How to Swap Crypto: Your First Trade Step by Step
Connect, pick, review, confirm. You always sign.
The four steps
- Connect your wallet. Tap Connect wallet in the swap box.
- Pick your tokens. Top is what you pay with, bottom is what you get. Check the contract address.
- Review. Look at what you'll receive, the price impact and slippage, and the fees.
- Confirm in your wallet. You approve it. Nothing moves unless you sign.
Try it with the guided walkthrough
The words you'll see
- Slippage
- How much the price may move before your trade lands. If it moves more, the trade cancels instead of filling at a worse price.
- Price impact
- How much your own trade moves the price. Small pools plus big trades mean worse prices. Over 1–2%? Think twice.
- Platform fee
- Craic Hub's fee, 0% to 0.75%, lower if you hold $CRAIC. Always shown before you sign.
- Network fee
- A tiny fee to the Solana network to process the trade.
Tip
Start with a small amount for your first trade.
Keep learning
🪙 What Is CryptoMoney that lives on the internet, with no bank in the middle.👛 What Is a Crypto WalletYour wallet holds your keys. Your seed phrase is the master key.⚡ What Is SolanaThe blockchain Craic Hub runs on.🔁 How to Swap CryptoConnect, pick, review, confirm. You always sign.🛡 Crypto SafetyThe red flags, and how our safety check reads them for you.🎯 What Is a Limit OrderSet the price you want and let it fill if it gets there.🤖 Auto Trade ExplainedLet orders run while you're away, still non-custodial.
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Not financial advice. Crypto is risky and you can lose everything you put in. Do your own research. Craic Hub is non-custodial: you trade from your own wallet and nobody here will ever ask for your seed phrase. Fees paid in $CRAIC are burned.