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Please note that this article was initially published in our blog on Medium https://medium.com/assetrush/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-free-ico-listing-exchanges-82981933878f (https://medium.com/assetrush/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-free-ico-listing-exchanges-82981933878f)

Various ICO-related prices are shooting up and therefore in our previous article https://medium.com/assetrush/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-free-ico-listing-websites-9095ba70ad21 (https://medium.com/assetrush/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-free-ico-listing-websites-9095ba70ad21), we looked into the process of applying to free ICO listing websites. To continue on this topic, we’ve decided to explore the possibility of getting your token added to cryptocurrency exchanges without any cash outlay.

Way 1: completely free

This is, naturally, the best option, as instead of spending anywhere from 3 to 50 BTC or even more on listing, your altcoin will be published absolutely free of charge. There are several ways to get to the Crypto Promised Land.

First, some respected exchanges like Bittrex and Gate.io are willing to list ICOs for free. Needless to say, getting your token added to such platforms will instantly give it a boost and help gain a considerable reputation on the market. However, as the exchange’s good name is at stake, the review process is stringent and might be lengthy as well.

Second, you may submit your token to some middle-size exchanges such as YoBit where there are three listing types, one of them being free. The catch is that in comparison with the premium and exclusive options, it doesn’t guarantee that your token will be considered and added to the exchange within a certain number of days. So, again, the process might take a long time.

Third, you can always find smaller exchanges that are seeking to grow and expand the number of ICOs they are trading. As a result, they are less choosy and more likely to list your altcoin. A good example would be Stocks.exchange.

Finally, from time to time cryptocurrency exchanges of various calibers run vote contests; the main prize, as you might have guessed, is a free listing. For instance, just a couple of days ago KuCoin held such a competition, and the lucky winner will soon be added to the trading platform.

Way 2: pseudo-free listing

On some exchanges listing per se is free, but platforms will charge you hidden fees, most commonly for marketing services. For example, you don’t need to pay for getting your altcoin listed on OKEx, but the exchange will require you to sink some digital money into the token’s marketing campaign.

They are some other charging models as well. One of them is used by Bancor and implies levying approximately 1% of the total supply after the ICO has been published. Cobinhood, in contrast, doesn’t collect any fees for itself, but will still ask you to pay a certain amount of money in your tokens which will later be distributed to their community as airdrop rewards.

The application

The application for exchanges to some extent resembles that for listing websites. As a rule, you will need to impart the following information regarding your ICO:

1. Background (name, type, various dates, concept description, etc)
2. White paper
3. Community (links to social media)
4. Trading (if the token has been listed on other platforms, trading volume)

In addition, some exchanges will request that you provide details concerning the legal and security aspects of your altcoin.

Final thoughts

Getting your coin published for free on an exchange is definitely more difficult than on a listing website. Nevertheless, it is not impossible. If you’re offering a truly innovative product that has great potential, exchanges will certainly be interested in adding your token to their trading platform.

I didn't know that it is possible to list ICO to Exchanges for free. But good to see that there is such opportunity for innovative and actually good projects. This will motivate all to come with more good projects.

Recently some exchanges are making voting competition for any coin to be listed in their exchanges, the advantages will be the free listing but the disadvantage is maybe some shitcoin will be listed on known exchanges.

As far as I know YoBit doesn't have a free listing for tokens. Instead, they have a regular auction when the ICO who bids the highest, gets their token listed.

Innovative, interesting and unique - this three point is mostly needed to publish your coin free in an exchange. Without those things it will be very difficult.Thanks for sharing this. Many people will be benefitted by knowing about this points.

The market of crypto currency has become very much competitive. No one will list any coin at free of cost. To be listed in the exchanges without fees, the project needs to be very much innovative and lucrative. To get such benefit is really difficult.

Thanks for this educative article, at least I have learnt how listing works and what these company teams goes through to get their tokens listed, no wonder they celebrate when it final gets listed.

To be listed at free of cost in the exchanges is really difficult now. There are more than 1500 coins that are operating here and many exchanges are also operating in this market. So the coin needs to be very special and resourceful to be listed at free of cost.

Thank you so much for a much needed insight to this, alot of people are having mixed information and confusion, so this is helpful.

Thank you so much for this information, a lot of people are having confusion, so this will be helpful.

Thank you for your comments! I'm glad this info is helpful.

Cult, YoBit must have changed something very recently because they always had 3 listing options, one of them being free.

I thought that yobit has been charging the new coin with some bitcoins, this is my first time to see yobit doesn't charge anything to list the new coin and it seems fake for me. But yobit exchange can't be trusted right now because it has been running so many ponzi coin.

In a free ICO listing we may consider the well known ICOs to use or go for. We may not go for which projects are not well known or spam or have the possibility to steal your information. Thus, this news was actually helpful.