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With so many daily ICOs launching, some people might be confused as to where they should invest.

What would make you invest in today's running ICOs?

Is it the Whitepaper?
Is it the Website design?
Is it the Project Team?
Is it the Product?

The one who caught my eye is Propthereum.io. They are an upcoming asset backed coin. If you are interested in investing in ICOs, i suggest you check them out. They are expecting a 1566% coin appreciation in a short period of time. Definitely worth checking!

That wasn't my question, was it? :)

That made me lol.

For me the most important is the team and the product. First and foremost I value the idea to create something unique, an emerging technology that the world will need (think SONM) in years to come. Any great idea can be just a dream if the team is not skilled enough to deliver.

The whitepaper can be full of crap, and a good website doesn't trick anyone.

That being said, a lot of ICO's, like a lot of non crypto startups, will fail. There isn't much you can do about it, but the gains can be good. So, will you risk it for the biscuit?

Is out of question the whitepaper, and the tream.
Trade.io is a good example of a good ICO

It depends a lot, icos are having bad fame during those days because a lot of them have become scam during the last few weeks because of all those forks that have been running during the last time.
But one thing that makes me invest into an ico is the Whitepaper, the developers team and of course, the whole community that it has.
Maybe the project and the return that it is going to give me in a few months after i invest, but it is not the most important thing, we want a solid project.

I have been trying to gauge how well their system is going to work for increasing the value of their tokens. If the whitepaper or website is poorly done, then that is usually a red flag to me for how well the ICO will be executed. I have limited knowledge of the best people working in the industry, so I usually have to Google the team members and see what that leads to. I would say overall for me, it is the product and the system built in to increase the value of the tokens over time.

Problem is that many don't have an already built community before their ICO, it is mostly bought when they start the ICO, of course, there are some exceptions but they are rare.

always learn and follow your own decision where is the best for you to invest your money you have freedom for yourself to choose good for your investment, but i suggest with you always study your plan.

Project team! My fav one so far is the ARtoken team... I like how they work so far (the company who is behind the project, called Cappasity, they've already done a lot, so you can really see the work progress)... Btw I also think their goals and concept look realistic!  Can you imagine what will happen to the AR/ VR industry in the next 5-10 years? These are the technologies that will change the entertainment industry!

Look at the people who are involved with said ICO, and how much backing it has from investors and businesses.
Cryptos that aim to speed up transactions stand out, since many coins are staying on the ethereum blockchain, which handles transactions very slowly.
I feel strongly that altcoins will have a place alongside bitcoin, but im skeptical about there being a gillion altcoins in the market. I think a lot of altcoins will die due to not being able to be traded efficiently, but companies looking to enhance the blockchain and make it faster and more secure are worth looking at. Cybermiles is creating a blockchain that will be built off of open source software that can be easily changed and updated, and gives back to the developer community at the same time. Cybermiles wants their blockchain to be the standard for small companies that want to get their dApp online with little complexity and quick transactions. They are essentially making better what Ethereum is trying to do, and is setting their price at 1ETH for 7000CMT, so to buy CMT you need to buy and exchange Ethereum for it.

Look at their white pages. ICOs you want to invest in are the ones that are proposing enormous changes, and have proof of enormous support, much like Cybermiles.

In short, it is all of those things. Also a good website is informative and will make all of their information easily acceptable, ideally with all links and information on the front page including roadmap and whitepapers

Not really, none of them. The only thing can attract me is the price fluctuation so that I can start day trade with that ICO tokens and I can generate some profit for myself.

The rest of technical details are really not in my range.

These features for long term investors, not for traders like me.

I would say it is a mixture of all those that you mentioned, webiste design tells you a lot about how much effort they put in the project, the team behind the project is very important, it should be a medium size team (minimum 10 people) and with diverse expertience and skills related to the project itself.
The whitepaper information is key to take a decision if this is a place to invest your money.
And last but not least the product itself that probably is the most important aspect to consider, if this product goin to be required in the marketplace? will the people addopt it?

The white paper will give you a broader look of what the ICO proposes, it's a good parameter that you should consider. An outstanding website design is surely attractive but the important thing is, the project team should be capable and responsible plus the good track record of their career, and of course the essence of the product. Anyways, It is you who will decide, do more research before you invest to something.

What makes me invest in today's running ICO is first I look at their whitepaper then the team, I search one by one the team members including the developers and founders to make sure all of them are legit. And of course you also check out the product as well if it is going to make it out once the project will be in the market, I usually check them out if the people or even those people who could afford the project are willing to test it out just like apps that you download, it is a trial and error if the customers do like the product.

