How to launch a token step by step: a 10-point checklist

Updated September 30, 2026

A deploy can take a few minutes. The costly part is the wrong network, a supply you cannot edit later, a pool you do not understand, and a promise your community heard and you cannot keep.

This map does not say whether a token is a good idea, and it does not say what the token will be worth. A search for how to launch a token, or how to create a crypto token step by step, usually stops at the button. The button creates a contract on one network. It does not create a price, a listing, or a market. What to write down before that button — the audience, the documents, launch day, and the first four weeks — is in how to make a launch plan for your token.

What “launch” includes

An ERC-20 here is a standard token: a name, a short symbol, and a fixed supply (how many tokens exist). You do not write the contract. There is no testnet, so the button is on a live network. The functions, the decimals, and what stays fixed are in what an ERC-20 token is.

Deploy creates a standard token and a public page. A price, a pool, a listing, and an audit stay outside the product.

Stop	What happens	Who does it
1. Idea	Who holds the token, and what they can do with it	You
2. Network	One of five live networks	You choose it. The product deploys there
3. Deploy	The standard token, signed in your wallet	You, in the product
4. Swap	A pool on a swap site, if you want swaps	You, on that site
5. Listing	A catalog or exchange application, if you send one	You. The product files nothing
6. Keys	Wallet and seed phrase	You
7. Mistakes	Wrong network, a fee you cannot reverse, a price question	You

After the button

You leave with a contract address on one network. A deployed token has a public page with the network, the contract address, and the supply. That page is not a price and it is not a listing. The path is /en/token/{chain}/{address} and /ru/token/{chain}/{address}. The swap and the catalog stay with you.

After deploy the public page shows the network, the contract address, and the supply. It does not show a price or a listing.

One sentence before any wallet

Write who holds the token, and what they can do with it. Access, points, a meme, or an experiment can fit. The form is the same: you set the name, the symbol, and the supply.

If the sentence is “the price will go up”, rewrite it. The tool does not support a price promise.

The sentence names the first person, not a price. How that person receives the token is in how to get the first holders for your new token.

The wallet and the two fees

Use a wallet you control. MetaMask is a common one. The supply lands on the wallet that signs. Constructor does not hold that wallet.

Before you open the form, that wallet needs the network’s own coin. Without it, gas cannot be paid and the signature does not go through.

The seed phrase is the list of secret words that recovers the wallet. Constructor does not ask for it. A private message that asks for the phrase is not the product. Do not type the phrase into a website.

Pick one network. The five are Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Chain, Arbitrum, and Base. If you are still choosing, open the live page for that network:

Target network menu on the create form, open on Polygon, listing Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Smart Chain, Arbitrum One, and Base. — The network menu on the create form. Pick one of the five live networks before you fill in the token.

You pay two different things. The service fee is $6 on Ethereum and $3 on Polygon, BNB Chain, Arbitrum, and Base. It is not refundable. Gas is extra: the network’s own fee, shown in the wallet when you sign, paid in that network’s coin (ETH on Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Base; POL on Polygon; BNB on BNB Chain). A $3 fee is still a live-network deploy, and the transaction is final. Name, symbol, and supply stay as you sign them.

Fees block on the Polygon create form: a network fee estimate and a service fee read from the factory, with the note that 3 USD is converted to POL via Chainlink. — The fee block on the form, with Polygon selected and no wallet connected. Two lines: a network-fee estimate, and the service fee read from the factory. The note under the service fee is the product’s own line: 3 USD converted to POL via Chainlink. The wallet still shows gas again when you sign.

What Constructor does, and what it leaves out

Future Constructor deploys that standard ERC-20 from your wallet on the network you picked.

The token contracts are built on OpenZeppelin Contracts v5. Factory source code is verified on Sourcify. That is a match between the factory’s published source and the code on the network. It is not a review of your token, and it is not a security review. There has been no independent audit. The risk stays with you.

Outside the product: a pool, a freeze on the tokens that represent a pool, a sale that collects money before launch, and a handover of admin rights. A second network is a second contract. Add the token by address with the wallet on the same network. Checking your token’s source in a block explorer is optional and uses a key you get from that explorer. A code match is not a security review. On Base and Arbitrum the swap screen people usually mean is Uniswap. That habit is not a button in Constructor.

Checklist: launch the token step by step

The ten stops in this guide, from the purpose sentence to what you tell people after deploy.

Write the one-sentence purpose. If it is a price promise, rewrite it.
Pick one of the five live networks. There is no testnet.
Separate the service fee from gas: $6 on Ethereum, $3 on the other four. Gas is extra.
Name, symbol, supply. Assume you cannot edit them later.
Deploy from your wallet. Nobody should ask for your seed phrase.
Save the contract address and the network name together. The public page shows those and the supply.
Add the token to the wallet by contract address, on the same network.
Optional: check the token source on the explorer with your own key. The steps are in how to check that a deployed token is real. A code match is not a security review.
A pool is a separate step on a swap site. It needs two coins. You choose the size. Liquidity basics, and the rest of the work after the address exists, are in what to do after you deploy a token.
Tell people the mechanics. Do not tell them a future price.

What a stranger can check before taking your word is in how to make people trust your new token.

Open the form

When the sentence, the network, and the two fees are decided, open the form and create the token.

Token form fields: token name, token symbol, decimals, and total supply, shown with the form’s default values. — The token form as it opens: name, symbol, decimals, and total supply. These are the product’s default values, not a token you have deployed.

Create the token

Next: choose a network. Each page above opens one of the five live networks.

FAQ

What do I do after the token is created?

Save the address and the network. The public page shows those and the supply. It is not a price and not a listing. Add the token in the wallet on that same network.

Why are there two charges?

The service fee is $6 on Ethereum and $3 on the other four, and it is not refundable. Gas is separate, shown at signing, paid in the network’s coin.

What if my wallet is empty?

Put the network’s coin in before you sign. There is no testnet, and the transaction is final.

Who can ask for my seed phrase?

You hold the keys. Constructor does not ask for the seed phrase. A private message that does is not the product.

Can I edit the token or hand admin rights to someone?

Name, symbol, and supply stay as signed. This form does not hand admin rights to another wallet.

Has there been an independent audit?

There has been no independent audit. The token contracts are built on OpenZeppelin Contracts v5. Factory source code is verified on Sourcify. The risk stays with you.

Is the token listed or tradable after deploy?

Deploy creates the contract. A pool, a catalog, and an exchange application are steps you take yourself.

Is this legal where I live?

You are responsible for the purpose and for the laws that apply to you. This page is not legal advice.

Future Constructor is a technical tool. It deploys a standard ERC-20 from your own wallet on Ethereum (service fee $6) or on Polygon, BNB Chain, Arbitrum and Base (service fee $3). Network gas is extra and changes. The contracts use OpenZeppelin Contracts v5.4.0 and have not had an independent audit. Nothing on this page is financial, investment, or legal advice. You are responsible for the token’s purpose and for the laws that apply to you. Service fees are non-refundable. Transactions are final.