> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.raydium.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How creator fees work

> How LaunchLab creator fees accrue on the bonding curve and after CPMM graduation, separately from the platform-owned Fee Key.

<Info>
  Creator fees have two separate phases. Locked-LP Fee Keys are a third mechanism. Before the 2026-08-17 upgrade, the creator scale produced a creator Fee Key. Migrations executed after the upgrade assign that share to the platform.
</Info>

<Warning>
  Fee settings depend on the platform and CPMM config. Verify the on-chain values before signing. This page explains mechanics only and is not financial, legal, tax, or investment advice.
</Warning>

## Phase 1: bonding-curve creator fees

While your token trades on the bonding curve, the platform can charge a creator-fee component on buys and sells.

* It accrues in the quote token, usually SOL.
* The platform sets the rate.
* You can claim it through the LaunchLab creator-fee claim flow.
* Graduation stops new bonding-curve accrual. Any existing balance remains claimable.

## Phase 2: CPMM creator fees

Every newly initialized launch graduates to CPMM. CPMM creator fees accrue only when the selected `AmmConfig` has a non-zero creator-fee rate.

By default, the launch creator becomes the CPMM pool creator. A platform can instead set `platform_cp_creator`, in which case that address receives the CPMM creator-fee rights.

The recorded CPMM creator can claim directly. Another payer can also trigger permissionless collection, but CPMM fixes the destinations to the creator's canonical token accounts.

## What happens to LP tokens

The platform config stores `platformScale`, `creatorScale`, and `burnScale`. Before the 2026-08-17 upgrade, `creatorScale` created a creator-owned Fee Key. For migrations executed after the upgrade, LaunchLab combines it with `platformScale`:

```text theme={null}
platform locked LP = platformScale + creatorScale
burned LP          = burnScale
```

If the locked share is non-zero, one Fee Key NFT goes to the platform's configured NFT wallet. This NFT controls LP-fee harvesting. It does not control CPMM creator-fee collection. Creator Fee Keys from migrations completed before the upgrade remain with their existing holders.

## Fee flow summary

```text theme={null}
Bonding curve
  creator fee → launch creator vault

Graduation to CPMM
  Before upgrade → platform Fee Key + creator Fee Key + burned share
  After upgrade  → combined platform Fee Key share + burned share

CPMM trading
  creator fee → recorded CPMM pool creator
  LP fee      → platform Fee Key holder for the locked share
```

## Before you launch

* Check the bonding-curve `creator_fee_rate`.
* Check whether `platform_cp_creator` replaces you as the CPMM creator-of-record.
* For migrations executed after the upgrade, do not treat `creatorScale` as a promised creator Fee Key allocation. For earlier migrations, verify the existing Fee Key record.
* Check the CPMM config's creator-fee rate and fee-on setting.

## Pointers

* [LaunchLab creator fees](/products/launchlab/creator-fees) — technical reference.
* [LP fee distribution](/products/launchlab/tips-and-gotchas/lp-fee-distribution) — effective scale calculation.
* [CPMM fees](/products/cpmm/fees) — post-graduation fee counters and collection.
* [LaunchLab platforms](/user-flows/launchlab-platforms) — platform settings to review.