All of your list, We need a lot of the sources to detemine however the project was good or not. But the team's history seems to be a main reason about that. I said about the history of the team will try to determine the future of the project itself.
that needs develop by the proffesional and not amateur person.
The community feedback and it seems you are missing it right now mate

I would have to think about it a lot before joining an ico, it should be a very big project before i join, because it is very difficult to find a good one nowadays, most of them are pure garbage created in order to raise some millions, and that is annoying, maybe this is one of the real reasons of why icos are not being succesfull at the moment. But there are some that are doing it good, propthereum is a good project and i would suggest everybody to take a look at there, i have looked at their project and it looks very promising.

Nobody really cares about the product. It doesn’t matter what product it is if the team is strong and willing to do anything to launch it int he market. If it gets developed properly and gets market recognition then the prices will rise 100% surely. So we are investing to support that only and they must make it up to that promise.


What it depend on is how successful team is in handling the whole stuff. Whether they are runners, are they online all the time giving us the love feedback from their develpoment and are they working according to their roadmaps, this is what really drives big investors into their projects and they can make money out of it. If they make th money then they can share that with us and thus we find such successful ICO. So they come rarely I believe.

@ledu_ico. For an ICO, it would be a combination of a good development team and what the project's code is based on. But that would still be not enough. The developers themselves should be honest and should be working on the project because they believe they can create something good, secure and functional.

It is really bad to know that some projects have competent developers who are aware that they working on insecure software but remain to keep silent.

Well, actually everything from the list, however, going through step wise:

1. Product (How effective could it get in real time/real life implementation)
2. Project Team (Their experience, their influence, also the company advisory board, does it have names like Vitalik Buterin, elon musk, da hongfei)
3. Whitepaper (To understand the business, development, roll out process and also if it is 100% grammatically perfect)
4. Website Design - It actually does not matter a lot to me.

Adding to these, I also look forward to the total supply of tokens and predictable exchanges listings.

Cheers!!

The interesting project proposal in ico is very important to me (including whitepaper and roadmap), after that, dev activity and even an attractive and responsive campaign manager will also get plus points. The most important factors are the people behind the project and how seriously their business grows in finding business partners. If ico Project only impresses prototypes from scratch and is only done by 1-3 people without advisor. then it will not be too interesting.

A single thing is not enough to make me invest in an ico, besides all the things you are saying I will add that the idea needs to make sense, the road map needs to be realistic, the developers need to answer questions in the ANN thread and be assertive about their explanations, an escrow is also necessary so we know they are not going to run away with the money they raised and it is also necessary to have a good reputation in the forum already as people that know what they are doing.

this cracked me.

To answer your question; I have been checking out ICOs but never invested in any yet. One thing is for sure there is a lot of marketing spent on it. so I guess the whitepaper and discussion channel with team is the decision factor for my next time investing. Even the youtube review are biased; i mean what do you expect from a paid review? so you do your own digging and research.

in short I will choose the team first along with the whitepaper

The idea behind ico ,team and it's synergy and probability of them actually accomplishing the selected goal

It's all of those actually. All these factors play a big role in a successful ICO.
The Whitepaper must be clear, must have a vision and the mission must be achievable.
The Website must look good and be easy to understand.
The Team must be a group of members that have a good profile and with experience.
The Project must be real and work in the real world for the benefit of the community.

I would agree with most in this thread that all of these are important. If 1 of these points are bad, then your ICO will probably not work.
I believe that the most important factor here would be the Team. Reason being is, the Team behind the project will be there for supporting the community in any way they can, they will be there to change or adapt the ICO if it needs any, and they will need to maintain it daily.

i think we can choose an ico from the whitepaper, project team and product and i think the website design is not necessary but sometimes its important to see how serious the dev and the teams. we need to learn with details about their project so we can know where the dev and the teams wants from the project and what they want to do with the project. i think the whitepaper is the most important for the investor because from whitepaper, we can know the roadmap or the plan from the dev and if its really good then we can decide to invest our money to the project.

Everything starts with the human. Therefore, You should research carefully about the team. If they have good degree and experience. You can execute the project successfully.

It's true that all those questions are important to having a successful ICO.
Whitepaper and the Roadmap must be able to work and check out.
Websites alone must be clear and user friendly, the visitor must be able to understand what is going on and not get lost in the site.
The project team definitely is important as they will be the base of operations and provide support to anyone who needs it.
If any one of these fails, then you have a failed ICO.

