SolTokenCreator

Help & Troubleshooting

Not Enough SOL to Create Token

Need SOL to create a Solana token? Learn the minimum SOL required and how to get SOL into your wallet. Try devnet for free first.

Problem

Wallet does not have enough SOL to cover creation fees.

Quick Solution

You need approximately 0.55 SOL (0.5 SOL creation fee + gas). Purchase SOL from an exchange and send to your wallet. Or try free on devnet first.

How Much SOL Do You Need?

ActionCost
Create token0.5 SOL
Network fees (gas)~0.01 SOL
Revoke mint authority0.1 SOL
Revoke freeze authority0.1 SOL
Create CPMM pool (no market needed)~0.19-0.22 SOL + liquidity
Create AMM V4 pool (its market is built in automatically)~0.94 SOL + liquidity
Burn LP tokens~0.05 SOL

**Minimum to create a token:** 0.55 SOL **Full launch with CPMM (token + revoke + pool + burn LP):** ~0.95-0.98 SOL + liquidity **Full launch with AMM V4:** ~1.7 SOL + liquidity

How to Get SOL

From a Centralized Exchange

1. Buy SOL on Coinbase, Binance, Kraken, or similar

2. Withdraw SOL to your Phantom or Solflare wallet address

3. Wait for the transfer to arrive (usually 1-5 minutes)

From a Friend

Ask someone to send SOL to your wallet address. Copy your address from Phantom/Solflare.

Bridge from Another Chain

Use a bridge like Wormhole or deBridge to convert ETH/USDC to SOL.

Rehearse on Devnet First

SolTokenCreator.io is mainnet-only — there is no devnet mode here, and connecting a wallet set to devnet will not work. But devnet itself is free, and rehearsing there is worth doing for the settings you cannot change later.

1. Get free devnet SOL from faucet.solana.com

2. Mint a throwaway token with the Solana CLI (`spl-token create-token`)

3. Check it on Solana Explorer with the network set to devnet

4. Once you know the supply, decimals and authority settings you want, create the real token here on mainnet for 0.5 SOL

How to Rehearse on Devnet

No coding required. Deploy to Solana in under 60 seconds.

How to Rehearse on Devnet