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I have some questions about ICO and its duration. For example: Atlant ICO  lasted month and half, in the other hand Confideal ICO should last only 20 days.
I want to know if duration of ICO means something or not?

And my second question - Confideal ICO will start in 2 of November and end in 22 of November, In which day or part of ico better to buy tokens? I not sure abt this ico for 100%, and think to wait week or two and look how much ppl will invest and than make my final decision.

I don't think duration of an ICO is an important parameter. Most of ICOs last about 1 month.


Confideal seems to be a good project and I expect it reaches hard cap. Do not hesitate to invest in it.

The duration of ico is up to team, they could be a lot of factors which they take in consideration.
I think the most influence on the ICO time is their confidence on if they will get to their target amount.

IF you must invest in the time of ICO, the starting phases are the best because then the most bonuses are but the min amount is also the highest.

I would recommend to invest after the ICO ends, wait for some time when the initial dip of token ends.

I would choose from this list Confideal, because Atlant very more hyip, and small invest.

Waiting for the ICO to be tested by other people is always good thing to do if you are a small investor. I mean those early birds are with full fat wallets who don't care much if they loose anything. So always go on trial basis and checkout for the suspicious activity or the positive presence of investors. Then you can make the investment very easily and with free mind.

About the duration, well it could affect the ICO in terms of getting more investors. For example, few ICO will keep the marketing portals open and hence new investors will keep coming until they know good opportunity. If everything is juts fine then such big period will always benefit it.

Many ICOs have bonuses for early contributors. For example, number of tokens for 1 eth is 100. But in first 24 hours, you will get 20% bonus, so for 1 eth you will get 120 tokens.
My opinion: you should chose project to invest BEFORE its ICO starts. Just make some research before investing your money)

Before ICO starts? You mean pre-ico or what?


Opposite advice. Is this way always works?

It depends on the team or the organizers of the ICO, some trust that they will raise the required funds within a very short time, while some want to give enough time to be able to raise the required funds, the duration of the ICO does not really matter, but it matters what time you join the ICO for ICOs which have varying levels of bonuses which are awarded to participators depending on what time they join the ICO, however if the ICO does not have varying bonus, then the time you join also does not matter.

Generally speaking it doesn't really matter too much how long the duration of a certain ICO is. You don't want it to be too short otherwise people will feel like they have to rush things and are unable to make a solid decision. If it's too long people will start taking the ICO for granted and that's  something you want to avoid as well. 1 month seems a good start.
I wouldn't worry too much about it though, the duration of an ICO is probably one of that last things you should worry about.

When project want to achieve only 6 millions and ico longs almost two month, is looks foolish
In the other  hand we have Confideal that wants to achieve 21 millions in 20 days....I'm not sure that they will turn out. We'll see

I think it makes sense to consider three periods of investment:
On the first day, even in the first hours of the project's start
In the middle of the sales period, when the main hype decreased
And after the end of sales when it is already clear the tendency to play on the bear market or on bullish
I would do this with cofideal)

A good question, I thought myself when it's better to buy tokens Confideal, I have already missed the atlant ico(

There are no rules whatsoever for ICO.
So, the time period is specific to interest of the issuer.
For buying in ICO, it's best to go in day 1 (presale) as the discount/bonus is greatest at that time.

It's always about 1 month, between 3 and 6 weeks. But some ICO are organizing pre-sells and need less, others start from scratch and need more.

Wait for a week and you'll see what you want.
At least I will do that with Confideal tokens

The devs has the power in their own ICOS. Sometimes the given date for the ico is not followed because of the following:
1. Didn't reached the soft cap.
2. Reach the soft cap but wanted to reach the hard cap.
3. Wanted to add some funds in their project.

