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?
| Action | Cost |
| Create token | 0.5 SOL |
| Network fees (gas) | ~0.01 SOL |
| Revoke mint authority | 0.1 SOL |
| Revoke freeze authority | 0.1 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
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