Fees
SnowForge charges trading fees that are split between the protocol, token creator, and liquidity providers. Fees decrease as liquidity grows.
During the bonding curve phase, every buy and sell is charged a flat 1.25% fee:
- 0.95% to the protocol
- 0.30% to the token creator
There is no LP fee during the bonding curve phase since liquidity is managed by the curve itself. The creator receives their share on every trade automatically.
Once a token graduates to SnowDex, fees are determined by a dynamic 17-tier schedule. As the pair's AVAX reserve grows, protocol and creator fees decrease, rewarding deeper liquidity with lower costs. Between tiers, fees are linearly interpolated, so there are no abrupt jumps.
| Tier | AVAX Reserve | Protocol | Creator | LP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0.25% | 0.80% | 0.20% | 1.25% |
| 2 | 500 | 0.25% | 0.75% | 0.20% | 1.20% |
| 3 | 750 | 0.25% | 0.70% | 0.20% | 1.15% |
| 4 | 1,000 | 0.25% | 0.60% | 0.20% | 1.05% |
| 5 | 1,500 | 0.20% | 0.55% | 0.20% | 0.95% |
| 6 | 2,000 | 0.20% | 0.50% | 0.20% | 0.90% |
| 7 | 3,000 | 0.20% | 0.45% | 0.20% | 0.85% |
| 8 | 4,500 | 0.20% | 0.40% | 0.20% | 0.80% |
| 9 | 6,500 | 0.20% | 0.35% | 0.20% | 0.75% |
| 10 | 9,000 | 0.15% | 0.30% | 0.20% | 0.65% |
| 11 | 12,000 | 0.15% | 0.25% | 0.20% | 0.60% |
| 12 | 16,000 | 0.15% | 0.20% | 0.20% | 0.55% |
| 13 | 21,000 | 0.15% | 0.15% | 0.20% | 0.50% |
| 14 | 27,000 | 0.10% | 0.15% | 0.20% | 0.45% |
| 15 | 34,000 | 0.10% | 0.10% | 0.20% | 0.40% |
| 16 | 42,000 | 0.10% | 0.05% | 0.20% | 0.35% |
| 17 | 50,000+ | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.20% | 0.30% |
Both buy and sell limit orders charge two small AVAX fees:
- Deposit fee — a flat AVAX amount paid when you create the order (currently 0.001 AVAX). This covers the cost of on-chain escrow storage and is non-refundable.
- Execution fee — a percentage of AVAX at execution time (currently 0.5%). For buy limits this is deducted from the escrowed AVAX before the buy. For sell limits this is deducted from the AVAX proceeds after the sell. Only the actual gas cost is paid to the executor—any surplus becomes protocol revenue.
Buy limit example: deposit 1 AVAX → 0.001 deposit fee → 0.999 stored → 0.5% execution fee (0.004995) → 0.994005 used for the buy.
Sell limit example: deposit tokens + 0.001 AVAX → tokens escrowed, deposit fee kept → sell produces 1 AVAX → 0.5% execution fee (0.005) → 0.995 sent to your wallet.
Token creators earn a share of every trade automatically, both during the bonding curve phase and after graduation to SnowDex.
Creator fees are highest at early liquidity levels (up to 0.80% at launch) and decrease as the pair's reserves grow, bottoming out at 0.05%. This incentivizes creators to promote their token early when their fee share is greatest.
After graduation, every swap includes a constant 0.20% LP fee. This fee stays in the pair's reserves rather than being extracted, so it directly grows the liquidity pool and benefits all LP holders proportionally.