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Dex paid describes a token whose creators have purchased Enhanced Token Info on [[dexscreener]], the dominant chart platform for onchain tokens. The paid listing, sold through the DexScreener marketplace for 299 dollars at its standard tier, lets a team add its logo, banner, website, and social links to the token's chart page. Because the purchase is verifiable, "dex paid" evolved from a product description into a piece of trench due diligence: the question "dex paid?" asks whether the [[dev]] has spent real money on the token's presentation.

## As a signal

In the [[trenches]], where most launches cost almost nothing, a 299 dollar payment is treated as a minimal filter. A team that pays for its listing has invested something and signaled intent to market the token, while an unpaid chart with placeholder art suggests a throwaway launch. The signal is checked constantly: DexScreener exposes payment status through a public orders API, and third party checkers such as CheckDEX and DexStatus, along with Telegram trading bots, display a "dex paid" flag next to new tokens. Some traders watch for the moment a token's status flips to paid and buy the event itself, treating it like a scheduled catalyst.

## Limitations

The signal is weak and everyone knows it. DexScreener states that Enhanced Token Info does not constitute endorsement or vetting, and organized groups such as a [[cabal]] pay the fee instantly precisely because traders screen for it. A paid listing says nothing about supply concentration, [[bundle]] activity at launch, or whether the [[insider]] wallets intend to sell. During the 2024 and 2025 launchpad era, "dex paid and cooking" became a stock phrase for a token with early momentum, while skeptics noted that plenty of dex paid charts still went to zero within hours. The phrase is also used for related paid upgrades, such as boosts that raise a token's visibility in DexScreener rankings.

## References

- https://marketplace.dexscreener.com/product/token-info
- https://medium.com/@wegecorp/check-dexscreener-token-info-is-paid-via-official-api-how-to-check-dex-paid-772e183ac1c2
- https://www.checkdex.xyz/
- https://holdmybanana.com/tools/dexscreener-check/

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