# Launching your collection
To apply, simply fill out the form after clicking 'Apply for Launchpad'. Provide all the necessary details about your project, and our team will review your application. We will contact you shortly after reviewing your submission.
### Fees
We charge a one-time fee of 250 $S on submission of the project. This fee is used to cover the cost of the infrastructure and services required to launch your NFT collection on the Sonic blockchain. There is also a fee of 5% of the mint price for each NFT that is minted.
Same as the Paintswap marketplace fees, 50% of all fees are used to buy brush and burn it on the open marketplace. 4% to Beardies/Colorful Coal holders. The rest is used for infrastructure to keep the launchpad running!
### Whitelist
The whitelist feature allows creators to set up a whitelist for their NFT collection. This means that only a limited number of addresses are allowed to mint NFTs for your collection. This is a great way to ensure that select community members have a chance to mint NFTs for your collection before the public. Platform also provides ability to set special pricing for whitelist mint
### Structuring NFT Collection
Either the metadata file should be a single valid JSON file with an array of your metadata and named metadata.json, or alternatively individual JSON files for each NFT. The image field should use the placeholder 1.png, 2.png, 3.png, etc. so that once images are uploaded we can replace with the IPFS CID. animation\_url is not currently supported for our hosting.
### Referral
The referral program is a way for you to incentivize users to refer others to your project. When a user is referred, the referrer will receive a finder's fee from the sale that you can set. You can add up to 100 referral addresses.
* Only Allowed Referrers: You can added up to 100 addresses. This prevent users from referring themselves
* Any Referrers: There will be no restriction on who can refer others to your project
### Restrictions
Launching NSFW material through Paintswap Launchpad is not permitted. This includes but is not limited to: adult content, explicit content, gore, or any other content that is considered NSFW.
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You can go to [https://launchpad-beta.paintswap.io](https://launchpad-beta.paintswap.io/) and test launch your collection. Your IPFS files will be removed after a few days.
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