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How many people actually participate in the ICO stage of new alts? It would appear the obvious answer is a lot, considering the amount of money they raise. But isn't better to wait for the first storm to pass and then jump on after all the hoopla?

I tried to invest in an ICO before then I found that the project can do well without the money used in the sale.

The short answer is NO!  :)

If you invested in every single ICO, including the crappy and scammy ones you would have seen a return on investment (ROI) of  1320%.

Think about that for a minute and really let it sink in...

There are such huge amounts of money flowing into crypto right now that its more important to get in early, than to try and find the absolute best ICO to invest in. Of course, you should not put all your eggs in one basket or you will get burned. You need to spread your risk.

Here is a good article about it http://uk.businessinsider.com/ico-mangrove-capital-average-returns-crypto-icos-2017-10 (http://uk.businessinsider.com/ico-mangrove-capital-average-returns-crypto-icos-2017-10)

Before investing you should evaluate the coin, and then from that you will be able to tell if it is a good investment in your opinion. Some ICO's are over evaluated and some are not, most are however. Just because money is being made right now ( we are extremely early in the crypto world ) doesn't mean it is a "good" investment. Lots of people are getting lucky and getting greedy. I have seen people get frustrated there coin only went up 20% in a month, that is ridiculous. You will see a falling out with ICO's as more and more people get burned. I will link some helpful YouTube videos I created about this.

Creating ICO Standards : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24c1Azp4238&t=3s

How to evaluate crypto currency coins, ICO's and potential investments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLwHkIKhddw&t=0s

There's a bunch of investors that want to throw away their money on coins that won't ever have the possibility of getting more expensive.

That's a really interesting article from a pretty reputable source, I'd suggest reading the full article to anyone who's also interested in this.
Couldn't believe that ICO's were that profitable on average, but I guess it's because the really successful ones bring up the averages and make up for any losses.

I've always been pretty hesitant to invest in ICO's, but I think I need to start building a small portfolio after reading this :P

I would do the second part of your statement now and wait it out and that isnt because all ICOs suck or are scammy. I think majority of them suck and if you dont mind losing a little profit off the top then going the safer route is probably best for you. I personally dont mind losing some profit if I know the project I invest in is no scam and that I can have an outcome based on legitimacy. This means more to me, its up to you to decide yours.

Yes it is a very interesting article and very good to read, I think of some ICO I get in investing, I get everything very good and proved very profitable, so better see their website and team first, or we can read their whitepaper how the concept applies to their project or agreement if this ICO fails, if we have seen it all, we can ascertain how well the project is for the future.

If you find the right project you can still make quick money but those projects seem to be pretty rare lately. Mostly tokens fall below ICO value now and you should theoretically wait for price to drop on exchanges and then invest.

I am really cautious with ICO´s. Invested in some who broke down after release, others worked out pretty well. Allways take a closer look at devs and if they already have a product/invention is my tip..

I participated in few ICO's recently, it turns out for me was way better to wait and buy Tokens later from the exchange so I agree with Cevap. Joining ICO's is a bit of gamble, it can end up as SCAM, or price loses value below Initial Coin Offering easy, or if you very lucky it can be very profitable. Only very experienced user can profit from ICO in the first stage - when all Tokens are distributed and start trading on the exchange that's for sure.

I nearly never invest in ICO's just because i know there are a lot of these ICO scams. Cartaxi didn't pay their bounty signature workers their money. So they just skipped them and changed the rules for them.

I suggest you to participate in Aidrops and maybe sometimes signature campaigns only be alert when investing in ICO's and also search about their project and about their team.

To my mind, in addition to other there is a type of ppl for which ICO is some kind of gambling/lottery

Thank you for this valuable answer.

The answer is to diversify, never gamble your whole life savings on just 1 ICO no matter how tempted you are.
Some feasible projects never dip in price once they reach exchanges,.

Well look at Gizer guys and you will see a big project with big potential. However is hard to pick good icos in these days cause let's be honest , there are so many ico so choose carefully.

In most cases I don't usually jump into ICOs. A careful study and evaluation must come first.
And if am not fully convinced, I will wait and buy even at a more cheaper rate from exchanges after the ICO.

