Sale routes explained - self-managed, fully managed, and Mirror Mode
Updated Jun 21, 2026, 09:47 AM
The self-serve wizard always gives you a self-managed sale that you own and control from your own wallet. A fully ChainGPT-managed sale and Mirror Mode are separate arrangements you set up by talking to the ChainGPT team, not toggles inside the wizard.
Who this is for: Operators who are deciding how much of the launch they want to run themselves versus hand to ChainGPT.
What does "self-managed" mean?
When you create a sale through the Saleium self-serve wizard (the v2 flow), you deploy a sale that you control from your own wallet. This is the default and only route inside the wizard. In practice, self-managed means:
- You set up the sale in the wizard (chain, sale name, project owner wallet, sale token, estimated raise in USD, schedule, and accepted currencies with prices), then approve the deploy from your wallet.
- After deploy you receive the sale contract address.
- You manage and finalize the sale, then withdraw the raised funds.
- Contributors claim their full allocation in one transaction once the sale is finalized. The sale itself does not vest tokens; if you want a vesting schedule for the sold tokens, use the separate Saleium Vesting product. A refund is available only if the sale fails (you cancel it, or it times out without being finalized within the grace window after close).
- You define your own compliance approach. KYC (for example via Blockpass) and geo-blocking or restricted-jurisdiction controls are available, and on the self-managed route the approach is yours to define.
You own the launch moment on your own domain and brand, with the same proven sale rails underneath.
What is the fully managed route?
The fully ChainGPT-managed route is part of the Saleium offering, but it is not something you switch on in the self-serve wizard. It is arranged with the ChainGPT team. KYC and geo-blocking controls are available across sales and are commonly used on the managed route. If you want ChainGPT to run more of the launch for you, contact the ChainGPT team to set this up.
What is Mirror Mode?
Mirror Mode means running a ChainGPT Pad sale and a self-hosted Saleium sale at the same time, so you tap ChainGPT's curated audience on pad.chaingpt.org while also owning the launch on your own turf. Like the managed route, Mirror Mode is arranged with the ChainGPT team. It is not a toggle inside the self-serve wizard. To run both at once, talk to the ChainGPT team.
How do I choose which route?
- Choose self-managed if you want to launch now, keep full control from your own wallet, and run the sale on your own domain and brand. This is the self-serve wizard route.
- Choose the fully managed route if you would rather have ChainGPT operate more of the launch for you, including heavier compliance handling. Contact the ChainGPT team to arrange it.
- Choose Mirror Mode if you want to reach ChainGPT's audience through a Pad listing and run your own self-hosted Saleium sale at the same time. Contact the ChainGPT team to arrange it.
A quick way to frame it: use ChainGPT Pad to tap ChainGPT's audience and curation, use Saleium to own the launch moment on your own turf, and use Mirror Mode to do both at once.
Common issues
- "I can't find a switch for managed mode or Mirror Mode in the wizard." That is expected. The wizard only deploys self-managed sales. Managed and Mirror Mode are arranged with the ChainGPT team, so reach out to them directly.
- "Which route controls the funds?" On the self-managed route, you control and finalize the sale from your own wallet and withdraw the raised funds yourself.
- "What about fees?" The sale platform fee is 15% of a successful raise, paid by the project out of the raised funds when you withdraw them. It does not reduce a contributor's token allocation. A project can add its own markup of up to 10% on top, which the project keeps, so a contributor may see up to about 25% taken from the raise if you set the maximum markup. If a sale fails or times out, contributors pay a 5% refund fee deducted from their refund. Your plan's fee discount lowers the platform fee (Growth 5%, Pro 10%, Business 25% off), and the fee is stamped immutably at deploy so it can only go down, never up. Your exact rate is on your Plans and Billing page. Airdrops carry no platform fee, only network gas. The "estimated raise in USD" field in the wizard is for context and sizing only; it does not select a fee tier or change your platform fee, and it is not an on-chain hard cap.