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# Launch Steps

Launching with LIVO isn’t just about deploying a token — it’s about starting a journey from concept to community-backed success.\
Here’s how to bring your project to life on the LIVO Launchpad:

### **Step 1 – Connect Your Wallet**

* Connect your preferred Ethereum wallet (e.g., MetaMask, Rabby, Coinbase Wallet).
* This is your **creator identity -** all deployment and fee transactions will be tied to this address.\
  Your wallet address becomes the on-chain signature of your project, establishing authenticity from the very first transaction.

### **Step 2 – Fill In Token Creation Details**

* **Token Name** and **Symbol:**
  * These are immutable once deployed, so choose something that reflects your brand and vision
  * **Pro Tip:** *memorable* names and *short* symbols tend to perform better in the market.
* **Token Logo**:
  * Upload your token image or logo (recommended 512x512px PNG with transparent background).
* **Social Links (Optional)**
  * Add optional links to Twitter/X, Telegram, your website and more.
  * **Why it matters:** Strong branding and clear communication channels help build early trust and community engagement.

### Step 3 – Choose Your Venue and LP Fees

First, decide where your token graduates and whether you earn LP fees after it does:

* **No LP fees — Uniswap V2** (default)
  * Graduates the token to a standard Uniswap V2 pair.
  * You earn no LP fees post-graduation. Traders pay Uniswap's native 0.3%, which stays locked in the pair.
  * For community projects that want no ongoing extraction.
* **Creator LP fees — Uniswap V4**
  * Graduates the token to Uniswap V4 with a custom hook.
  * The hook collects **1% or 0.5%** LP fees, your choice, on buys & sells.
  * Collected fees are split between you and the Treasury, paid in ETH. Your share grows with the token's marketcap — from **60%** at launch up to **90%** above \~1500 ETH marketcap. See [Fee Structure](/livo-labs-docs/documentation/basics/fee-structure.md).

Either way you earn **50% (V2) or 40% (V4) of the 1% bonding curve fee**, from the very first trade. See [Fee Structure](/livo-labs-docs/documentation/basics/fee-structure.md).

### Step 4 – Choose Your Liquidity Tier

Pick how deep your Uniswap pool will be at graduation — and therefore how much ETH your token must collect to get there:

| Tier                   | Graduates at | Market cap at graduation |
| ---------------------- | ------------ | ------------------------ |
| Small                  | 2.0 ETH      | 6.125 ETH                |
| **Standard** (default) | **3.75 ETH** | **12.25 ETH**            |
| Large                  | 7.25 ETH     | 24.5 ETH                 |

See [Liquidity Tiers](/livo-labs-docs/documentation/basics/liquidity-tiers.md).

### Step 5 – Optional Configuration

Everything here is optional and off by default.

* **Buy/sell taxes**
  * Buy and sell taxes are configured independently, each up to **5% on V2** or **4% on V4** (4.5% with the 0.5% hook).
  * You choose how long the tax lasts — from a minute to forever — and whether the clock starts at launch or at graduation.
  * All taxes accrue to you in ETH, claimable from your profile page.
* **Creator buy**
  * Buy your own token in the same transaction that creates it, before anyone else can.
  * Split the purchase across multiple recipients if you want.
  * There is no cap beyond graduation itself — you can buy all the way up to the graduation threshold, which graduates the token instantly. See [Creator Vaults](/livo-labs-docs/documentation/basics/creator-vaults.md) if you'd rather lock supply than buy it.
* **Creator vaults**
  * Lock up to **30% of supply** across up to 5 vaults, each with its own cliff and vesting schedule.
  * Nothing is claimable until the token graduates. See [Creator Vaults](/livo-labs-docs/documentation/basics/creator-vaults.md).
* **Launch protections**
  * **Sniper protection:** cap per-transaction and per-wallet buys for a window after launch.
  * **Tax decay:** start with a high tax that decays to your settled rate within 20 minutes.
  * See [Launch Protections](/livo-labs-docs/documentation/basics/launch-protections.md).
* **Fee recipients**
  * Split your fees across multiple addresses with configurable shares.

### **Step 6 – Deploy**

* Sign the transaction in your wallet
* There is no fee to deploy a token besides the gas :sunglasses:

**Behind the scenes:**

* Your token smart contract is deployed as a minimal proxy pattern (immutable) to save gas on deploying the token
* Until graduation, it can only be traded through the Livo Launchpad platform, following the bonding curve
* The token is automatically configured to deploy liquidity to Uniswap V2 or V4 depending on your deployment configuration
* Every economic parameter you chose — curve, tier, LP fee rate, fee split, vaults — is locked at this moment and can never be changed. Taxes are the one exception: you can always lower them afterwards, never raise them

## What Comes Next

### **Step 7 – Bonding Curve Phase: Build Your Vibe**

* Price discovery happens organically through bonding curve mechanics.
* You earn your share of the 1% trading fee on every buy and sell, from the first trade onwards.
* Promote your project to attract early backers.

**Goal:** Reach your **Graduation Threshold** — 3.75 ETH collected on the Standard tier — to unlock migration to Uniswap.

### **Step 8 – Graduate to Uniswap**

* Receive **0.125 ETH** at graduation.
* Liquidity is deployed in Uniswap V2 or V4: your tier's ETH plus 285.7M tokens (28.57% of supply).
* Liquidity is made **effectively permanent** — LP tokens are burned on V2; position NFTs are locked in the graduator on V4.
* If you deployed with LP creator fees, claim them from your profile page
* If you deployed with a tax period, claim accrued ETH from your profile page
* If you locked creator vaults, they become claimable on their vesting schedule

### **Step 9 – Open Market Opportunity**

Your token is now live on Uniswap:

* Tradeable by anyone
* Protected by permanent liquidity
* Supported by ongoing trading fee incentives

**From here:**\
Focus on growing your community, expanding utility, and delivering on your project vision.