I look at it all. I believe the success of an ICO is determined before the ICO launches. All these factors affect the investors. You want to find an ICO which fit your criteria in all these fields. Recently I have been looking for an upcoming ICO to invest in and I looked at all of this before deciding which one would be a great investment, after checking out all these things I finally settled on Propthereum.io because I feel like they would be the best investment both short term and long term. 

My picks in descending order of importance are jurisdiction (legitimacy), team + founders, concept, community (hype score), existed product, WP, site.

Hello. I would add no presale bonus or a small presale bonus. Apart from that the whitepaper, roadmap, team.
Do your own research as good as you can. Sometimes it is just bad timing, it did request network and it would have been cheaper to buy after the ico.

Cheers

First thing first is to wait for a while before investing because waiting will mean a lot of people wpuld have been expressing their views about the project while some will be for the project, some other people will be against the project and the stress of searching for the information I needed for decision making will be taken off my shoulder after I must have analysed the information I must have gotten as a result of waiting. The next thing is to look at the future prospect of the project with that, I am not considering the pump that will happen immediately after the ICO but long term prospect.

Is it the Whitepaper?
Is it the Website design?
Is it the Project Team?
Is it the Product?

It's really all of the above, a good ICO shouldn't only have one of these qualities but all of them, after all you're putting your hard earned cash in play and you want to be sure it's in good hands. Try to be picky and find a team that has many positive things, instead of only one. For example, if a project has a good whitepaper (good product/service idea) but doesn't have a good team, then the idea is useless, because the team will not be able to implement it. If the team in the other hand is experienced but you believe the product and service doesn't offer any value to the market, then again it's irrelevant if the team is good because the idea won't have any demand from the market (since it doesn't offer any value to start with). Try to tick all the boxes when evaluating a new project or team, the more of the attributes they have the more likely the project will succeed and the more likely you'll have a descent return.

All of them, but especially the Team and Whitepaper, the product is on the whitepaper so again the whitepaper!

Yes absolutely, doing a lot of research or taking a close look about the whitepaper, website design, project team and the product makes us feel comfortable in investing in ICO projects. Failed to meet these standards will be automatically ignored by most investors to avoid future problems. Though there are some projects that does not meet these qualifications trying to prove that they are legit ones and had failed due to lack of support from the community. I am actually in an ongoing ICO the Spectre.ai and yeah I like the team's project and it's idea. I know that this project will soon be successful because they have all what I am looking for in a project.

I look at all of the four points you talk about, very thoroughly. Too many scams out there, you have to be careful and study every aspect of a project before actually investing in it.

It's not woth investing because project are over-financed and a lot of people invest just to insta sell and have a good ROI. Company know that and their turn it at their advantage.

Very well defined point there, i couldn't agree more with you. The people behind the project are the most important aspect to be considered.

The product is probably the most important thing to me. If I find the idea genius then I'm likely to invest in the coin. For it's really hard to tell whether a team is good or bad. Most of them have some experience while not having something amazing already created as well. Website design is also very important, though, but then again, most ico websites are interactive and attractive. Yet I guess for now nothing will make me invest in an ICO, because as I see it even the greatest projects get dumped really hard nowadays.

I believe now it's a perfect time to invest in good ICOs.. what does it mean? A competent development team is the most important point. You should know very good who is behind the project, their past projects... people are the key point of successful ICO.

All the four expects are important to me but i would like to arrange these in decreasing order from most important to less important....I hope it will help others to prioritize all these expects.
Product>Project Team>White paper>Website design

In this era of ICO's scams...Honest and experienced team is key to invest in any ICO. I personally feel if you want to earn good ROI, we should always invest in people.

Ccore is my favorite ico in this period. It is a Crypto Payment Platform that allows people based online services and stores without losing value on the exchange. Nice concept and good dev team behind it. Hope it will have a great future.

When some ICO appears all of these things that you have listed in your post should be considered. I’d better first find the information about the ICO team: look through their accounts in socials, find if they are on the cryptomarket for long. And Whitepaper is very important, too.

In fact, all four are the key factors that I will look out for in  ICO investments. Most importantly, a good strong project team will produce greater success rate in their ICO. Therefore I will usually google search more information about the team, check out all of their social networking accounts to assess on their relevant knowledge and whether they have large network of related connections.  

