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Every time a trader buys or sells a position on a market you created, 0.5% of that trade is credited to your on-platform creator balance in real time. There’s no batching, no review process for the credit itself, and no vesting schedule — the moment a trade settles, the fee shows up in your balance. If you never log in again after launching a market, fees keep accruing in that balance until the market resolves. When you withdraw your balance to your wallet, the platform deducts a 30% withdrawal fee (the platform cut on creator earnings). The remaining 70% is sent to your wallet as USDC on Base. This is documented in the engine at apps/engine/src/routes/v2/creator.ts.

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How the fee is calculated

The creator fee is 0.5% of each trade’s notional value, charged at trade entry. It is separate from any other protocol fee — traders see the total fee at trade time. The 0.5% creator portion is locked at market creation and won’t change if BlockForecast later adjusts its protocol fee.
Market lifetime volumeGross fee (0.5%)After 30% platform cut at withdrawalNet to your wallet
$1,000$5−$1.50$3.50
$10,000$50−$15$35
$50,000$250−$75$175
$100,000$500−$150$350
$500,000$2,500−$750$1,750
$1,000,000$5,000−$1,500$3,500
A single high-volume market can be meaningful, but most creators build earnings across a portfolio. Thirty markets each doing 20,000generate20,000 generate 3,000 gross / **2,100net∗∗—thesameasone2,100 net** — the same as one 600,000 market, but with much lower variance.
Creator fees are only paid on resolved trade volume. If a market is voided (for example, because the resolution event was cancelled with no outcome), fees are not paid for trades on that market.

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When fees are paid (and the withdrawal mechanics)

Fees are credited to your on-platform creator balance in real time on each trade. To move them to your own wallet, use the withdrawal flow on your creator dashboard.
  • Minimum withdrawal: 10USD(gross).Ifyourbalanceisbelow10 USD (gross). If your balance is below 10 the withdrawal endpoint returns an error and tells you the current balance.
  • Platform cut at withdrawal: 30% — deducted from the gross amount; the remaining 70% goes to your wallet as USDC on Base.
  • Network gas: typically a few cents on Base, paid by the engine signer.
  • No vesting, no review queue. As long as your balance ≥ $10 you can withdraw at any time.

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Where to view your earnings

Your creator dashboard at /creator-dashboard shows:
  • Total lifetime earnings across all markets
  • Per-market breakdown — volume, number of trades, fee income, and resolution status for each market you’ve created
  • Withdrawal history — a record of every time you’ve transferred earnings to your wallet
  • Trader count — how many unique addresses have traded on each market
The leaderboard at /leaderboard also surfaces top creators by volume, which provides additional platform visibility for high-performing creators.

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How to maximize your creator earnings

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Cover topics with built-in audiences

The highest-earning markets are ones where traders arrive without the creator needing to recruit them. Major sports fixtures, BTC/ETH price milestones, and US election events have pre-existing trader interest. But niche markets — where you’re the only creator covering a specific league or topic — can outperform on creator yield because you face no competition and you’re the go-to source for that audience.

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Launch markets well before the event

A sports market launched five days before kickoff captures the full pre-match trading curve. The same market launched on game day captures only a fraction of the potential volume. For crypto markets, give traders enough time to form a view and build a position.
For recurring events — weekly fixtures, monthly price snapshots, quarterly earnings — set up a regular publishing schedule. Traders who trade your first market will return if they know you publish consistently.

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Distribute your markets actively

Platform discovery helps, but creators who share market URLs directly earn significantly more than those who rely solely on browse traffic. Share to X, Discord, Farcaster, newsletters, or community channels where your audience is. The link to any market is shareable directly — there’s no friction for a new user to arrive at your market and place a trade.

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Build a portfolio, not a one-shot

One viral market is unpredictable. A portfolio of 20–50 well-chosen markets in your domain is a reliable income stream. Top creators treat this like a content schedule: a set number of new markets per week, covering upcoming events in their topic areas, maintained consistently.

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Write markets that attract confident traders

Traders place larger positions when resolution criteria are unambiguous. A clear, specific market with tight criteria draws higher average trade sizes than a vague market with the same topic. Time spent on resolution criteria pays off in volume. See Create a market for guidance on writing strong criteria.

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FAQ

The 0.5% creator fee is part of the total trading fee that traders see at trade time. It does not reduce your winning payout if you also trade on your own market — it is paid at trade entry, not at resolution.
Creator fees are locked at 0.5% at market creation. Protocol fee changes apply only to new markets created after the change. Your existing markets continue to pay you 0.5% for their entire lifetime.
Yes. There is no restriction on creators trading on their own markets. However, creating markets based on insider information you hold is prohibited and will result in account termination.
Go to your creator dashboard and use the withdrawal flow to transfer your balance to USDC on Base. The minimum withdrawal is 10(gross).Atwithdrawal,theplatformdeductsa3010 (gross). At withdrawal, the platform deducts a 30% cut and sends the remaining 70% to your wallet — for example, withdrawing a 250 balance nets you $175. No vesting, no waiting period, no review queue. Gas on Base is usually under a cent and is paid by the engine signer.
The 0.5% creator fee covers your share of every trade. The 30% platform cut at withdrawal funds platform operations: AI oracle resolution costs (real LLM API spend per market resolution), engine and database infrastructure, x402 facilitator fees, and ongoing development. The net 0.35% effective creator share is still ~7× higher than the standard prediction-market norm of 0% (Polymarket and Kalshi pay creators nothing).
The LSMR automated market maker provides initial liquidity but does not generate creator fees — only trades by external users do. As user volume grows, the LSMR’s share of activity decreases relative to organic trading.