How Saleium works, from sign-up to a deployed contract you own

Updated Jun 21, 2026, 09:46 AM

This is the operational walkthrough: the exact steps from creating an account to a deployed contract you own, plus what each dashboard page does. For what Saleium is, the four products, how it compares to ChainGPT Pad, and how pricing works, see What is Saleium.

Who this is for: Both, project operators who deploy and run the tools, and participants who interact with what an operator deployed.

For project operators

How do I go from sign-up to a live product?

Go to https://saleium.io and create your account.
Connect your wallet.
Pick a chain from the in-app chain selector. (Check the selector at https://saleium.io for the current live list, it is the source of truth.)
Open one of the four product wizards (Token Sale, Staking, Vesting, or Airdrop) and fill in the short configuration form.
Deploy from your own wallet. You pay the network gas for the deployment transaction.
Watch the deploy flow run through its phases, then save your new contract address from the "Deployed" card.
Set up the embed widget in Embed Studio and allowlist the domains where it should run.

Because you sign the deploy transaction yourself, the contract is owned by your wallet, not by Saleium.

What happens during the deploy flow?

After you confirm in the wizard, the deploy flow shows four phases in order:

Drafting, where your configuration is prepared.
Deploying, where the contract is sent to the chain. This is the step you sign and pay gas for from your own wallet.
Recording, where the deployment is registered to your account.
Done, which shows a "Deployed" card with your new contract address and next steps.

Do I pay a fee, and how does it work?

Two costs apply. First, you pay network gas to deploy, the same as any on-chain transaction. Second, there is a platform fee, and it differs by product:

Token Sale: the platform fee is 15% of a successful raise, paid by your project out of the raised funds when you withdraw them. It does not reduce a contributor's token allocation. You may add your own markup of up to 10% on top, which your project keeps, so a contributor could see up to about 25% taken from the raise at the maximum markup. If a sale fails or times out, the contributor pays a 5% refund fee, deducted from their refund.
Staking: the platform fee is 5% of rewards, taken from reward payouts. Your plan lowers it: Growth 4.75%, Pro 4.5%, Business 3.75%.
Vesting: 1% of the tokens is taken each time your project funds the vesting pool. When a beneficiary claims, they pay a small per-claim fee in the network's gas token, about 1 USD worth or the claim's gas cost, whichever is higher.
Airdrop: no platform fee. You pay only network gas.

Every platform fee is stamped immutably into your contract at deploy and can never be raised afterward. Your plan can only lower it: Growth takes 5% off your platform fees, Pro 10%, and Business 25% (Free gets 0%). The Plans & Billing page shows the exact rates for your plan, so check there for your exact number. For the full breakdown, see Understanding Saleium fees.

How do I publish the widget on my site?

Use Embed Studio in the dashboard to set up your widget, then add the domains where it is allowed to run to your embed allowlist. The widget only runs on the domains you allowlist, so it will not load on a site you did not approve. See Embedding your Saleium widget.

What dashboard pages will I see?

The live dashboard includes:

Overview, with stat tiles for Deployed products, Airdrops run, and Active chains, a recent deployments list, and "Launch a product" cards.
Products, catalog cards with Configure or Deploy another.
The four product wizards, Token Sale, Staking, Vesting, and Airdrop.
Embed Studio, to set up and allowlist your widget.
Plans & Billing, to see what your plan includes.
Team, Profile, and Settings then Security.

Token Sale, Staking, and Vesting are gated to Growth and higher plans. Airdrop is open on the Free plan. Plan limits are plan limits set by your subscription, not on-chain caps. See Saleium plans and pricing.

For participants

What am I interacting with?

When you take part in a sale, staking pool, vesting schedule, or airdrop built on Saleium, you are interacting with a smart contract that the operating project deployed and owns. The contracts are CertiK-audited. The widget you see is allowlisted to run only on that project's approved domains.

For a token sale, the price is fixed. The project sets a rate for each accepted currency (sale tokens per 1 unit of that currency), and a sale can accept several currencies including the chain's native coin. While the sale is open you contribute, and your allocation is set right then by the rate, contribution amount times rate, with no later recalculation. There is no oversubscription, no pro-rata scaling, and no on-chain raise cap. After the sale closes the project finalizes it, and finalize only succeeds if the contract already holds enough sale tokens to cover every allocation, so claims can never fail. If the project does not finalize within roughly a day after close, anyone can finalize a solvent sale, so a successful sale cannot be left stranded.

Once a sale is finalized, you claim your full allocation in a single transaction. The sale itself does not vest tokens. You can always exit: claim if the sale succeeds, or get a refund of your full contribution if the project cancels the sale or it times out by never being finalized within the grace window after close. On a refund from a failed sale, a 5% refund fee is deducted. There is no excess refund and no refund on a successful sale.

Common issues

I do not see Token Sale, Staking, or Vesting. Those three are gated to Growth and higher plans. Airdrop is available on Free. Check Plans & Billing at https://saleium.io.
My deploy did not finish. Deploying is an on-chain transaction you sign and pay gas for. If it stalled, confirm your wallet had enough native gas token for the chosen chain and that you approved the transaction.
My widget will not load on my site. The widget runs only on allowlisted domains. Add the exact domain in Embed Studio.
What is the fee? It depends on the product. Token Sale: 15% of a successful raise, paid by the project from the raised funds (plus an optional project markup of up to 10%); a contributor only pays a 5% refund fee if the sale fails or times out. Staking: 5% of rewards (lower on higher plans). Vesting: 1% of tokens when the project funds the pool, plus a small per-claim gas-token fee for beneficiaries. Airdrop: no platform fee, only network gas. Every platform fee is stamped immutably into your contract at deploy and can only be lowered by your plan. Plans & Billing shows your exact rate.
Support asked for my seed phrase. It will not. Support never asks for your seed phrase. Your account is protected with 2FA, passkeys, and 10 recovery codes.