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PinkSale Fair Launch vs Presale: What the Docs Say
A fair launch prices every buyer alike after the sale; a presale fixes its rate up front. PinkSale's caps, liquidity floors and fees, read off its docs.
By Staff, Presale Press
A PinkSale presale sells tokens at a fixed rate the creator sets in advance, between a soft cap and a hard cap. A PinkSale fair launch sells a fixed number of tokens against a softcap, and the price is total raised divided by total tokens, identical for every buyer and known only after the sale ends.
That is PinkSale’s own answer, and this is an evergreen explainer with no news peg: this desk read PinkSale’s Create a Launchpad, Create a Fair Launch and Service Fees pages on 23 September 2026. The pages are undated; every parameter below is as stated that day.
PinkSale fair launch vs presale, side by side
| Parameter | Presale | Fair launch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Fixed Presale Rate, tokens per 1 unit raised | Total raised ÷ total tokens, set at the end |
| Caps | Soft cap at least 25% of hard cap | Softcap; no hard-cap field on the page read |
| Per wallet | Min Buy and Max Buy required | Optional max contribution |
| Liquidity | 51% to 100% of funds (auto listing) | 51% to 100%; buyback plus liquidity at least 51% |
| Lockup | Creator sets days (example: 30) | Creator sets days (example: 365) |
| Missed soft cap | Creator’s Refund Type: Refund or Burn | Sale fails; contributors can claim refunds |
| Creation fee, BSC | 1 BNB + 5% BNB sold | 1 BNB + 5% BNB sold |
| Creation fee, Ethereum | 0.2 ETH + 5% ETH sold | 0.2 ETH + 5% ETH sold |
What is a fair launch on PinkSale?
It is a pool where the creator fixes the number of tokens for sale, not the price; “it doesn’t matter if you buy first or late,” the page says. The trade removes the early-bird discount and adds uncertainty: a contributor commits funds without knowing the price per token.
Where the presale differs
The presale guide fixes the price up front, plus a second price for the exchange. Its FAQ says a lower Listing Rate means the DEX price starts higher than what presale contributors paid, presented as an incentive to buy in. Where the price goes after that, no rate settles.
On a missed soft cap, the fair-launch FAQ states a refund; the presale leaves it to the creator’s Refund Type, and under Burn the page says only that PinkSale’s specific rules apply to contributed funds. Our soft-cap post reads those rules; what happens to unsold tokens follows the Burn side.
Is a fair launch safer than a presale?
Nothing in either page’s parameters speaks to the team, the token contract or the price after listing, and the creation fees and the 51% liquidity floor match. A fair launch changes who pays what and when, not what a contributor is exposed to. The mid-sale exit and its 10% cost are covered in our Emergency Withdraw post.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between a fair launch and a presale? On PinkSale, a presale sells at a fixed rate the creator sets, between a soft cap and a hard cap. A fair launch sells a fixed number of tokens with a softcap and no fixed price: everyone pays the same amount per token, worked out only after the sale closes.
How is the token price calculated in a fair launch? PinkSale’s fair-launch page gives the formula as total raised funds divided by total tokens for the fair launch. Because the raise is not known until the end time, neither is the price, and early and late contributors pay the same. A larger raise against the same token count means a higher price per token.
Does a PinkSale fair launch have a hard cap? The Create a Fair Launch page we read lists a total selling amount, a softcap and an optional per-user maximum contribution, but no hard-cap field. We did not read the Solana fairlaunch guide; on the page read, the raise has a floor and no stated ceiling.
Can you get a refund from a PinkSale fair launch? If the softcap is not reached by the end time, PinkSale’s fair-launch FAQ says the sale fails and contributors can claim refunds. That is the refund condition the FAQ states. A fair launch that clears its softcap moves on to finalisation and listing instead.
We cover this market; we do not participate in it. Crypto assets are high risk, nothing here is financial advice, and a sale format describes how a price is set, not whether the thing priced is worth it.