Honestly, at first I thought creating your own token was something complicated and expensive. But it turns out, it's not at all. On Solana, you can do it for pennies, literally for a couple of dollars.

I saw how guys on MOTHER made serious money. One invested $900 and then sold for over $600,000. Another made $9 million from just three thousand. Of course, these are rare cases, but they show that you can catch a wave with meme tokens.

The problem is that every day hundreds of new coins appear, and most of them are outright scams. Creators leave themselves the option to block sales or impose a 99% tax on withdrawals. But Pump.Fun doesn’t allow that — the platform doesn’t permit adding such features in the code.

How to create your own token there? Very simple. Connect your Phantom wallet (or any other for Solana), send a couple of SOL there, go to Pump.Fun, and click the button. Enter the name, ticker, description, logo — and you're done. The whole process takes less than a minute. The fee is only $3, and if the coin doesn’t take off, you can exit almost without losses.

Once you decide how to create your own token, it’s important to understand what comes next. On the token’s page, you can see who holds it and how much. This protects against insiders — you immediately see suspicious wallets with large volumes. There’s also a chat where the community can communicate. If the chat is empty — that’s a bad sign.

The main indicator is the bonding curve. When it reaches 100% (about $69,000 in market cap), Pump.Fun will automatically list the coin on Raydium. This is a turning point. After listing, the price usually drops because everyone wants to lock in profits. But if new buyers appear, the token can soar.

Success largely depends on promotion. New coins appear every second, so without your own community, it’s tough. But if the coin is actively growing in price, it can reach the Top of the Hill — a special spot on the main page. This greatly increases the chances of getting listed on Raydium.

Regarding airdrops — the developers haven’t officially promised anything, but it’s written in Discord that someday Pump.Fun will release a token anyway. To increase your chances of getting it, you should regularly use the platform — at least once a week. You can buy and sell tokens for amounts of $50–$100. The main thing is not to make micro-transactions for pennies, or you might get blacklisted.

Be sure to try launching a token yourself several times — it’s simple and almost free. Keep at least $50–$100 in your wallet, some of it in SOL. Wallets with low balances are often filtered out during airdrops.

But here’s an honest tip: don’t lose money trading meme tokens. Most of them drop to zero within minutes. It’s a scam, and no profit can be guaranteed. Currently, SOL is trading around $83.60, BTC at about $78.15k, ETH around $2.3k. Cryptocurrency volatility is a reality you need to consider.