On Confideal, it's better to be an early bird in order for you to have bonuses. But, be careful, know first if their ICO is good and the project itself :)

if the problem duration of time depends on the team from ico, investing in the ico it if I think a lot of risk and what if after the price ico most immediately go down sharply, and actually when the price drops early in the beginning that is a good opportunity to invest.

it depends on the projects, there are ICO that sold out in less than 24 HRS like the Hwllo Coin, an there are also ICOs that didn't reach its cap like the NotaryPlatfrom, and the normal duration of ICO would last about a month, the status of ICO depends on the team and their campaign strategy if it is well exposed then that ICO will sell like hotcakes.

Yes all ICOs have differences in the duration of their time. it all depends on the target of the ICO and also interesting what token to be traded. If the ICO is interesting Then will bring a lot of investors and we can see that the coin / token will be sold very quickly. You can see more and more investors on an ICO then the chances of ICO being successful are getting bigger.

Thnks for sharing! How long've have you doing it? You know, investment?)
And what can you advice as an ICO for investment? OP asked about Confideal, what you think about it?

The duration of any ICO is not determined by anyone else but by the developers and team of the project themselves. They can decide to conduct a week-long ICO. They can also make it a month. They could also make it 4 months if they want. There is no required duration for any ICO. But the number of days or weeks or months of an ICO does not determine or predict their success that's why it is useless to base on it. 

To me it doesn't mean anything except the longer it is, the worst it is. I think only first day and last day are what matter.

If you are sure is better to invest in first or second day to have more bonus, but if not - you can wait a week, and spend it to read more about it, or find new one
but i think that confideal worth it, and i plan to invest after 15 hours 8)

It's more up to the company. But yes, generally the timeline is around 1 month.

I found a token that did a pre-sale for serious investors in BTC, and now they're in the pre-registration phase (since they ask for quite a bit of info for verification). This runs for about a month and then for like 7 days the token sale happens. very interesting idea cybermiles has going. I like that they give you the time to prepare everything because I know for civic, it was like a panic to have all the info submitted.

I decide to make it in the first day, hard decision for me, but all facts told me that Confideal is really promising and i can't miss it
I hope to make the money

be careful, make your own research
by doing such staff I can tell you my my top 3:

Confideal
Jibrel
and Rega

ICO duration most of the time does not tell anything about the coins, however, if an ico has been opened for a very long time and they keep delaying that date then that means that project did not got a lot of interest and in the other scenario if an ico only last a few days and the tokens are sold then that means the interest in that ico was great.

Yes, you are right, many ICOs do not last more than a month, but it does not mean much. Even when the ICO is closed, after its end people who contributed into in the very beginning of the project start to get bonuses and profits.

PRE-ICO and ICO's last for roughly 1 month its not that important how long they run for. They run for this long because of some bonuses that ICO's offer to people. As days past the price for ETH for example, will change for example. 1 ETH=200tokens (1st week) 1 ETH=150tokens (2nd week)
It's a bonus for early contributors.

the duration is the time specified according to the ICO. But did not rule out the time can change at any time. may be faster or can be postponed. It's all influenced by how much ICO results are obtained.

The usual duration of an ICO is one month, not that it matters. If they reach their goal earlier, the ICO stops. So if you really want to buy some coins, buy them during the first days. They usually give some bonuses also

Today is the first day of Confideal's ICO, and I still wait. They already collected 113 Eth, i think to join after  1000 eth

Duration of ico is all about developers' patience. Some developers believe 20 days time is enough to obtain the goal, some not. I am doubtful about extra ordinary long icos personally.

Duration of ICO's are not so important. The devs dont want to drag the ICO period for too long or keep it too short. Its duration is approx 1 month or until they reach a certain goal. During this period you get bonuses too!

A month or so is the duration of the ICO, and its enough time to get contributors for the project.
Each ICO will have different duration periods.

Long preparation for ICO, less days of ICO. E.g. 3 month you shout "ICO, ICO, guys, ICOOOoo" and then you collect what you need in 10-15 days.

Hope that confideal can reach their target in 20 days, but i found out about them just month ago

It isn't very relevant, but 2 months are enough.

Duration of ICO depends on the capital they wanna mobilize. If they just need a small amount of money, they just need a short time. If they need more money, they will ICO in a long time.