As of these days confusion would really be there because we do see there are lots of ICO as of now launching every now and then which would really add up the difficulty on selecting which one we should invest but as an investor we should really obliged ourselves to seek out the best possible good project which we do see that it do have the potential to grow for future years to come and should be avoided on those fly by night projects which are only good in the beginning but later on they vanished once they do already filled up their bags. Product? This is the main thing should be check first together with its whitepaper because on this you would really see if it do have future or just total garbage.

I invest mine at those who can reach their caps. They are the ones that you can actually tell that are going to be somewhat successful.

all of them but my most important one is the product/technology as team may come and go so the whitepaper

What makes an ICO for me is the following (not in any specific order)

1. Whitepaper well put together and complete with a breakdown of where the money will go even if they exceed their expected amount. E.g. if they got twice as much what do they do with the extra cash? Giving percentages is actually incorrect but having an expansion plan based on the extra funding is the way to go.
2. Clear thought out project that has a "market".
3. Team with experience in what they are selling or building.
4. GOOD customer / investor support.
5. Team engagement before, during and after ICO to keep investors and potential customers informed.
6. Clear timeline of growth and completion(if not ROI). Many projects appear stagnant after ICO's.
7. People who believe in their project and passionate about it.
8. A website that is functional and capable of dealing with the ICO capacity and future needs.
9. Being able to identify who is involved and a traceable history (e.g. through LinkedIn for previous projects / employers).
10. People who value their investors.

1. metal illness
2. ignorance to the issues all ico issued tokens are going to face in the future even if they did produce anything with a real use case
3. ignorance to the fact most icos do not have and will not produce working functioning projects with real use cases.
4. ignorance to the fact icos are open to and most probable scams at the hands of the devs and insiders.
5. If i were tired of being wealthy and wanted to get rid of my btc

The development team of any project, the track record of the members of the development team. What is the project about, how unique their idea is because that is what attracts people. Website of the project because if they are legit the website won't try ticking people that is what is what is important.

First, I will look at the development team, followed by the token information, next I will look at the project website interface and finally I will read the project white paper and thoroughly research the product, roadmap, technology and all the information that I can find. In the white paper they will summarize everything about the project, so I always spend 1-2 days to study all the information in the white paper of that project.

For me, the most important factors are the product, project team and white paper. I believe that an outstanding product is important to disrupt the existing market. White paper tell me about the whole project. The experience of project team is a plus benefit. I am fine with young or new faces in the crypto world as long as they are hardworking and able to deliver.

Website design is the least important but of course it must be able to resist attacks. Having a good website design is a plus point but not essential.

I will always invest in any ICO projects that has an end product and also with a performing team. I research to know if the project has a product attached to it. If if found any team member that i know who participated in any failed projects definitely i will go away. So for me product and strong /performing team is it.

everything is very important to be a research and assessment. I think you should have knowledge and many sources of information about the ico you are trying to follow. will be very important if you always connect something, to prevent things that are not expected. and for your own chances of success.

Everything.If a project is genuine then everything should be perfect.Product, whitepaper, and promising roadmap whatever

I use the branch of wealth, only it can help me to become a little richer by not investing in this business, although in the future I plan to do it! I hope I'm lucky

I invest if I like the goal of the project. The team and the feasible idea that they brought to us. I only choose the best ICO that I think will success.

I think every element is important here. But special the Whitepaper because there the main information (Market Analysis, Introduction to product, Technical, Use cases, The ICO, Roadmap of development, Financial Projections, Team). It is worth finding such solutions if they exist and compare them.

Without a doubt I will choose first the Project Team with the best composition. A very reliable Project Team can make a mediocre product to be successful, compared to a good product that cannot be delivered to success by a poor Project team. What's more they can do to a Whitepaper and website design of a certain project. Absolutely the best Project Team is my basis for making an investment in today's running ICOs?

For me:

1)a team with a perfect track record, innovative and marketable product and partners with a high level of credibility. They can't simply fuck up because their reputation is at stake.

2) a clear and coherent whitepaper and roadmap, vast media coverage and constant feedback from devs.

Before investing need to determine whether the company is genuine or this is a scam =)

I try to visit the conferences like World Blockchain Forum: Investments & ICOs, Casual Meetup and the next will be Blockshow Asia.. there you can see the top of start ups, best ICo.. I invest in ICos which I heard in these conferences only as minimum

WavePay just started and started the first token distribution. Something like ICO

Thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2388903.0

Not only the number of scams is discouraging the amount of people investing in icos, the growth of bitcoin is doing that as well bitcoin is going up in this year like no one imagined and the bigger the profits we can get with bitcoin the less interested people will be with icos and if we take into account the incredible profits we could get in the next year then it is not really a surprise that icos are having a hard time getting investors.

