Launch checklist

One simple idea people get in a second: a character, a joke, a community. Write one sentence about what it is. That sentence becomes your description.

Search the ticker on pump.fun, DexScreener and X before you launch. If a popular coin already uses it, pick another: copycats look like scams and confuse buyers. Why copycats are a red flag.

On pump.fun the image, name and ticker are locked once the coin is created, so get the logo right first. Square, clear at small sizes. Need one? Make one free.

Say what the coin is, not what it will do for buyers. No "guaranteed", "100x", "passive income" or roadmaps you can’t deliver. Promising profits is misleading and can be a securities problem.

pump.fun charges no fee to create a coin, you only pay the small Solana network fee. Your dev buy is a normal trade on the bonding curve, so it pays the curve’s trading fee. Keep the dev buy small: a creator holding a huge share scares buyers and shows up in every rug check.

Don\u2019t buy your own coin from many fresh wallets at launch ("bundling") or with sniper bots. It is easy to spot on-chain, gets flagged by tools and kills trust. More on dev and bundled wallets.

pump.fun revokes mint and freeze authority automatically. On other launchpads or a manual SPL token, revoke both yourself (most token tools have a "revoke mint" and "revoke freeze" button, or use the spl-token CLI) and lock the metadata. Why this matters.

pump.fun burns the liquidity automatically when a coin graduates from the bonding curve. If you create a pool yourself on Raydium or Meteora, burn the LP tokens or lock them with a well-known, audited liquidity locker, and share the proof. Why unlocked LP is risky.

Create the X account (and a Telegram or website if you want) before launch, and put the links in the coin’s metadata. Brand-new, empty accounts look like a quick rug.

Share the contract address (CA) only from your official accounts and pin it. Warn holders that you will never DM them first. About impersonators.

After launch, paste your CA into the free rug check and share the link. It shows buyers the authorities, top holders and liquidity in plain words.

Add your brand, goals and products to the JestSprout Coin Shop. It\u2019s free, with an automatic rug check badge. Nobody legit asks you to pay SOL to be listed.