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Good day, about ico rating/listing sites, are they legit? do they evaluate truthfully? do they really have have experts? or they rate an ICO depending on their payment to them?  :(

They are legit websites that are advertising those ICOs.
Not all of them, some are just listing ICOs because they are paid.
Experts on analysis about those ICOs? Have you read an ICO rating with bad review?
This is the reality.

Majority of them are not legit in my opinion because a lot of them getting paid to give a good rating to the scam ico. I just know some of them which used the community vote to listed a good ico but it's no more than 5 sites.
The rest just getting paid to write a good review to the ico and that's horrible site to misleading the readers.

Some may be legit but most of the time these sites provide a paid reviews so it is our responsibility to cross-check the information what they provided is correct or not.

If all of them provide a correct information then most of the scam ICO's shouldn't have generated money from the public.


Surely they are better than normal investors but everyone in this world needs money so many of them are paid reviews.

Your question about rating sites is a concern everyone feels, do we have to trust it and can be a recommendation for choosing an investment?

I honestly do not like it, because the average rating they give to an ico is not an indicator of whether the project is worth it or not and it is not a guarantee that ico is good or not a scam.

You can choose ico from the rating site that has the best rating, but you have to do re-research and also discuss to get the best investment option.

before im invest or join in the bounty, im always seeing the bounty with rating like in the : ico bench and track ico, i think thats ico rating is legit because rating they get from user, so thats ico is clearly when good its will good rating and when bad is will show bad

They all look like paid reviews to me. Even with all these ICO gatekeepers and questionable score review, you can't guarantee that it is truthfully reviewed. Although they somehow have criteria upon reviewing and scoring it. But still, I just look at these ICO listing websites to look for the ICO website link easily. I don't care about the score and sponsorshit. I only care about is if the project has significant importance, useful protocol, has potential growth and if the team is capable of doing these projects. I call it due diligence.

As a matter of fact, I don’t believe in any ICO rating site base on my opinion which is these sites are also strictly on business. Really, they may be truthful on some matters but if they get paid for the ones whose are not up to full ratings and they would over hype them base on the money they received. Eyes must be opened by investors and make their own research.

Not all of those reviews from these ICO rating sites are legit. We all know how money talks, those are created just for paid advertisement. Besides, who wants to advertise an ICO for free? Most of these websites mislead the investors by providing inaccurate information. As you notice, there are some airdrops that showed as scam but given a good review from ICO rating sites right? It is still better if we just do our own research instead of relying to these deceiving information.

Well dont depend if you want investment in qny ico ratings site.  Some project rated as 3.7 all most half of maximum rate meaning high risk to join. Some project rated as 4.8 meqning good to join. But unfortunately the one who rated as low is become successful ICO price of 0.06 and hit exchange all hit 1$. And the one rated high become scam

In conclusion do a self research before join

in my opinion not all of ico rating/listing sites is legit and and evaluate truthfully, sometimes some of those sites are paid to make good ratings. because now there are many  ICO scams.
so we have to be more careful in choosing ICO and search refernces first before to invest.

If we look at such sites, it becomes clear to us that they are paid and they advertise, because there are certain sites where just the entire ICO collection is presented, both good and bad. But there are also those who really analyze the ICO and give their subjective assessment, if the project is bad, they do not even put it on their site.

Most of ICO rating sites are giving incentive rates. They got paidfrom bounty pool and most of them are not accurate.
I never follow them. Our forum is more good to find good ico's. I follow forum announcement and discussion topics.

There are some legitamet ones, icobench.com is for example. There are people who are professionals and rate each ICO. They have different weightings per how high they are on the food pyramid. Take a look at Darico.io's ICO on ICObench. (https://icobench.com/ico/darico) > Under ratings you will see most people are 6% rating, as per their qualification and experience in the cryptofield.

