# Partner Benefits

Official Gradient partners benefit from additional incentives when participating in protocol activity. Fees collected through token pools of official partners are distributed as follows:

### 1. Market-Maker Earnings

Market-makers in partner token pools earn 40% of the spread on fulfilled trades, distributed proportionally to their share of the pool. Token projects market-making their native pools will thus earn directly via order fulfillment.

### 2. Percentage of Platform Earnings

Officially partnered projects earn 50% of all platform earnings collected as a result of trading on their pair. This includes the collecting of fees on all trades executed through both the Flash and Matching layers.

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This adjusted distribution for Gradient partners incentivizes the provision of liquidity by token projects directly, allowing for an increased off-market trade execution capacity. This encourages participation in the Gradient protocol, while deepening liquidity and improving sustainability for partnered token projects.

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Teams may apply to become a Gradient partner via the following URL: <https://form.typeform.com/to/auF5so4Q>
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