Trade referrer: 0.002 SOL Base.meme: 0.006 SOL