Its not advisable to believe everything you read about ICOs through ICO rating websites. A lot of them are biased and get paid to spew out positive information about a project. Its better to do your own research before going ahead with investing

Those websites are all legit mate but they listed that ico to advertise to their website because they have been paid by the team at that said ico. They have been rated good because of those people who think are legit. I think you should make your own research compare to going that site for an ico list because not all of them have the power to be successful

Just know that most ICO is scam. But it is possible for some to earn on short-term increase in the price of tokens

I see no reason to trust any information on the Internet. Since most resources live at the expense of their customers, whose content they advertise

I think it's only seen from visitors as well as members in their media..to be more convincing maybe we see whose partners are in their project. maybe it's more support in choosing a good ico project

I doubt if they evaluate their listed ICO truly cause most of them are being paid to do it, so it's not as if they have invested in the ICO or done a thoroughly research before rating. Though, some of them might be good, but do not depend solely on it. I will advise you to make your own research and find things yourself cause to decide if you will invest in it or not. Cause not everything the rating states about the ICO might be true.

Some of them legit but some seems no.


Some of them carry out the review truthfully to build the trust of audience and some other seems manipulated depends on the request.


I think all of them have the experts, but how competence and capability of the expert that we do not know clearly. There is other important thing is how the integrity of the experts and also the site.


If top ICO rating site seems to keep their future by keep the audience trust so they will not receive such payment to issue ICO review based on request of the developer. But if small ICO rating site is not assured, there is possibility of them to receive payment to issue the rate for their review.

These sites are monitors. Advertising platforms. For their advertising they receive money. A good monitor values its reputation and will not give a rating of 5 stars to a bad project. But nevertheless it is necessary to understand that it is earnings portals of ratings

Yeah its so sad that you cant really rely on those ICO rating sites anymore because usually they are paid by the ICO itself. There was one time I followed and ICO through and ICO rating site and I was confused they said that the ICO was in the top 5, but the ann thread is so silent. Once I was also scammed and not paid.

ICO listing/rating sites are paid by the ICOs. Fees for a simple listing are often around $500 ranging into the thousands for preferred listing status. Not all sites are equal but you are still best off doing your own research.

Really depends on the site, they're usually biased or even bought sometimes. So I wouldn't trust them to make a conclusion, but rather only to see the general info about the ICO and links and so on.

I used to trusted one of them. Unfortunately, I was interesting a project which is at the very beginning of their project. I saw how they manipulated reviews. Low reviews become high suddenly! I do not trust any of them but still they are good resources for collecting overall info about the projects.

i like icodrops they are always choose only top ones you cannot find there some shit which hit you very strong , others one posted every project scam shit and etc also.

You need to read their websites and whitepaper so that you will know there if they are legit. You can check their social media accounts to make sure that they are not lying or scam people.

Ive wondered that myself. I think that some sites are paid to promote the ico... im sure there are legit sites out there. Would be curious to know which ones are the authentic review sites.

I think you have to take them with a pinch of salt.

Most ICO websites make money on the fact that ICOs pay to be on there. The issue there is that only ICOs that have a big budget for marketing get onto the big ICO websites and it doesn't matter if they are poor projects or not.

They are a good source for finding new ICOs, but once you find the project do you own research. Read their white paper, ask questions and see what the community is saying about them.

It's part on why they created those websites although there's a part of it that sometimes they are helpful. But nowadays reasons are changing and we can't blame them for being offered to list an ICO on their website and give them a nice review and rating as paid even though that project is obviously a nuisance to the crypto world.
This is why I said some of them are listed for paid. But I have some ICOs that are silent in ANN threads but they are active in some parts like actively advertising their project in other platforms. There must be some focus on their part on where they are going to be active, anyways don't rely too much on them always DYOR.

dont trust 100% to ico review site.
there is more than 10 ico review site and better you check it all before make a decision.
also try to make your own research.

Do not trust ICO review site, most of them are paid to review ICO and they always give positive review always as there judgement is base on payment they receive, do your own research and use the ICO review site, determine the average from them all and take your decision, do not follow them wholly.

Yes, I think there is a link or partner. It is in the company's or group's promotion plan. You should not rely entirely on the ico review site. Although it is a popular method for tracking and selecting good ico to invest. However, I do not fully trust them, but I do take other measures such as community exploration, social media, publicity, and, most importantly, practical ideas. team or company focus on building and developing plans and enthusiasm for the project.

i see a lot of ico rating sites but i am also very confused which one is 100% correct and which one is just forging an ico maybe someone has an official website with 100% truth about ico

50% of it is individual who just want to give rating to their favorite coins, of course they want to boost their coin of course... It's reality... And individual's strategy..