I like to invest in ICOs because you usually get the most for your money. As the coin or token gets onto the market and more people know about it, it generally increases in value. This is just my preference, some people prefer to invest after the ICO and some people during the ICO.

If that statistic were true, it would be very encouraging to other people. But sadly the reality is that people get burned everyday joining ICOs that are actually shit.
I personally joined around 5 big ICOs thinking I would at least get my money back but was am sadly disappointed now that i'm at a -30% loss overall.

the first time coin ico appeared i would wait and buy even with cheaper price than exchange after ICO.

The buy the token cheaper after ICO thing is not usually true. Some projects like RoboAdvisor already have solid products, team, plan and outlook, and in these cases the price usually stays above ICO price.

the ICO stage is actually the best stage you can participate in. There are cases of course where the value of the token decreases after the ICO issuance, but it's usually the case that it increases instead of decreasing. That's why the blockchain world came up with a word that they call "flipping" which means that you participate in an ICO and when it hits on exchanges you quickly sell it once it has gained about 100-200%, that's a common practice and something that I don't really support, but it's happening so what you gonna do about it. Most of the time the coins are appreciating after the ICO, so it makes sense that if you're really attracted to a project to make sure that you join that ICO because it will be the only way to buy these tokens at a discounted price. Ethereum had an ICO as well and Ether was selling back the at 0.33$, now it sells at 300$.

I like ico i make profit form them

I am one of those who would love to invest in ICO projects in the first stage. I missed quite a few good projects just because of the fear and lack of knowledge to evaluate the project in the early days of understanding the market. Investing in an ICO is a wise choice but requires persistence and trust in yourself

Its buy buy time right now. Good eggs, bad eggs all thrown in. Few good ones can outperform many bad ones put together. Enjoy the rush!!

More risk is more money. I advise always for the beginners to invest in well-known ICOs which have worked for some time yet. But the highest profits you would get in a first stages of new project existing. Some ICOs tokens during a month raise on 500%. This is really unbelievable, but this is the sense in itself of ICOs.

Everyone loves easy money  ;) Some people invest the successful ICO, some during the ICO. But why do not invest in the Pre-ICO? On that stage you can buy the token cheaper even then during ICO and after. I found one new upcoming pre-ICO Miralab and I'm thinking to invest, look their white paper https://miralab.io/Mira_WhitePaper_EN.pdf.     What can you say about it???

The success of an ICO would be depending on how many individuals or people are into the same boat in order to raise enough money or funding. That's the reason why ICO (Initial Coin Offering) is important in order to attract more investors and supporters because in every business, investors is the must in order to compete with the other businesses.
In cryptocurrency world, every ICO should enhance their launching techniques, devs and marketing has the bigger role on launching new cryptocurrency in crucial stage.

Everyone wants to get profits as I do that's why ICOs are very important this season.
I want to participate most of the ICOs available through this forum but my time wouldn't give me chances because I only got a couple of accounts to maintain.

Uncapped ICOs will all fall in price by many times usually.
Invest in small, reasonably capped ones, if they're good - they'll spike in price.

Best time to buy tokens is either during PRE-ICO stage where you will get upto 50% discount or when bounty hunters will dump their coin within few days of listing.

The way ICO are raising money these days can't sustain when government will start to crack down all bullshit projects around the globe and arrest few of the past scams.

I think that the number depends on few factors: what is the minimum investment, do the ICO make an airdrop, do the ICO have a working product, do the ICO want to perform a KYC and few more.

The obvious correlations: lower minimum investment = most people, airdrop = even more people, KYC= a lot less people. But I think the quality here should be over quantity.

There are lot of icos releasing in one month.We have to analyze them carefully and select the good one.i think inbesting ico is a good investment.We have to give dome time to ico for rising.

Not everyone , but some of them are participating on bounty, if the project is feasible, possible to stay and be competent on the market and have the future backed by a business or company and well known team is usually the ICOs that gets the support from the community.