There is still some jem in the sands. Look for it.

Syncfab ICO is not bad seemingly. O don’t know how it will work but the idea to integrate blockchain principles into production process is smart. I think using crypto in the real sector of economy is promising thing for the world.

And I also like crypto.tickets! It already have success in ICO. You can look it, ICO still going.

I invest ico to benefit from the ico I choose to invest. I chose the clear ico project and have a broad and comprehensive marketing.

You have a very good point there, what about the big whales? Do they also save all their bitcoins?

As most of the ICO's are scams nowadays, so reviewing team is very important. Looking back at team members previous work and reputation help us to determine the ICO genuineness. Second, comes the product concept and whitepaper. Last but not least, website design, a user-friendly website helps the users to understand the concept and convince them to invest in that ICO.

The main thing is idea and then it's whitepaper

I think that is something you can determine in first minutes of investigating the ICO, for example their webpage design matters a lot, if it's professional or a $1 usd design.

I think every aspect you have mentioned would play a part in determining if one should invest in an ICO or not. Another aspect you can include is the long term goal of the developers; how they plan to realize their objectives through the introduction and mobilization of their tokens; and the track record of the developer team. The manager can also be an indicator if the project is well-maintained because some manager are unfortunately using their knowledge to take advantage of people. If you are convinced with those factors, then go and take the plunge.

We all try to act responsible here by checking the legal status of the token sales and ico things. We try to find the legit ones only. This is to avoid undesired situations like getting scammed by scammer projects. I find legit ones and participate in their token sale.

Lots of good thoughts. As for
me, investing in ICOs is a great way to make some money.
I always trying visit ico events. Like Im planning to go to Singapure to Blockshowasia in a couple of days
If the project you are going to invest in is strong, it would be a good idea to invest in that project.

First thing is product.Your product makes your whitepaper. So if the product is right then you may go for checking other things

With all recent discussions on regulated ICO vs unregulated ICO - legal aspects are also a big consideration. The team behind the ICO can be great, but with legal done wrong, a regulator can seize its operations in a moment (and all investors are very likely to lose money at that point).

All of the four. Because all of them are pretty vital in determining the scams and legitimate alternative coin projects.
Another thing to observe is its announcement thread and the way they advertise their project. Also, the investors of the project. Plus the collaborations of which there are well know companies contributing to the project.

This is a very important question that one need to answer before investing in any new project to avoid the risk of losing once capital. Before I invest my money into any new project I mostly take into consideration the Products, the real Team behind the project and the White paper of the project which gives me confidence before I invest my money into any new projects and it is working for me all this while.

The single deciding factor for me is the team.

All points you mentioned are useful when it comes to determine how credible the ICO is.
To be honest, I don't really care about website design since you can buy a great template with few bucks.
There are many other things you can check as how much the project team invested to advertise their ICO also their previous experience...
It is all about the team, a good tea can make any project succeed.

I try to avoid project with huge supply and huge hard cap. I feel they are just collecting money to run away with it.
Hard cap should be proportional with the cost of the project.

If I were to invest in an ICO everything should be something I could be confident of. All the legal aspects should be spotless of errors and with trusted people behind it. Although you can't really be sure about an ICO if its good or not, I should trust my instinct before investing. I only invest what I can afford to lose so I won't be crying in the end if it goes bad.

It would definitely be wise to take into consideration the Whitepaper and Roadmap ofcourse, but it is important that the ICO has very solid team! The team is the backbone of every ICO and without a solid team, the project will fail.

I would agree with the thread, Website is important to be clear and user friendly. Whitepaper and Roadmaps must be achievable and real. A good team with great support will help the project succeed.

which will make me invest in the current ICO is by doing research on their Whitepaper, Project teams that work on their projects, their clear work programs, and their marketing strategies, all of these in order to benefit the investment I will make, and do not give a failure or error in investing.

An ICO that have already a good product that you can test, a good roadmap. And also REASON to buy token/crypto from the company after the ICO end. If everyone who want to buy, bought it at start, you can't sell it.

They can create the best Whitepaper ever, and all can believe into the project. I would invest into an ICO if I were absolutely sure in the team of the company. Naturally, the product itself also matters very much.