I consider icodrops to be the best ICO tracking site. In the issue of critical thinking, they are much better than their competitors. There are less projects here, but it's connected to a scrupulous approach by owners. Surely, they also make mistakes and it's bad to blindly believe in any opinion, but if I see a project is listed on icodrops, I always start to pay it much more attention.

there are so many ICO ratings listed on the site, we can also judge which ICO is good, we have to really choose the right ICO.

This guy answered your questions simply but truthfully..remember in this community MONEY is what dictates everything,so you have already an idea about them being Paid to make good feedback in any ico,but mate is right thats the reality of being here.


And choosing what is good ico,is our responsibility just take some research of your own,dont just believe the advices that soundlike being good to be true

If they use an honest sound system is very difficult to do, I just think do not focus with things like that if you doubt with their performance.

Newly generated ICOs are doing everything they can just to market out their project/product. And we all know that newbies are looking for reviews from this, that, those ICOs that they viewed on the web. But I'm not removing the fact that there are reviewers/bloggers/rating sites that legit giving a helping hand to the newbies who just want to learn more about investing in crypto/ICOs. Sadly majority of the ICO rating/review sites are in favor of giving themselves and those listed ICOs benefits for each other.

Some ICO rating sites are legitimate. But I think for me, we should not really rely on ICO review websites because they cannot fully guarantee the assurance of your comfortability and security in a project that they have reviewed. Also, some ICO ratings sites rate a lot of ICOs really high it is because the projects paid the ICO review sites.

Personally, I dont depend on ICO Rating websites while evaluating an ICO. Most of them are paid raters and they rate an ICO as per the payment they receive from the project team.
I still keep a track on them as they give you info about active ICOs and future ICOs which later I do my research to decide weather to take part in it or not.

100% Agree: icodrops have good team (i know some of them) which researches ICOs and publish only the best ones on their site

I only trust announcements and news posted in bitcointalk forum, because it's moderated well and there's no chance of fake reviews about ICOs

These websites shouldnt be trusted because they are getting paid for every review that they are doing which i why we should rely to our own research as these people are fooling most of the investors maybe because they are part of these scam ICOs which is why they are giving out good reviews despite that the project doesnt have any good developments.

Yes, many ICO listing sites are legit, but we find some listing scam ICOs. Which means some of them compromise their standards. Although, there are some that are still sincere about their evaluation. Even if an ICO listing site has done its evaluation of a project, it will be good you also try to do your own little findings.
This ICO listing sites list projects that pay them. So, it is based on payments.

Morelikely no,these review websites are unreliable because they are into money thing,fake reviews are given because they are getting paid for every good reviews that they give to these ICOs which might cause for these investors to get trapped with these scam ICOs,we shouldnt be trusting these websites,do our own research so that we wont regret joining.

Not going to be reliable websites are they are getting paid most of the time by these scammers,i never do rely to these sites because they are asking for some amounts for the reviews in every ICO,those scams are being hyped by these websites that is why i wont rely to these shit sites as they are fooling people most of the time.

As for me, i never trust ICO rating and another platform for review about new projects

Unreliable websites,which shouldnt be trusted because noob investors are getting rekted by these reviews,paid reviews from these so called experts which arent giving good reviews,they have been fooling the people most of the time! i would say they are part of these scams which is why they are hyping such scam projects.

These websites and people shouldnt be trusted when it comes with our investments because these are going to mislead us,most of the websites are getting paid by these scammers to put some good review to the ICO even if theres no reference to what they are claiming,they might be part of these scams that is why they are hyping scams most of the time.

In my owm humble opinion these websites are giving away good reviews to those scams and most of the people here are right because they might be part of such scams which is why they are hyping such ICOs,and those poor investors are going to be mislead by these paid reviews! shouldnt be trusting any review sites at they are all for the money.

http://icorating.com

ICOrating specializes in evaluating companies with a planned ICO. ICOrating’s analysis is thorough and objective, reviewing companies as potential investment objects.

Depands on ratings.
I think, that most of them just looking superficially on all ICOs. And accordind to this they put ratings to the projects.
But I believe that there are some ratings, that really have experts and their grades mean something.