Regarding to the participation on the ICO stage or after the ICO, it depends on the ICO or investor, but most probably just what i said , Its still on the ICO, if it's good then it should receive the love and support it should get.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLxxJ6l6Y2n0vk5KPuiPkuyQBRR5Ghn4DdhzQsWE7QnsmTvw/viewform join airdrop

There you are ! You exactly identified how to invest into ICO projects and its when the initial storm is gone. There is reason and thats it assures us when we see millions of dollars already raised and making sure that the coin will hit the exchanger with at least more value than what is its initial token price. This gives us the window to buy at low and sell at high with confidence obviously.




The people who has got big amounts of money or fat wallets are always there to fill up the ICO in the early stages and they don't bother about loosing the money because they have plenty of it. Lolz.




Yeah thats the truth and one must accept it. If you can't afford to lose then don't invest or never invest into ICO at very early stages without knowing what would be the ultimate fate of the coin.

I think a lot of people are trying to participate in ICO. Look at the current many ICOs and it has proven that ICO has attracted many people to invest. If seen then the amount of money in circulation is very large. Some people who become investors are usually those who have a lot of money and dare to take risks. we all know that most ICOs will not guarantee the money we have invested. This is indeed the worst risk and that is why so many people explain that analysis and strategy is needed to choose the right project. personally I'm not brave enough to participate as an investor, as I have said that this is indeed very risky especially for someone like me who does not have too much money. But for those of you who dare to take risks then this will be very profitable, because you can just get an extraordinary advantage when the ICO successful. all decisions are in the hands of each person, this is what I think can be said as a gambling for life in the future.

By that time it will be more money to spend and ok token price can come crashing like a jet shoot with an RPG. Look first of all make sure you make your reseach  and then invest  once ICO starts........Thats why we have this forum..go through, read white paper, check bounties thread and follow even if your not participating. the more response (positive) the more safer you are

when the altcoin price declines. there are many who hope that this will give a double profit, either through large-scale purchases and upkeep, or purchases through ICO, in the hope that prices will grow rapidly, but I think it would be much more lucrative for cheap purchases from ICO, . because price can change rapidly ...

For me it fully depends on my confidence in project. If I hesitate about it I'd rather wait and buy after the listing. But if I sure in the project I'd like to invest immediately while ICO to get much more profit.

I like a lot investing in ICOs. It is interesting to do the research and to go in from the beginning. A lot of poor projects out there but also some very good solid ones. I like the ones where the tokens are useful for something when the project starts.

For me, it depends on the market sentiment, as you can see of recent most projects started dropping in price after their ICO because the biase in the market and also some projects end up being over valued and the market will place real value on it when listed on exchanges

ICO mania as we know it is done, but there are still a few ICO's that have a normal market cap, great idea and a good team and are worth investing in.

You can be sure that $30m+ ICO's will trade under the ICO price, especially in current crypto situation, but there are also ICO's like Confido which is trading at 14x two weeks after ICO (it was trading at 26x at one point), just because their hard cap was small.

So yeah, DYOR, but there are still ICOs to invest in and there is still profit to be made.

ICO was one of the best ways to invest in crypto. I like it more than trading, savings of coins and bounties. Before to make investment, collect information about ICO. See the history of business activity, information about financial stability.
But actually now ICO is quite not stable.

Investing in ICO is really a good way to make money, but you need to carefully study projects for your investments. Beginners very often can come across scammers because they do not want to spend enough time to analyze the project.

Honestly, there are some ICOs that are never necessary and with or without the crowd-sale, the coin/project would still have done well, but since it is now a norm for devs or project owners to be raising funds, it is now a norm.

Most times, except I am sure it is a project that is extremely worth it and would grow huge; I usually do not bother about investing in the ICO. Most times, I even invest and quickly dump once listed, if I trust the project, I wait for it to have a dump, and then I buy again... with that, it is a win-win.

I dont think most of big investors are from this forum. To me, this forum is just to announce the new project and help them in marketing.

Well, its always good to jump in at the first stage because then you have to invest less money for the specific quantities for which you may need to pay bigger one at the last moment. Its like the tokens will get some discounts at the initial stages and you grab of them at the same rate of investment. So its better to get started as early as possible.




But, this should be done only when you are sure that the ICO projects that you are investing into is well thought project, they have pretty good roadmaps and they are following it. Always look for the marketing of such ICO projects, because that forms the basis of the investors attraction, the more the investors the more the chances are of success. You fat sheet must be check twice before you jump in. They are always very risky but yo must invest to grow your wealth!

