The independent GMGN reference
The Independent Guide to
GMGN
GMGN is a multichain memecoin trading terminal covering Solana, BSC, Ethereum, Base, Tron and Blast, from a web app, a set of Telegram bots and a mobile app. It charges a flat 1% per transaction. GMGNGuide is the independent reference for it, with every fee and market-share figure sourced to GMGN's own docs or to DefiLlama.
Independent. Transparent. Not financial advice.
What Is GMGN?
GMGN is a multichain memecoin trading terminal. The product is a web app, a family of per-chain Telegram bots and iOS and Android apps, all built around one loop: surface a brand-new pool within a minute of creation, audit the contract for common rug patterns, and put a one-click trade window on the same screen. Its own positioning is "Discover faster, Trading in seconds." It launched in June 2023 as an Ethereum smart-money tracker, the name stands for "Good Morning, Good Night," and the team is bootstrapped at roughly 30 staff. DefiLlama measures $240 million in lifetime fees collected.
The pricing is one number. GMGN takes a flat 1% per transaction on every buy and every sell, with no sniper surcharge, no copy-trading surcharge and no subscription tier, per GMGN's own fee documentation. The costs that actually move a small trader's balance are the priority fee and the tip, which you set yourself and which go to validators and private nodes rather than to GMGN, and slippage, where GMGN recommends 30 to 35% normally and 50% or more on new tokens. GMGN's profit and loss display does not include any of it.
Two things about GMGN get reported wrong almost everywhere. It is no longer a Solana product: over the trailing 30 days BSC produced 58.9% of its fees against Solana's 31.5%, and it was 99.5% Solana in January 2025 (DefiLlama, read 2026-08-06). And it is not self-custodial in the way most guides imply, because private key export is prohibited on every chain, including wallets you import yourself.
This is an independent reference, not the official app. We cover connecting Telegram and funding a wallet, the trenches and sniping, copy trading, what a trade really costs, why there is no GMGN token, and how the terminal compares to Photon, Axiom and the rest of the cohort.
HOW THIS SITE IS PAID
The Referral Code, Stated Plainly
Our link carries the code ggguide. If you open GMGN through it, GMGN pays us a share of the fees you would have paid anyway. It does not change your rate, which is 1% either way, and it does not get you a discount, a rebate or a bonus. GMGN's program pays referrers only, and anyone advertising a GMGN fee discount is either rebating part of their own commission privately or is not telling the truth. That is also why the numbers on this site are sourced: being the page you can check is the only thing we are selling. More detail in the referral program breakdown.
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED
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Getting Started
Connect Telegram, fund your GMGN wallet, and place your first memecoin trade on Solana, BSC, Base, ETH or Tron.
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Trading Features
Master the trenches, copy trading, sniping, auto buy and sell, trailing take-profit and stop-loss, and the Telegram bots.
Fees & Settings
GMGN's flat 1% fee, plus the settings that actually cost you money: slippage, priority and tip fees, Anti-MEV, and custom RPC.
Terminal Comparisons
Data-driven comparisons of GMGN vs Photon, BullX, Axiom, Trojan, BONKbot and every major trading terminal — with cited fees.
Ecosystem & Token
Smart money and insider tracking, CA security checks, the wallet radar and X tracker, and the honest read on GMGN token speculation.
Security & Custody
Who holds your keys, exporting your private key, Anti-MEV protection, fake GMGN domains and apps, and staying safe in the trenches.
Troubleshooting
Fix failed transactions, limit orders that never fill, slippage errors, stuck withdrawals, and every common GMGN issue — fast.
GET STARTED IN MINUTES
How Do You Start Trading on GMGN?
No KYC, no email, no seed phrase to import. Connect Telegram, fund the wallet GMGN creates for you, and set your slippage and fee settings before the first buy. The full walkthrough is in how to trade on GMGN.
Open the GMGN BotConnect Telegram
Open the GMGN bot in Telegram, or connect Telegram on gmgn.ai. GMGN creates a wallet for you on each chain it supports. No seed phrase to import, no KYC, no email.
Fund the Wallet
Send the chain's native token to your GMGN deposit address. Keep at least 0.05 SOL spare on Solana for fees. Private key export is prohibited, so fund it like a hot trading account.
Set Fees, Then Buy
Set slippage, priority fee and tip before your first trade. GMGN suggests 30 to 35% slippage normally and 0.002 to 0.005 SOL of on-chain fees, more for automated orders.
HOW IT STACKS UP
How Does GMGN Compare to Photon and Axiom?
Nearly every terminal in this category charges exactly 1%, so the headline rate decides almost nothing. What separates them is chain coverage, what comes back to the user, and whether the product is still growing. GMGN is the second largest by fees collected and the only one of the three that trades six chains from one account. Axiom is larger and cheaper after its tier discounts. Photon is flat 1% with nothing paid back and has been shrinking.
 GMGN |  Photon |  Axiom | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headline trading fee | 1% flat, per transaction | 1% flat | 1% before tier discounts |
| Effective fee after tiers | 1%, no tier table exists | 1%, no tiers | 0.75% to 0.95% |
| Discount for referred users | None published | None published | 10% off trading fees |
| Fees collected, last 30d | $9.31M | $507.6K | $22.35M |
| Share of the terminal cohort | 20.3% | 1.1% | 48.7% |
| Change vs prior 30d | Up 47.4% | Down 3.3% | Up 30.8% |
| Share of fees paid back out | 19.6% to referrers | 0% | 38.6% to users and referrers |
Fee rates from each platform's official documentation. Fee totals, cohort share and growth from the DefiLlama fee adapters, 30 days to 2026-08-06.
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How to Trade on GMGN: Complete Beginner's Guide (2026)
A practical GMGN tutorial: log in with Telegram, fund the wallet, run a security check, set slippage and priority fees, and place your first memecoin trade.
How to Connect Telegram and Fund Your GMGN Wallet
How to connect Telegram to GMGN, fund your GMGN wallet on Solana, BSC, ETH, Base or Tron, and use the multi-wallet system. Plus why key export is banned.
GMGN Copy Trading: How It Works and Why Most People Lose Money
GMGN copy trading explained: buy and sell methods, filters, Lightning Mode, and the per-trade fee math that turns a winning target wallet into a losing account.
GMGN Trenches and Sniper Bot: Trading New Launches
How GMGN's Trenches feed, hotkey buying, migration sniping and CA security checks work, plus the fee and slippage settings that decide whether a snipe fills.
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Start Trading on GMGN Today
Six chains from one account, a flat 1% per transaction, and no KYC or email. Connect Telegram, fund the wallet, set your slippage, and trade. Read what a trade actually costs first, because the settings cost more than the fee.