Fees, Costs and Staking Benefits for Users

Using Tokery comes with certain fees and optional costs, but we strive to keep the model transparent and rewarding for active participants. Here’s what general users should know:

Tokenization Fee: When you tokenize an asset on Tokery, a one-time fee is charged based on the asset’s value (declared by you, possibly cross-checked by our AI or appraisals). The standard rate is 0.5% of the asset value​. This fee covers:

• All the legal document generation,

• Smart contract deployment,

• Initial listing on the marketplace,

• and ongoing use of the platform (there’s no subscription or anything – just this upfront fee).

You have two choices for payment:

• Pay in SOL (or equivalent stablecoin) at 0.5%.

• Pay in $TOFI (Tokery’s token) at a discounted 0.3% rate​. This is a significant ~40% discount​as a perk for using our ecosystem token.

Example: If your asset is valued at $100,000, the fee in SOL would be $500 worth of SOL. If you pay in $TOFI, it would be $300 worth of $TOFI. If $TOFI is trading at, say, $0.50, that would be 600 $TOFI tokens. The exact $TOFI needed is calculated at the time of transaction by the current market rate.

The fee is generally deducted automatically during the tokenization process​– you’ll see the bot or platform request the fee payment as described earlier. There are no hidden charges beyond this. If for some reason tokenization fails or is aborted before completion, any fee paid is either not taken or is refunded (Tokery’s smart contract escrows it until completion).

Marketplace Trading Fees: If you buy or sell tokens on the Tokery marketplace, a small fee applies to each trade (like an exchange fee). Currently, it’s 0.3% per trade (0.3% of the trade value)​. This is taken from the asset seller by default (like how selling on a stock exchange might incur fees). If you are a buyer, typically the price you pay has that fee baked in via the AMM spread, so effectively both sides share it. These trading fees partly go to liquidity providers and partly to Tokery’s treasury. There’s no fee if you’re just transferring tokens peer-to-peer to someone (except the negligible blockchain network fee which on Solana is ~$0.0001).

Custody and Withdrawal Fees: Tokery does not custody user assets – everything sits in your own Solana wallet. So, unlike some platforms, we don’t charge withdrawal fees to get your tokens or funds out; you always control them. The only “network fee” is the standard Solana transaction fee, which is extremely low (fractions of a penny). If you use a feature like fiat on-ramp or off-ramp, those might have fees (charged by third-party providers, e.g., a payment processor might take 1% for converting your credit card to crypto – Tokery will transparently show any such fees if the service is available).

Staking $TOFI Benefits: If you decide to buy $TOFI (either to pay fees or as an investment in Tokery) and you stake it in the Vault:

• You’ll earn staking rewards (~17% APY, which accrues daily). The UI will show your accumulating rewards, which you can claim periodically (note: reward rates could vary over time).

• Priority Services: As a staker, you get some VIP treatment:

  • Faster KYC – while all users are important, if there’s a backlog or manual review needed, those who have staked a good amount of $TOFI might get reviewed first.

  • Possibly fee rebates or extra discounts in future – for example, Tokery could introduce a scheme where if you stake a large amount of $TOFI, your tokenization fee could be effectively 0% (because your staking rewards cover it or you get a cashback).

  • Early access: If we roll out new features (say a new asset class or a beta of a mobile app), stakers may get invites earlier.

  • Voting rights: Stakers obviously will have a say in governance as it comes (though that’s more a platform benefit than personal benefit).

• Marketplace incentives: Users with staked $TOFI might get boosted yields when providing liquidity or better visibility when selling assets, as described earlier. These are more subtle benefits but can enhance your profitability on the platform.

Holding Asset Tokens: There’s no custody fee or management fee for just holding tokens of assets. For example, if you bought tokens representing a rental property, Tokery doesn’t charge you ongoing fees. However, the asset itself might have costs/fees that affect returns – e.g., if a property management fee exists, that’s reflected in the yields you get, but that’s not Tokery’s fee, it’s the asset’s economics. Tokery’s cut is primarily the upfront tokenization fee and the small marketplace fee.

Example Scenario for an Asset Owner: You tokenize a $100k asset, paying $300 in $TOFI as fee. You decide to sell 40% of it to investors. Suppose you successfully sell $40k worth of tokens to others via the marketplace. The marketplace fee on those sales at 0.3% would be $120, which is deducted in the process. So you net around $39,880 from the sale (minus perhaps minor slippage). End result: you raised $39.88k from investors, you still hold 60% of the asset via tokens, and you paid Tokery $420 total (300 + 120) for facilitating everything. Thereafter, if you just hold your remaining tokens, no more fees. If the asset produces income, Tokery does not take a cut of that; 100% of whatever the asset distributes (rent, dividends) goes to token holders.

Example Scenario for an Investor: You buy $5,000 worth of tokens of that asset. You’d pay maybe a 0.3% trading fee (~$15) implicitly during purchase. If you hold these tokens and later sell them for $6,000 (implying the asset value went up 20%), you’d pay another 0.3% fee on the sale ($18). Your profit would be $6,000 - $5,000 - fees ($15+$18) = $967 profit. There are no other charges by Tokery. If the asset paid you $200 in rental income during that time, that was pure additional gain (aside from maybe network fees of a few cents to receive the payouts in your wallet).

Gas Fees: On Solana, fees are so minimal they’re almost negligible, but it’s worth noting to users: each transaction (like minting tokens, transferring tokens, trading on the DEX) consumes a small amount of SOL for gas. Tokery’s processes often bundle actions into as few transactions as possible. For instance, our backend might cover some gas costs when deploying the contract. When you approve something in your wallet, you might see a 0.00001 SOL fee or similar, which is less than $0.01. For all intents and purposes, we consider it negligible, but we still highlight that Solana’s efficiency is a benefit (compare that to doing this on Ethereum, where a single tokenization could cost $50+ in gas).

No Subscription/Platform Fee: Using Tokery’s platform (the bot, the vault, etc.) doesn’t have a subscription fee. Our revenue model is built into the above usage fees, so you won’t be charged just for having an account or anything like that. You could tokenize one asset or buy tokens and then do nothing for a year; you’d pay nothing extra in that idle time.

Future Changes: Tokery’s fee model may evolve (subject to governance by $TOFI holders). If, for example, we introduce additional premium services, they might come with their own pricing. But core tokenization and trading fees are expected to decrease (not increase) as volume grows, due to economies of scale and community governance pushing for competitiveness. We aim to be highly competitive cost-wise with both traditional tokenization services and other platforms:

• Traditional tokenization or securitization deals can cost 5-10% in fees when you consider bankers, lawyers, etc. We are an order of magnitude cheaper.

• Competing crypto platforms might charge 1-2%; we are already below that and with $TOFI discount it’s extremely compelling.

Conclusion for Users on Fees: Tokery is transparent about costs:

• 0.5% (or 0.3% in $TOFI) to tokenize.

• 0.3% to trade.

• No hidden or recurring fees beyond those. And if you become a token holder ($TOFI staker), you can even benefit from the fee system (earning part of fees back through staking rewards or LP rewards). This makes Tokery not just a platform you use, but one you can become a part of, sharing in its growth. We believe this model will help cultivate a loyal user base that feels rewarded, not nickel-and-dimed, which is crucial for long-term adoption.