I've been seeing for a couple of years now how people launch their tokens on Solana almost for free and sometimes catch real gold mines. Recently, I remembered MOTHER again — do you remember the token of the Australian singer? It launched at the end of May 2024, and in a couple of months, it went from a funny $0.0005 to $0.24. One guy invested $900 and pulled out $600 thousand. Another with $3 thousand made $9 million. Yes, these are rare cases, but they do exist.
The thing is, creating your own token now is easier than it seems. You don't need programming skills, and you don't need a lot of money either. I've tried it myself several times, and each time I was amazed at how simple it is. On Pump.Fun, the whole process takes literally a minute, and it costs about $3. The platform runs on Solana, so transaction fees are minimal.
Why Pump.Fun? First, it’s well protected against scammers. The developers have banned adding features that give the creator control over the code — meaning a scammer can't block sales or introduce a 99% withdrawal tax. Plus, on each token’s page, you can see its largest holders, and you immediately see if a big chunk is concentrated in suspicious wallets.
Second — the potential future airdrop. The developers haven't announced this explicitly, but their Discord says that the project token will eventually be released. If there's a giveaway, those who actively use the platform usually get a piece of the pie.
How to launch your own token in a couple of clicks? You need a Phantom wallet or a similar one that supports Solana. It should have at least a couple of dollars in SOL (, which is currently about $82 per coin ). Go to Pump.Fun, connect your wallet, click Start a new coin. A form appears — enter the name, ticker, description, upload a logo, add links to your website and social media. Then click create coin, confirm in your wallet — and that’s it, your token is created.
After creation, your coin gets its own page with a chart, chat, and a list of holders. The main indicator is the bonding curve progress. When it reaches 100% and the token’s market cap hits $69 thousand, Pump.Fun will automatically list it on Raydium, a major DEX on Solana. This is a turning point — if the token gets there, it means at least the first stage was successfully passed.
Right after listing, the price usually drops because people take profits. What happens next depends on whether new buyers will come in to hold the asset that has passed the check. Social media promotion plays a big role. New tokens appear on Pump.Fun’s main page every second, so without a community, your token can easily get lost. But if there are active buyers, the coin can make it to the Top of the Hill — a separate section with the most lively projects. From there, the chances of getting listed on Raydium increase sharply.
To improve your chances of an airdrop, if it will happen at all, you just need to actively use the platform. I recommend trading tokens at least once a week, but the amounts should be reasonable — at least $50-100 per trade. If you trade small amounts, you might get blacklisted. It’s also good to create a few tokens yourself — it’s cheap and signals to the platform that you’re a serious user. Keep at least $50-100 in your wallet, some of it in SOL. Wallets with low balances are often filtered out during airdrops.
One warning: creating your own token is one thing, but trading other people’s meme coins is a whole different story. Most of them are outright scams, falling to zero in minutes. If you decide to catch a rise, remember it’s a lottery, not an investment. Losses can be huge. But if you just create tokens and wait for an airdrop, the risk is minimal — you’ll spend at most $3-5 per attempt. By the way, SOL is currently trading around $82, ETH around $2.2k, BTC about $71K — all slightly down today.
