Market creators earn a share of the 1% trading fee every time someone deposits SOL into their market. The creator's cut increases as the market attracts more volume — rewarding creators who build popular markets.
The creator's share of the 1% fee is determined automatically by the market's cumulative volume. As a market grows, the creator earns a bigger slice:
| Market Volume | Creator Share | Protocol Share | Creator Earns |
|---|---|---|---|
| < 100 SOL | 20% | 80% | 0.20% of volume |
| 100 – 500 SOL | 30% | 70% | 0.30% of volume |
| 500 – 2,000 SOL | 40% | 60% | 0.40% of volume |
| > 2,000 SOL | 50% | 50% | 0.50% of volume |
total_volume. As more SOL flows through your market, your tier upgrades in real time — no action needed.Suppose you create a market and it reaches 250 SOL total volume. At that point you're in the 100 – 500 SOL tier. On the next 1 SOL deposit:
1% × 1 SOL = 0.01 SOL0.003 SOL → accumulated in vault0.007 SOL → sent to treasuryCreator fees aren't sent to you immediately. They accumulate in the market's collateral vault and are tracked on-chain in the creator_fees_accumulated field. You can claim them at any time.
To withdraw accumulated creator fees, call the Claim Creator Fees instruction. Only the wallet that created the market can claim. The full accumulated amount is transferred from the vault to your wallet, and the counter resets to zero.
The tier system is inspired by pump.fun-style incentives: creators who attract real trading volume deserve a bigger reward. It also means low-activity markets don't drain excessive fees from the protocol.