I like what ICObench is doing. The rating is created by the community and real experts, so you have someone opinion to trust in. Few weeks ago they made an update of their website and now you can also see some events that might influence on the coin market price. Also, what we have to understand, this is the most popular listing platform at this moment. As big it is, as many ICOs it is possible to see there

These sites are getting paid most of the time,that is why i wont be relying my decisions with these websites are they are just getting paid for every shit review from these ICOs! website like that shouldnt be trusted as they are just for the money,you will still get good reviews when you paid them every well,even if the project has turned into scams.

We have our option to analyze it on our own, if tons of icorating gives excellent review on that project thats the time for us to make a research whether that project really deserves the recognition as it gets high rating, those sites have some classifications on why they give that rate, so we better set our own classifications whenever we studying ICO for us not to blame or regret any decision made on that ICO.

I think the ico rating scores are very wrong.Do your own research. İt is not hard. can be increased .

These websites shouldnt be trusted as it is being paid by those ICOs which is why most of the newbie investors are getting rekt,because of the misleading reviews from the so called experts which doesnt have anythin just to put a sentence "good project,stong team" which is bullshit those sites like ICObench are purely bullshit,you should have done your own research.

Some are legit, some are less legit. I suggest you have a look at https://icodrops.com/. This is a really good site (at least for me), because a lot of projects that are listed on there are legit and also reach their hard cap quite frequently. It is a great source to find an ICO to invest in, keep track of all the active ICOs that are worth checking out and to see which ICOs are upcoming.

ICO rating sites are now fast becoming an instrument of ICOs to somehow make their ICO look very promising and legitimate and prevent SCAM. But most of them are paid sites which charge some amount for giving a good review or rating to the ICO. So its best to decide yourself and always cross-check the information you see on one website with the another.

I wouldn't rely on them at all. They're often being paid by ICOs to increase their ratings and provide the reviews. Only safe way is to perform your own research on each project you consider to invest in

Some of them is legit site but most of them is not. I advise you should believe in ICO rating/listing sites because most of them was paid to do this. Many ICOs paid for ICO rating/listing sites to enhance your ranking in these sites thereby they can attractive many investors invest in their ICO.
For me, i usually use rating/listing sites to look for good ICOs before analysis their project, they will help saving the time because of having many ICOs now and we can't analyze all projects.

I can highly recommended to you ICODROPS. From ico drops i have invested WABI,POWER LEDGER,SENC , those are really best ROI projects. Specially wabi. other ico rating web sites i do not recommended

It's not really legit but you can base the legitness of the ICO company base on the ICO rating as I see a lot of ICO that finishes with a low rating but has a future or the company was quite good despite of having low ratings on ICO websites.

Do not particularly believe these sites, it is better to watch video reviews from different bloggers, there is more chance of finding a worthy project.

I wouldn't blindly depend on ICO rating sites since they could just be promoting the ICOs which could help them profit in a big way. Research is crucial in this aspect which is why you need to do tons of research regarding a particular ICO(Development team, community size, social interactions, whitepaper, roadmap etc) which can help you differentiate between a legit and scam ICO quite easily. Heard of some good websites like Bounty Hive, Bounty Lord etc which I personally do not use, but you can check them out if interested. Bitcointalk is itself the best ICO rating site if you ask me.

I would recommend new platform: www.icoguide.com

They have good and real ratings, ranks are made by experts and score is not paid.

As for me I don't really trust to these websites. I think every project can pay and be listed somewhere. So I would not base my decision on ICO listings

Some ICO rating sites are quite laws. But do not rely solely on such sites with reviews and ratings, because they can not fully guarantee the safety of your investments.

Of course, there are interesting sites that I look at and are looking for promising projects with their help. But do not just limit yourself to information on them - you need to search and refine more data.

I like the sites on which the community itself creates a rating, with the involvement of experts for evaluation. But in any case, you need to think for yourself, and not just believe the sites.

To be honest! no to be mean but I don't believe with ico rating site even I'm not fully right but thats my opinion. I heard they can buy rating but it's still a rumours.

The only rating site I use is ICOdrops.com. They have only few sponsored ICOs and all others are rated by their experienced teem. They also have live streems for russian community where they describe every promissing ICOs in details. Thanks to them I invested in several good ICOs which gave me a good profit. So this is the only resource that I trust.

