How to Seed a Meteora DLMM Launch

Some launches create the DLMM pair before trading starts, with an activation slot set in the future. Until that slot the pair holds no trades, but it can already hold seeded liquidity.

Seeding places your tokens into bins around the activation price ahead of time. When the slot arrives, the first buyers trade against the depth you left waiting for them.

Your deposit spreads across the bins you select around the activation bin. Bins closer to the activation price fill first once trading opens, while bins further out catch larger opening moves. A tight range concentrates depth, and a wide range catches early volatility.

Seeding is single-sided, so you commit only your own token. No quote token is needed from you, which keeps the launch inventory simple, and the quote side arrives with the first buyers after activation.

First you connect a wallet such as Phantom, Solflare, or Backpack, on Mainnet to go live or Devnet to rehearse for free. Then you enter the unactivated DLMM pair for your token, and the form verifies it is a genuine pre-activation launch pair while showing its activation slot and bin step.

Next you choose how many bins above and below the activation price your seed covers, enter how much of your token to seed with balance chips from 25% to Max, and review the pair, slot, bin range, deposit, and fee ledger before approving. After you sign, your position waits for activation automatically.

Your position earns fees from opening trades like any DLMM position and is tracked as an NFT in your wallet. You use the Manage Liquidity tool to adjust or withdraw it as the market develops.

If the launch is delayed, your position simply waits in the pair bins until the activation slot arrives, and nothing expires. This tool accepts pre-activation pairs only and rejects pairs that already trade, so use the standard DLMM pool tool for live pairs.