The first thing I would consider before joining any ICO is the community! If there are investors, bounty hunters, developets, bug fnder etc are many in s community of any ICO for that matter, the likelyhood that the ICO will be successful is very high!

I think you are right, too many ICO "Teams" impersonate other people and use their linkedin links in their profiles.
Many "devs" are just script kiddies that can't make a html website.

First of i need to know if they have working product. If they have then its legit project.
Second is developer and marketing team.
But i know different people has different thought.

A few weeks ago, the ICO market was cold and almost all the ICO projects had a tough ICO process, also the market performance was not satisfied. But now, I think it is a good time to join in.

I think that even you don`t understand what you wrote here. There is no sense in your comment, and please inform yourself a bit more before coming here and posting comments without any logic!

Everything is important, look of the site, whitepaper, who is behind the project, and in the end product must be perfect. What ico wish to accomplish with their token, what they wish to do with it. I participated in few presales cause I saw some potential in icos I chose, that means I think in the future they can find their place and worth much more then they worth now with discount in presales.

Most of them will be, there is no question about it! Recent one was `Confido`, headlines are Cryptocurrency Confido disappears with $375,000 from an ICO, and nobody can find the founders. Be careful, no one say its easy to invest in tokens that worth cent`s now and wait year or two to take out some high profit, risk and gain, or watch others how they do it!

The first is the viability of the project. I'll check whether they have any working product or existing service. I also check the strength of their team and advisors. Once they've passed in these stages, I'll begin to consider other options.

I consider everything but come on man the majority of the people who join ICO don't give a damn about all you have mentioned above. people will buy if they get the hype.
Well for me it's about the idea behind a project. I only participate in a few ICO like, wings,wave,rise,alis (don't judge me on rise pls) because I see their vision about something different in this crypto sphere (pls don't judge me about rise again, I know that one is stupid in the beginning) and they turn out to be a good investment, well yeah waves kinda suck because their rough ico distribution and their polo screw up listing, but yeah you get the idea.

I do not know about that since I’m not a whale but I suppose they are the ones that have the more to lose and as such they need to take care their bitcoin more than anyone if they do not they could easily lose their bitcoins, besides why would they choose to risk their bitcoin when they already have more bitcoin than they could use in their lives.

Well the things that make me invest in today's running ICOs is there are still many promising ICOs that we can make many profit for, but before i invest for in ICO's i am sudying all or detetermining what is really the best ICO's to invest for, but when the ico's have a very soild team i am directly investing with it because i believe that strong team can make the projects succesful.

I will be decide to make investment in some ICO based on their Team and their working product. These 2 category is more important than others thing  to find potential ICO. Investors will feel confident  with that ICO if the founder already has a real successful product before, and they already have a large and powerful community. And for whitepapper, is still a plan that has not been possible in realizing yet.

which makes me interested to invest in ico is i want to benefit from ico I follow if ico is successful.

Outstanding teams, as well as exchanges that have already developed good products or open source code, may be on the exchange, financing is not particularly large.

The website and whitepaper need to be 100% error-free.  No misspellings, no weird grammar and every link has to work.

The team members need to have active, established social media profiles.  Verifiable information is key.  If I see an ICO website that just lists first names then I just bail right then and there.  The only concession I would give would be to long time people that have been in Crypto that go by their Crypto name, like JL777.

The project has to aspire to something.  If it's just a coin then it's not worth it.

For me its whitepaper and product!

Definitely product and team: ready product/prototype, professional development team (with fast communication), "live" roadmap. And all this I found in e-Chat project - first decentralized crypto-messenger+multicurrency wallet with ability to earn on the likes

First of all it's a team (on website must be names, profile links), then white paper of course. Then you can do research about this project more deeply, what goals, partners. And not the last in value - your own flair.

All of them are very important that we should consider before we make a decision to invest in ICO projects. We should make sure that ICO have the complete requirements of being a legit project. It’s hard to trace whether it’s a scam or not so we should better to do our own research and find some reviews about the project and the team have always access to their investors and promoters. Project team is very important to secure the successful of the project and Website design that reflect the content and target of the project.

All of those elements will help me in making the decision to invest in ICO's.
whitepaper needs to be real and no fantasy story.
roadmap must be realistic with goals that are achievable.
team needs to be solid and experienced to have successful ICO.

the problem of ico's are 95% shitscams. if not prove them?

Nobody really cares about the aforementioned points. What entice people more is the hype.

In the past we all seen some good ICOs made %20000 then why not to try your luck?
I am investing on ICOs like gambling and i profit more then gambling.

