> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://navofamily.gitbook.io/navo-docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://navofamily.gitbook.io/navo-docs/launchpad/creator-earnings.md).

# Creator earnings

How creators will earn from their tokens, and how they will claim.

As a creator, you will earn **50% of the trading fee revenue** on your token. You will earn on the bonding curve and, after graduation, in its pool. You will be paid in **HYPE**.

**All graduated liquidity pools will be deployed on Hybra.** The creator share will remain 50% of trading fee revenue in those graduated Navo pools.

You will also be able to use part of your share to buy back your token. See [Buyback and lock](https://navofamily.gitbook.io/navo-docs/launchpad/creator-earnings#buyback-and-lock).

## How earnings arrive

Fees will first collect where trades happen: on the bonding curve, or in the Hybra pool after graduation. Navo will distribute them to your claimable balance regularly. Until then, the app will show them as **awaiting distribution**.

Some pool fees will be paid in your token, because sellers will pay the fee in the token they sell. Navo will swap these into HYPE before paying you.

## Claim your earnings

1. Open the **Creator studio** on Navo.
2. Check **Available to claim** for each of your tokens.
3. Click **Claim** and confirm in your wallet.

You will not have to claim immediately. Your earnings will remain available until you claim them.

## Buyback and lock

**Buyback & lock** will be an option for your token. When it is on, half of your creator share will buy your token from the market. Navo will lock the bought tokens. It will not burn them.

```
 Your 50% creator share
   ├── Half ──▶ Paid to you in HYPE
   └── Half ──▶ Buys your token ──▶ Locked, unlocks over 5 years
                                       ├── 70% ──▶ You
                                       └── 30% ──▶ Navo protocol
```

For example, a 1,000 USDC-equivalent trade will give you a 5 USDC-equivalent creator share. With Buyback & lock on, 2.50 will be paid to you in HYPE, and 2.50 will buy your token.

### How it works

* The buyback will use **half of your creator share**. Navo will set this part. It will be fixed for each token at launch.
* This setting applies to the creator’s 50% share. The protocol will receive 38% of total fee revenue, the Rebound Cash pool 10%, HYPE purchases for the Assistance Fund 1%, and KNTQ buybacks and burns 1%. See [Fees](https://navofamily.gitbook.io/navo-docs/launchpad/fees).
* Navo will buy your token when it distributes fees. Before graduation, it will buy on the bonding curve. After graduation, it will buy in the Hybra pool.
* The bought tokens will go into a lock. Tokens from each buyback will unlock gradually over **5 years**.
* Each unlock will be split **70%** to you and **30%** to the Navo protocol. You will receive these tokens in your token, not in HYPE.

> Buyback & lock will lower what you earn directly. You will pay for the whole buyback from your share. You will get 70% of the bought tokens back, over 5 years.

### Turn it on or off

* You will choose when you launch. On the **Create** page, open **Advanced** and set **Buyback & lock**. It will be on by default.
* After launch, the creator recipient will be able to turn it on or off. A change will apply only to fees from later trades.
* Navo will be able to turn it off for a token. Only the creator recipient will be able to turn it on.

## Change where earnings go

You will be able to send future earnings to a different wallet. In the Creator studio, change the **creator recipient** and confirm in your wallet.

## Why LPs cannot dilute your share

In a graduated Navo pool on Hybra, liquidity providers will earn **no fees**. The whole trading fee will go to the split described in [Fees](https://navofamily.gitbook.io/navo-docs/launchpad/fees). Nobody will be able to add liquidity to that pool and take part of your 50% creator share.