Fees
Elevate fees: minting and marketplace
Every fee is set on-chain per collection and cannot be changed quietly afterwards. There are no hidden percentages. Here is exactly what collectors and creators pay, and to whom.
Fee schedule
| Application | Free. |
|---|---|
| Platform mint fee | Fixed per collection when the contract is deployed. Charged on every mint — including free mints — as a flat amount per NFT. Shown on the collection page. |
| Marketplace fee | Applied to secondary sales on the Elevate marketplace. Capped at 10% by the contract; split alongside creator royalties automatically at settlement. |
| Creator royalties | ERC-2981. Set by the creator at deployment (receiver and rate), enforced on every Elevate marketplace sale up to the configured cap. |
| Listing gas | Free for sellers: listings are off-chain EIP-712 signatures. Buyers pay gas at purchase. |
| Network gas | Paid in TAO by whoever sends a transaction, to the Bittensor EVM network, not to Elevate. |
Values that vary per collection (mint fee, royalty rate, marketplace fee within the cap) are read from that collection's contract and displayed on its page.
What collectors pay
At mint: phase price × quantity, plus the platform mint fee × quantity, plus network gas. The transaction value in your wallet should equal the first two; gas is shown separately.
Buying on the marketplace: the listing price plus gas. The marketplace fee and creator royalty are deducted from what the seller receives, not added on top for the buyer.
Making an offer: the offer amount is escrowed in TAO plus gas for the offer transaction (and for cancelling it, if you do).
What creators pay and receive
To launch: nothing to apply. The platform mint fee is charged to minters, not deducted from the creator's mint proceeds.
On secondary sales: the creator receives the ERC-2981 royalty from every Elevate marketplace sale. The marketplace fee goes to the platform; the seller receives the remainder.
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Why you can trust these numbers
Fee FAQ
- Does Elevate charge an application fee?
- No. Applying to launch is free.
- What is the platform mint fee?
- A flat amount per NFT, fixed when the collection's contract is deployed and shown on the collection page. It is added to the phase price on every mint.
- Is there a marketplace fee?
- Yes, on secondary sales only. The contract caps it at 10% and it cannot be raised above the cap after deployment.
- What happens to creator royalties?
- They are declared on-chain via ERC-2981 and paid automatically to the creator's receiver address on every Elevate marketplace sale, up to the cap agreed at deployment.
- Who pays gas?
- Whoever sends the transaction: the minter for a mint, the buyer for a purchase, the offerer for an offer. Listing is a signature and costs sellers no gas.
- Does listing cost gas?
- No. A listing is an off-chain EIP-712 signature. The only seller-side gas is a one-time approval per collection so the marketplace can transfer that collection's tokens.
- What happens on free mints?
- The phase price is zero, but the platform mint fee still applies as a flat amount, plus gas.
- Can fees change after deployment?
- The platform mint fee is fixed. The marketplace fee can move within the hardcoded cap but never above it. Royalty rate can be adjusted by the creator within its cap.
- Are there refunds?
- Blockchain transactions are final. A reverted transaction (for example a sold-out phase) costs only the gas; no mint fee or price is taken because no mint happened.
Launch with a fee structure you can point to
Creators search fees before they apply. Elevate's are on-chain, capped and public.