Based on what i have experienced with some ICO rating sites, i find it hard these days to just trust any ICO listing or rating site. I prefer to sit down at a project and and do the necessary analysis on my own. With that, i can be rest assured that i am into the right project. Some ICO rating sites have lost their places and they can't be trusted.

Just thought I'd throw in my input as my company just announced our ICO. A lot of sites and experts have contacted me about promoting the ICO and in my opinion most are scams. The experts basically just trumpet out any ICO that pays their fee. One of the few good sites I've found is icodrops.com which curates the ICO's they select. Can't say I've found any others that are all that good.

about ico rating/listing sites not all have same, some of them is real and maybe some not, about legit? it depends on the ICO itself
because not a few ICO with high rating but SCAM

there are too many ico rating sites lately. some of them haven been opened only for bounty money.
I sometimes check these sites:
https://icorating.com
https://icodrops.com/category/active-ico/
https://icotracker.net/current
https://icobench.com

I don't trust any of these websites, ICOs can easily pay for good rating. I would rather do my own research of the project.

Not a very reliable sources,these websites are getting paid by these ICOs to give positive review.You shouldnt be relying your decisions with these ICO rating sites because these are the reason why most of the new investors re getting scammed,because these people are paid people who will only give your ICO good grades when you paid them .

The only coin or ico's i believe are those who are already listed on the coinmarketcap site because in this way i can see the history of coins i am interested to invest if there's an improvement or none, to determine as well if i will earn profit or not.

Ive been following up ICOrating and ICObench when it comes to particular projects.I would say its not really reliable to follow anytime those ratings because some of them are just paid and biased on where its really risky if you do rely your investment decisions towards those reviews.Im not saying it is fake but it is somehow bias on my part which means in the end decisions would be made would be based on what you had read up and understand on what kind of project do really have a spark for future.

These sites are unreliable sources,because these people are getting paid for every good reviews that they are giving.You should do your own research and never let these websites make your decisions,most of the scams are being supporte by these websites which is why we shoulnt be relying our decision to these people,experts which have been grading the project good.

Dont trust these websites because they are earning money from the good reviews that they are giving these scam projects,these websites are never a good reliable sources,you should be trusting your own research because you are going to waste your time when you rely your decisions with these websites,those experts arent really professionals.

I just know some of them which used the community vote to listed a good ico but it's no more than 5 sites.
You can ask this guys here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3162475.100

These websites shouldnt be trusted,these people are greedy to give good reviews from the scam projects which is why we should be doing our own research and never rely to anyone's review.ICO investments are too risky but if you have done your own research im sure you wont be joining scam or potential scam projects in the market.

Dont rely to these websites,as far as i kno they are faking the reviews for these scam projects that they might be part of,which i why we shouldnt be trusting anyone's review but for ourselves,you should be doing your own research so that you wont regret what will happen or the outcome of your investments,because your money will be your responsibility.

These are unrealiable websites,most of the reviews are paid which is why it is more dangerous for the newbie investors who will be fooled by those paid reviews.Most of the scam projects are paying these website that is why we should do our own digging so that we wont regret our decisions when the project has turned into a scam or a success.

I personally dont want to rely my decisions using these websites,because most of the time the reviews are unreliable,some of the biggest scams has been reviewed very well by these review sites,which is why we shouldnt be expecting too much with these website.I am doing own research most of the time because i am confident with my decision,than other's.

You shouldnt be using these websites,because most of the time these reviews are paid by those scam ICOs which is why we should be doing our own research so that we wont get scammed,or waste our time and money to these ICOs,because it has more risk than trading blindly you should always be sure to your invetsments.

Personally, I only use the site of ICO Drops, and then I believe that you can draw conclusions only yourself and make decisions independently. No one for you will not work, you need to study the projects yourself and not just trust the rating!

I wouldn't trust this kind of websites, for sure they receive money to write good reviews of some coins. You better do your own kind of research.

To what i have experienced,these websites are getting paid by those scam projects which is why most of the noob investors are investing to those scams because they are relying to these websites.You should do your own digging to prevent these scams,research the team behind the project and do not invest to the projects which doesnt have MVP.

I sometimes think so, whether the web rating ico give an objective opinion or not ,,, but they still be my consideration to follow a bounty ,, after I do research on the ico

I think they are legit but sometimes even they put a high rate to ICO the project become a scam ìn the end so even the ICO raters are legit sometimes the problem is the ICO project they using the ICO raters to make their project good in the eyes of the people but in the end they have black propaganda or bad doings.

