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# How to Create a Board

Boards are <mark style="color:$primary;">**custom-branded launchpads**</mark> you deploy under your own unique name. Once live, your community can create Pools and Flash Tokens directly on your board, giving you a <mark style="color:$primary;">**fully branded token launch space**</mark> without building infrastructure from scratch

<p align="center"><a href="/pages/agpuwhzUdwfSO8h8ck5c" class="button primary" data-icon="clipboard-list-check">Click here to learn more about Boards</a>​</p>

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<summary><strong>Step 1. Open the Board Creation Page</strong></summary>

To get started click here  <a href="https://based.bid/create" class="button primary">Create a Board</a>

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<summary><strong>Step 2. Filling out the Board details</strong></summary>

* **Enter Board Title:** This will be the title of your Branded Board\
  *<mark style="color:$primary;">Boards name must contain no spaces, have to be shorter than 10 characters and you choose a unique name</mark>*
* **Enter Board Description:** This will be the description for your Branded Board\
  *<mark style="color:$primary;">Max Characters: 789</mark>*

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<summary>Step 3. Adding your Graphics</summary>

* Add your logo by dragging and dropping or choosing a file, *<mark style="color:$primary;">the recommended ratio is 1:1</mark>*
* Add your banner by dragging and dropping or choosing a file, *<mark style="color:$primary;">the recommended ratio is 9:1</mark>*

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<summary><strong>Step 4. API</strong></summary>

* Choose how many API requests your board can process per second through the SDK\
  *<mark style="color:purple;">This only applies if projects on your board are launching programmatically via API or AI agent</mark>*
* Requests that <mark style="color:$primary;">**exceed your plan's limit**</mark> will be <mark style="color:$primary;">**rejected**</mark>

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<summary>Step 5. Create</summary>

Once you're happy with your setup, click <mark style="color:$primary;">**Create Board**</mark> to go live

*If you want to configure optional features before launching, do that first*

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### Optional Settings

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<summary><strong>Adding your Socials</strong></summary>

* **Socials:** Add your social links. Make sure to use the correct link format for each platform:
  * *<mark style="color:$primary;">Example:</mark>* [*<mark style="color:$primary;">https://t.me/yourchannel</mark>*](https://t.me/yourchannel)
  * *<mark style="color:$primary;">Example:</mark>* [*<mark style="color:$primary;">https://x.com/yourhandle</mark>*](https://x.com/yourhandle)

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<summary><strong>Board Visibility</strong></summary>

Here you can control whether your board is <mark style="color:$primary;">**publicly visible or restricted to invited users**</mark> only

* **Public:** <mark style="color:$primary;">**Anyone**</mark> can view and discover your board
* **Private:** Only <mark style="color:$primary;">**invited users**</mark> can view and participate
* **Limited Visibility:** Everyone can see but <mark style="color:$primary;">**only the owner**</mark> can create a project
* **Request to Join:** Users must <mark style="color:$primary;">**request access**</mark> before joining

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<summary><strong>Board Fee Settings</strong></summary>

Configure the fees your board collects from flash token and pool launches

<p align="center"><a href="/pages/4fdnJlwpcaaRDQFeztoG" class="button primary" data-icon="comments-question">For a Full Breakdown of the Board Fees Check Here</a></p>

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