Every project has a different strategy regarding the time of the ICO.

What many do is the following: They use a very limited duration (couple of hours/days) which has the effect of creating a lot of demand (they are reducing the time frame, supply, from the equation, which makes the very limited time frame that someone has to offer in demand). That's frowned upon by many but it really depends on how you look at it.

Other projects again last for months or in some cases even years (EOS) which is another interesting strategy, as you let investors learn about the project and have always the door open for new investors to rush in. It's quite convenient for most investors and some don't like it.

You shouldn't worry it much how long it will be, just because a project decided to go to one of the two ways doesn't mean they are less reliable.

take look at Comsa it have 90% of all purchases at 2-3 days and after that 20 days it stand at some place. And all ICO's do the same. I think they should do it quick 1-6 days and enough. Better time to invest is at begining, and last day.

I think ICO time is also an important element in ICO projects. The development and management team can provide a reasonable time for them to complete the final stages of the ICO period, usually within one month of each ICO. At present, there are many ICO projects that take place under the new model. They split the ICO time into smaller phases, early participants will earn more rewards, which encourages and attracts more investors. However, if the time is too long then we should also revisit

I've already invested on first Confideal's ico week. I'll wait and see. Maybe put some more.
We'll see in a week or two

Longer ICO usually signaling something. It could be that the target for the money planned is not reach or ICO want to reach wide investor and generate more awareness to wider audience. And as a rule of thumb ICO should be purchase in the first week.

Yes, many ICOs end in less than a month after launch. But it does not mean they are scammers.
Most ICOs involve creating a pre-determined number of tokens prior to sale. If they finish their task, ICO ends, and investors , especially those who were  among the first ones, start to get their bonuses.

If the ICO is using a BTC USD pairing which some have then it is obviously best to wait when BTC is going to be the highest. The problem with that is trying to time that will be hell and you will likely not succeed. But if it is a

normal ICO then you have nothing to worry about and participating earlier is probably better as you likely get a bonus. I wouldnt want to participate last on an ICO that had bonuses unless it was a sure thing which we all know

does not exist.

The time of ico depends on its route. There will be ico and ico will last for a month or two but most of it will be a month. I saw some ico sell 3-4 sessions in 1-2 months and the price of the next ico will be more expensive than the previous so the investors they have to buy ico as soon as possible so that the last sale they will have a profit or wait for the ico on the floor

Hi there!
I am monitoring a few ICOs and planning my own for 2018.
I think that an ICO should be no less than 2 weeks to give investors some time to decide and no longer than 2 months to keep the costs under control. Large projects like www.vlb.io usually have ICO lasting about 3 weeks because they have lots of money to flood the market with their ads.

Your post doesn't make any sense. You are telling him to research so he could make money though the coins that you have in your top 3 are not worth the investment.

Everything has own price. If you buy tokens on the begin days, you can receive the bonus. Otherwise, if you buy on the last days of the ICO, you can not receive. But in my views, you should wait for 2 or 3 weeks to invests. Don't hurry.

There are pre-ICO/private sale opportunities available for most ICO's that can offer a decent bonus (50-100%) if you're investing a large enough amount but the duration is typically quite short for those

doesn't matter with the durations in ICO,
all ICO has their own predictions with their project, is their project will succed in short durations or long durations
because sometimes the durtaions is long but the ICO finish in shorts,,
its all depends in public reactions to the project, more people interesting the ICO will finish shorter

depending on how many developers convince people about the campaign they are championing, many campaigns use short deadlines between promotion and ICO, but most do not last long, there needs to be a mature and less rushed road map. Duration does not really matter because it's all determined by the potential for sales success.

Usually, duration of ICOs are about a month. It is normal but sometimes some ICOs being delayed because of the some reasons and investors get bored or be unpatience.

There are many there days that matter too, most of the time the early you invest the bigger the bonus, so you need to keep your eyes open and look for great opportunities since you can get some good coins at a cheaper rate, however to invest early you need to be completely sure the project is going to become successful because if it does not then you are going to lose your money.