These websites shouldnt be trusted because i have seen scam projects that was reviewed very well with these websites,ICOBENCH was the worst review site that you can have because these experts are getting paid for every good reviews that they give to these scam ICOs,experts looks like an amateur that is why i am not relying my decision with these sites.

ICO rating websites are the worst thing you can have,these websites are fooling the newbie investors whcih is why most of the new people into these ICOs are getting scammed because of the fake reviews,most of them are worthless,i am not an expert but i can easily identify which are scams to legit ones,thru researching deeply.

Yeah,, participate in bounty will give you more knowledge in the ICO. How is the respons from the investors. Now ICO bounty hunters can be investors too. I also do bounty and invest in some ICOs. I like to promote ICO that I want to invest too. more investor more chance for coins to increase the price.

I wont be relying to these websites because most of them are paid by those ICOs,scam or legit ones will receive good reviews which is why  we still need to  do our own research so we wont be fooled by these review websites,because your investments would be your responsiblity and no one should be dictating your decisions when it comes to investments.

I think many of them are legit but I dont trust some of them because internet users like you, like me give vote for the ICOs. So, such a voting system does not give us healthy results. In telegram channels, the admins say "Vote for us, prove with a screenshot and we give you token". If you trust to this ICO rating, you may be mistaken

These sites cant be trusted as they are getting paid most of the time to review the ICO with positive feedbacks,this is the main reason why most of the newbie investors are getting scammed because they are relying their decisions without proper researching about the ICO,that is not a good thing to have as these are unreliable sources.

Not a good idea,i have been scammed by these reviews,i got involved to an ICO which has 50+ positive reviews from ICObench but the ICO has turned into scam whicch is why we shouldnt be relying to these websites because they are getting paid by those scammers or maybe they are part of those scam ICOs which is why they are promoting it.

Do not rely to these websites most of these sites are accepting paid reviews, i wont rely my decisions with these people if i were you because most of the reviews are paid,unreliable and shouldnt be trusted.Do your own research find some redflags and avoid those projects so that your ICO investments will give profits not losses.

Not a good idea to rely your decisions to these websites because they are getting paid by those scam projects which is why most of the new investors are getting fooled buy these reviews,you should rely your decision to your research do not let anyone fool you because everything can be faked online,dig some informations and if you have found redflags you shouldnt be joining.

ICO rating sites is useful to those who are going to invest in an ICO such as Ico bench . although we  dont know actually how they rate it and if they evaluate it the right way. Just be wise dont trust too much if the rating is high .

I much prefer ICODROPS they review the project and very like their feature mostly this one= ‘Interest Level’ is a rating system designed to inform users about noteworthy token sales. When composing the rating only short-term conditions and parameters of the particular token sale are analyzed. ‘Interest Level’ weighs three factors: Hype Level, Risk Level and ROI Level.
https://icodrops.com/about/

Thank you for these sites! This is the first time I heard icobench and icotracker. I was using icodrops but we can't see all new ICO's there. Thanks for useful links.

I aso think that

they are professional workers and highly skilled in their fields,
I think they do their job very well because they are my benchmark in choosing a project to invest, so far I still believe with ico rating sites,

I want to tell you about ICO Vireo. Project Vireo is very promising and reliable, that’s why you can invest in this ICO and be sure of successful cooperation! Try it!

I dont think that ico rating sites rating is real i never follow that types of rating . i just check the company white paper and the project demand. try to join company main telegram group and keep research on project hype if market demand is ok then i join and invest that coin.

Some of them do fine job in evaluating ICO projects, but what I can see now is that most of them are being paid to rate some of these projects high. It would be foolish to take their numbers with hook, line and sinker. They help in choosing a project to invest into but remember it is your money you are to invest so do your own research

About the ICO site ranking, I felt they really help us in the search for a good project ICO or not. And we only do checks resetting. To ensure that the project was indeed has a great concept and not just project fraud. And many more sites of ICO ranking there are some projects that are displayed are the same but different rating rank.

Most ICO rating sites are legal, but many sites are not very objective.
If you sponsor them, he will give you a higher grade.