Although there is a possibility to happen, then it is better to be seek advise and take look the entire ICO project before getting in. Though it won't be necessary to check the background of all members, but say to it that members are very active to answers all queries about their project.

Waiting will help avoid KYC and residency issues.

What we're doing in investing in ICO is called speculative analysis as the product is to be tested yet so we know that this is the highest risk along with fundamental and technical approaches. Ofcourse if the risk is high there's also a higher chance of it to gain much profit. To be safe as always invest what you can afford to lose. Alot of booming ICO can be off with a good $200-300 start of investment and would still gather alot of gains. So invest wisely and learn from the loss along the way if there'll be.

Hello  unlike many other people who are here my problem is that I read about tones of interesting icos but I don't have enough money to invest in one.

I participate in few ICO's, but I'm never invest in ICO's because I know there so many ICO's are scam.
we need to collect information and need to carefully study about the projects before we make investment.

Seems interesting article. Those investors of ICo must read the full article, i know you can get a lot of information regarding to this. The source? yes it reputation is good.
Im not a big investor, but if i find out that the project will make profit. Im betting on it. Just dont forget to do your own research

Some invest on ICOs and mostly are bounty hunters. They are eager to join ICOs because some ICOs are really offering a decent payout most especially if their token value is high. To think how many bounty hunters are participating, there is really a number. But in social media alone, it has an average participants of 900 which yields about a million of total stakes and gives you a little amount of money.

I participate in ICO. In the beginning of the year there were projects where it's really at the IPO price starts to rise. And now this period that many coins when you enter the stock market starts to fall, and they are cheaper to buy on the exchange. Or as an option on the presale when there are good bonuses. But in this case the investor's risk increases

I have to say this ...

Ico's are scams at the most of the times, that's what legit members from Bitcointalk talk about, check lastest ICO's and take your own clonclutions,
daily 5+ ICO's arrives.

People should know that in this kind of market not all are offers true service. ICO is really great but you really have to study it before you invest for you to know if that project is ok. Don't be afraid to participate on a great ICO because it can make good money for you.

There are some websites than evaluate ICOs credibility, legitimacy and performance a site like icobench.com where they give rating on some upcoming and ongoing ICOs, these will help you to give an idea on which ICO you are going to invest but not all ICOs gives a promising result there are still risks involve but it is much better if the ICOs required like AMLC or KYC regulation, then we could say that ICO is legitimate and trustworthy.

I am not too often to participate in the ico because I will always take a look at my budget and if I have a free budget then I will search the ico. but I think if people want to join in the ico, they can join as much as they want and invest their money in the project but they should know the risk of this. but I admitted that investing in the ico is one of the ways to make a profit in crypto currency world but we need to know the project, the dev and the team, and the community.

Yeah, I have heard of this theory before, and sadly, only after making the mistakes of joining my own ICOs. I researched so much, spent a lot of time, reading the whitepapers and documentations, feeling confident of the work the projects were doing and they had great transparency. And then after the ICOs, the listings happened and everything fell under.

If I look at the ICOs I went into, all of them are cheaper to buy now. In fact, if I had kept my BTC, plus the token prices, I could buy around 5 to 10 times more in all these ICOs today, because of higher Bitcoin price plus cheaper than ICO tokens.

So, maybe it works, maybe it does not. In my case, for sure this would have worked.

In the present time it is common that small rich people are launching Thier own ICOs project with a coin but I don't think that we can see toward the trusted ICOs Because most of the ICOs are legit and few are only to steal the money of the people .
But it is also a truth the people are getting involved in the ICOs project in very big crowd Because I am seeing that since 3 days i tried to buy a coin at ICOs but I failed each time because the crowd at the site was much active with better internet connection , so we can understand that what is craze of the investment in the ICOs people have , and why not they do because it contained much amount of profit .

I agree that a lot of people participate in numerous ICOs but as a potential investor it is expected to carry out a proper evaluation on what to invest on. There are still some credible ICOs that an investor can explore.