All of the above, yes. And don't trust in all the hype that might come with ICO's.   You need to look further into an ICO, join it's telegram group and learn more info from the Dev or Admin team. There you will know if its all real and see if  they are active and willing to help or support the Project.

For me, it's the following;
1.  Product/Service - is it something the consumer would use or need?
2.  The Team behind the project - is the company existing or the project is backed by an established company?
3.  Team effort - How do the team manage the project?

There are other things you have to consider but these 3 are something I look for before I invest in an ICO.

Well many factors affect my decision to invest into any ico.
1st thing is a first impression and that first impression is a website. It needs to be fast and lot of information. Thats a sign that owner is serious person.
2nd is product it must be interesting and something new.
3rd is White paper. I needs to contain good information on the product!
Project team more or less.
I also like to read a bit about product into which im investing so i check forums, blogs and old news about it. But i do this only if i cant decide easily.

Yeah a hard cap is necessary but some developers give incredible numbers for the hard cap and when you see the website, the whitepaper and the fact they have done nothing to guarantee such a big investment then that becomes a huge red flag since it is obvious to me that they are just trying to get some money and not trying to develop a real project that the community can use in the future.

First check the hard cap of the ICO is it reasonable or not. The development team behind the ICO and how well are they running the project. What the project is about, is it solving amy of the current issues if yes then thw project can definitely prove to be successful.

All in your list must be considered before entering into ICOs most of these projects are being run by greedy people who will take all of your investments so take a risk wisely.

The first thing I see is the roadmap and then read their whitepaper because there is a lot of information you need for their project, then look for a different project and maybe not already in the previous ICO, looking for a good and transparent team is very difficult.

For addition i will consider the marketcap,the coin supply and the community supporting it to be sure that it has less chance of failing.

I'm mainly looking at 4 things, plus a little bit of gut-feeling:

1. How is the team? Who are they? What are their goals?
2. Is there something behind their token sale i.e a solid implementation?
3. Market feedback, how do people react to it?
4. Token sale parameters: how many tokens and why the amount? How many tokens are sold? How much for the team? etc.

I found a quite interesting project some time ago. It's called GetGame.io (https://getgame.io), it's a blockchain based game development platform. I run it through my checklist and I think it's quite a promising project. It has a solid team and a solid purpose (to make game development easier and more accessible), they have a strong implementation (a platform for game devs with all the necessary tools), feedback is very positive and they are only issuing 500k tokens for the ITO, indicating that they value their backers and don't do it only for the quick money grab. I suggest you check it out yourself, their ITO starts on the 30th of November 2017. I personally have high hopes for this project.

All of the things mentioned above make me at least thinking about investing into an ICO. However, I prefer mostly to trade as it is less risky. I just spend much time researching the crypto market and then buy this or that alt.

As already mentioned, first of all it is worth deciding on investments based on the team and product that they will do. By the way, that is why many ICO take people with the positive experience of past projects to give investors confidence in the project.

I think all of the items listed above are important. If the ICO has a nice product but a weak team then it isn't going to go far and vice versa.

Right now I am focusing on ICO's that actually have a working product before they launch their ICO. I think we are seeing this shift and it will be very interesting to see where it is going to go in the foreseeable future. I do not see ICO's stopping any time soon.

Project team, hype and ofcourse the product itself - i guess this is what u should look at

Because icos can be a lot more dangerous than gambling, do you know why? because when you gamble you only bet money you can afford to lose, but when you invest that is money that probably took you years or even decades to save and if you invest that money in an ico there are great chances you lose that money, this is why even if I like icos I have stopped investing in them.

If everything is on point, it would make me invest in the ICO that i have chosen to invest in. Whitepaper, team members, website designs, product, i will look for a great performance and outcome of it all like it has to have active and smart team members, it has to be a great and smooth web design and the product must be marketable for me to like, those are the characteristics or base that would make me invest in an ICO.

In my opinion, When I research about ICOs, I will focus on the possibility of the project. It means I will ask myself some question: Is this project necessary? How can they do it? What value does this project provide?... Answer those question, you will find out the good ICO to invest.

Before I invest in ICO, I make a research about its offering. It must have a realistic plan and executable product in the future. Many ICO are being offered but doesn't have a working product, they state that the money they will get from ICO is being used to fund the project. If that is the case then that is automatic no for me. I treat ICO as an investment and not charity. I see to it that I minimize the risk of investing by researching about the company and the dev team behind it. What is also its edge on its rival considering that many altcoins have excellent features compared to others. If it has great potential and has innovation then I must consider it.

