Understanding Rewards on Zora
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Breakdown of our Rewards
Our rewards enable creators and developers on Zora to earn from trading activity through our Market Rewards. With our reward system, a 3% fee will be applied to all trades on the Uniswap market.
The initial Uniswap market is deployed by Zora when a coin is created. All trades on this market, whether on zora.co or other platforms, are subject to a 3% fee distributed as follows:
Reward Type | Coins paired in Creator Coins | Creator Coins |
Creator | 1% | 1% |
Trade Referral | 0.3% | — |
Platform Referral | 0.3% | — |
Zora | 0.3% | 1% |
Doppler | 0.1% | — |
LP Contribution | 1% | 1% |
Total fee | 3% | 3% |
*Please note: As of June 19th, 2025, all new coins created on Zora will use this rewards structure. Coins created before this date will continue to operate under their existing rewards structure.
Understanding Each Reward Type
Creator Rewards:
Earned by the creator of the coin. The recipient is the same for all trades on a coin.
Trade Referral Rewards:
Earned by users who drive traffic that results in a trade. Each trade on a coin can have a different recipient for this reward.
Platform Referral Rewards:
Earned by a user who invited the creator of the coin to Zora. The recipient is the same for all trades on a coin.
Zora Fee:
This fee helps support the ongoing development and maintenance of the platform
Doppler:
A component of the Content Coins ecosystem that receives a portion of the fees
Legacy Rewards Structure
The following rewards breakdown applies to older Coins created on Zora before the 19th of June, 2025. These Coins will continue to use their original reward structure.
Coins paired in $ZORA on Uniswap v4 (Created between June 5th, 2025 and |
Creator: 1% |
Trade Referral: 0.3% |
Platform Referral: 0.3% |
Zora: 0.3% |
Doppler: 0.1% |
Total fee: 2% |
Coins paired in $ZORA on Uniswap v3 (Created between May 1st, 2025 and June 5th, 2025) |
Creator: 0.5% |
Platform Referral: 0.25% |
Zora: 0.25% |
Total fee: 1% |
Coins paired in ETH (Created between February 21st, 2025 and May 1st, 2025) |
Creator: 0.5%* + 0.5% = ~0.995%* |
Trade Referral: 0.15%* |
Platform Referral: 0.25%* + 0.15% = ~0.3975%* |
Zora: 0.25%* + 0.2% = ~0.4475%* |
Total fee: ~2% (1% Trade Rewards* + 1% Market Rewards) |
* Trade Rewards are only applicable when trading occurs on Zora or another platform that uses Zora’s Coin protocol. Fees are applied sequentially: Trade Rewards are calculated first, then Market Rewards are calculated on the remaining amount.
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