IF you would like to Participation in ICOs we have a good ico listing website where you can find Ongoing and upcoming ICO projects www.listico.io

I will participate in the ICO of the Gilgamesh (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2162600.0) project, I think that this is a top level project with a strong and solid basis

I participated only in 5 ICO. But according to my observations, the price increase after ICO is the exception rather than the rule. Whales buy a lot and huge discounts, then sell for three cents. After that, you can buy the right coin.

Most of the ICOs I have come across lately restrict US citizens from participating. I don't have any btc to invest anyways, but I do like researching all the ICOs I come across just to know what is happening in the crypto world. I'm hoping over time that US citizens get a better chance to be included in the upcoming ICOs or that will be a major downer.

of ico is indeed we must be clever in analyzing a new project because ico is not significant therefore not easily influenced in ico if we want to participate in it.

I participated recently in few ICO's and the results are good but not for any initial coin offering I participated. One of my investments is still under ICO price and two other are good. You need to know the risk and understand that you can lose our money because ICO is basically a crowd funding a new company any many things can go wrong.

Many people are participating in the ICOs. There are more ways of the participation. You can invest, advertise ICOs campaign, get your free airdrop or something else that specific ICO has allowed. It is better to get early in the project with your investment or with the campaign cause there are better chances that you will gain profit from it. Usually, airdrops are pointing that preICO will start soon and already there you can see the project plans. Best way to lower your risk is to wait when the token will be released and transferred to coin cause then you could get a better evaluation of the coin you desire to invest in or to trade with. Every ICO is risky but many people are participating in them cause they want to gain easy profit and they believe in the goals the developers are presenting.

To analyze ico for sure, because all investors will also be very concerned about all the risks that will occur in the future, my advice should be if you have a lot of funds, then do not just follow one or two ico, but join in some ico, so it can reduce the risk of loss, if any ico failed

Sometimes you gain sometimes loss. But with you get better on it the gaining chance will grow :D
But some newcomers can do the same as you did.

I like to be a part of the ICO because sometimes they give you bonus and most of the time you'll have to wait for a long time for them to get on exchanges. For example, the ico I'm planning on goin in on gives bonus tokens for participating.

I especially love what the bee token is doing. They give bonuses, have a pun contest to win their tokens, signature campaign, and bounty. Who doesn't love making easy money?

https://www.thebeetoken.com/

You can, of course, first see how the ICO campaign ends, how new tons will behave and then decide whether to buy them or not. However, it is necessary to take into account that practically in all ICOs there is a bonus program first, which is that the earlier you invest, the less platish. Therefore, there is some sense in participating in ICO campaigns from the very beginning.

So that 5 big ICOs that you said, didn't guarantee that big ICOs can be profitable right ?
but let see, from where you get those information, ICO that you participate are the true big 5 ICOs, im just worried that you visit in the wrong ICOs review site.

Try the ICOs that become my signature, GL  ;D

Expect loads of participants who will flock in a hype or Big ICO, mostly average investors who want to part of that project, like me I rarely participate in ICO nowadays. I am now a smart investor who invest not with the hype but the uses and team behind the project. I remembered buying at ico price then price cut to 80% during the first month of the project , i dont wanna drop the name project but was disappointing.

ICO is the abbreviation of Initial Coin Offering. These novel fundraising mechanisms have been using the latest blockchain technology and gaining a lot of attention over the world for the past few months. There are millions of people are participating in the ICOs. There are multiple ways to participate in ICO. You can invest, advertise ICOs campaign, get your free airdrop or something else that specific ICO has allowed. You could also Obtain Ether: In order to do this you’ll need one of the more popular cryptocurrencies. Most crowdsales these days have been running on top of the Ethereum network and so obtaining some ether is your best bet. Bitcoin and some other alt-coins may be accepted also depending on the ICO but you can’t go wrong with ether. Next, you need to move your Ether to a user controlled wallet. The next and final step is to send your cryptocurrency to the ICO address in order to receive the new token. However, be careful of “scams” ICOs which are plenty in the market.

The truth remains that ICOs have generally become a source of ROI for investors once they hit the market. However, most times ICOs have sadly also turned sources of scam. The unscrupulous devs have been known to run away once they get hold of investors funds. All these make ICO participation a mixed feeling. The bottom line is never to put in money one can't afford to lose.