The project's team should be the number one reason to invest or avoid investing in any ICO.  Without a competent team, the whitepaper, roadmaps, vision, etc. are all worthless.  Always research each team member to see if they are qualified to do what they say they can do. 

I usually read first the whitepaper because of course it contains almost all the information you want to know about the products and the ideas if it is feasible enough second the background of the team members and its capabilities to make such projects and one thing Im always check on how the team will do the ICO system like for the distribution of tokens and the refund if possible I always prefer an automatic distribution rather than manual claiming for less hassle.    

The combination of these 4. But the product plays the biggest role, because it means that company does not go to ICO empty-handed and has smth to invest funds in. I'd say it is some kind of guarantee. Project team is also important. The project is going to be likely successful and free from risk if it is supported by influental persons.

What leads a person to invest in a currency and the joining of all things, ranging from a project that actually solves a real demand, honest and competent people in the development team (the person's past and his / her work), a a clear whitepaper and a set of rules that will clarify all the doubts about the project and the necessary information on the currency's usefulness to a bold design that really draws attention to the coin.

Personally all the normal things need to be there (like a good white paper, strong team, good concept, numbers in the right place), but recently I have been going for ICO's that already have some sort of a working product.

I find it is better when I can actually see their product and the strengths and weaknesses, plus I can see constant progress. Makes me feel more comfortable to invest into the project.

After months of staying away from ICOs, thanks to big losses on all of the ones I chose, I will decide only on one big ICO in 2018. At the same times, I will also keep a watch on the ICOs I joined, perhaps they will "become big" in 2018 or beyond, so I consider those losses but never know I might be surprised so let that be a "bonus" if it happens.

That ideal ICO will just be a simple one:
1. Existing business that wants to expand.
2. Good, simple whitepaper, no need too complicated, just clear reasonable targets.
3. Good budget. Not stupid soft and hard cap with no backing.
4. No promotions across all major platforms. I think this stung me before. I just want to see good communication and realism.

it may depend on the ICO that I was looking for but I still prefer ICO that is very promising according to the recommendation of my friend on the crypto currency so if they prefer I will join it

The coin supply is very important, some devs want to print an infinite amount of coins and that is a mistake since the coins of everyone else gets less valuable with time, the market cap is also very important I have seen icos getting a huge amount of  money and to me that is a bad investment since it is a lot more difficult for that coin to grow when so much money has been invested in it.

everything that you've said is what the right ICO needs to be
invested,but most specially is the people behind the project.the credibility
and reliability of each and every individuals ,their personality is what the
ICOs promise to the investors to be legitimate project and trustworthy

You forgot the most important of all, the devs, the idea may be incredible and it may even be revolutionary but when things get rough you will need a set of developers that are truly great on their respective fields, if they are not then it is very likely the project is going to fail since people will being to lose hope in the expertize of the devs.

All the above but recently I have been looking into ICO's that have a working product.

I can see improvements weekly and I see they are putting effort and where it is going. I think that all ICO's should do this and I see it becoming a normal thing in the future.

I think the first is the potential exchange, the second is the background of the team, and the third is the white paper, which is the three criteria that I judge the ICO.

Yeah, if an ico does not have anything to show for then why are they asking for money, for my an ico is supposed to be about a group of developers with an idea but that have realized they need certain amount of money to make their idea work, those that ask for money with nothing to show for are most of the time scammers or opportunistic people looking for a quick buck.

Well, actually everything from the list, however, going through step wise:

1. Product (How effective could it get in real time/real life implementation)
2. Project Team (Their experience, their influence, also the company advisory board, does it have names like Vitalik Buterin, elon musk, da hongfei)
3. Whitepaper (To understand the business, development, roll out process and also if it is 100% grammatically perfect)
4. Website Design - It actually does not matter a lot to me.

Adding to these, I also look forward to the total supply of tokens and their distribution, the articles posted on reputable websites and are they really genuine (not paid). Market sentiments must also be included.

Cheers!!

I will first of all look for existing product or service that any ICO is predicated upon. Regulations is coming and those days of pump and fun is going away.  People with serious money will be looking at ICO that delivers value.

I usually read the White paper and also check all the other info about that ICO and do more research about that here and there and after getting totally satisfied I decide to invest in that ICO. Because it a question of money and I always invest money in that ICO which I think will be good.