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What do you think are the advantages of doing an IEO vs simply listing a token in a exchange?

Simple, IEO will basically raise funds to keep the project going though sometimes projects got their own funds but needed more when it comes to listing, mostly these projects are done with their sale, or they have a working project with high budget that they can even list to exchanges, most likely the same since once they are done with IEO they will be listed on that exchange.

The advantages of IEO ( can be applied only on the major exchange site IEO)
- Instant listing
- instant demand
- a big pump at early game

The advantages of Listing token in a major exchange site

- Give more fundamental support and community
- That means the project has already proven its product to be a reliable product
- many more.
- Long term hype or sustainable pump

Let's just say that IEO is the inial launch of the fund raising for the project. The advantage is that most likely they will get an exchange immediately once the project have reached their target goal and released all the tokens/coins. The downside is that investors will probably judge your project based on the exchange that you used to launch your IEO

If what you mean in "simply listing a token in a exchange" is ICO, then there's no advantage to it. It just simply raising and hyping the coin then get into an exchange. The quality of an exchange isn't even guaranteed.

For me IEO is a better than simple listing but we cant compare much for these two. In IEO token or project has been display or promoted by the exchange showing its strenght by displaying their tough platform. Simply like Binance completely presenting their project worldwide and the demand is highly appreciated. But for direct listing, we can also see good news with it. See how solana pump even though its not an IEO but only for listing. I can say on other exchange IEOs are not working efficiently but based on my statement on big exchange IEO is much appreciated and highly effective. But its your own opinion to believe me or not.

why do you think that this is an advantage? i do not see it that way, since big pump usually brings some kind of dump after that and then users accusing both, project and exchange for a scam, and in some way that is a scam, since exchange is listing project that has no product, just an idea, and without obligation to spend acquired money on development, usually that are just best wishes, only advantage of IEO compared to ICO is that you have possibility to trade your token when you acknowledge that project is failing, if other do not see that before

I'll go for listing instead of IEO, Listing on big exchanges bring about some sort of believe into the project, it indirectly means the project is doing something right as reputed exchange want to associate themselves with the project by listing them on their market. Atleast that's the message it passes across, listing brings in more long term investors and encourages the early investor to believe more in the project. But that can't be said about IEOs.

Although both IEO and listing has more to do with which project is ready to pay the outrageous service fee offered by the exchange to get a spot either for an IEO or listing still though, IEO has the disadvantage of bringing in mostly speculators, short term investors and gamblers chasing after the hype this new means of fundraising offers. Both creates awareness and bring about exposure to the project, but the type of Investors it attract is all that matters.

sales, they are selling their tokens to exchange user's having this IEO + promotion of that exchange that may help them to have more sales.
While listing will only give them ability to trade it in that exchange the announcement  will only be limited that coins is traded there .

Both are the same, it will only differ on how investors looked on the project, people like to see a project listed on a good exchange, whether it's an IEO or regular listing but there is a lot of hype when a project is doing an IEO than doing regular listing.

Listing a coin or token is different from IEO, but IEO packed the two in one, with IEO you will raise fund and still list on the exchange where you raised fund after IEO is over

it has the advantages of each. to do IEO, it costs money. however, it costs money to sell to a market and to list as well. the advantage of IEO is that, for initial sales, it can attract investors to trust the project more. it's just, we can't trade before the IEO is finished. if you register directly, your project will be ready to be developed and traded.

IEO is more costly than normal listing, IEO has two chocolates in a single box, listing and fund raising, that's two advantages against just normal listing but I don't know why you put them head to head, no big difference

ICO investors want fast profits, it really worked in 2017. Now most of ICO failed and investors can't get profit from ICO so they turn to IEO. Holding an ICO now is not a smart idea because there is no buyers. All investors now only look for good IEO to invest in. I must say that ICO now is the past.

With IEO, you can raise money to develop a project. And can just list your project at that exchange. But this is only suitable for start-up projects, and it's risky. IEO may fail and no one will trade it

IEO wins here because of the many advantages over listing, you can raise fund successfully and easily, the disadvantage here is going small exchange for IEO which can ruin every chance if success

With IEO you can get successful Fundraising while with a simple ICO you will face a lot of problem to that. People now more trust IEO project than ICO. In addition, IEO ensures a sure listing while most ICO refuses to list in big Exchange.

The success or failure of fundraising cannot be seen from their method of conducting IEO or ICO, many projects that run IEO but failed.
IEO only secures the listing.

The question or debate here isn't about IEO vs ICO instead IEO vs listing (that's listing on a certain exchange after completing your ICO or IEO on other exchange or simply carrying out an IEO on that particular exchange you intend or have plans on enrolling to be listed).

Just read the reply of others hoping to get another perspective to the discussion at hand but it seems not many is understanding the OPs questions nevertheless I still stand on my existing school of thought of; (using Binance as an example), Listing on Binance than carrying out an IEO on the platform. Others project experience is a perfect lesson on how IEOs projects suddenly get dump immediately after listing.

Using the example of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, you can see that projects after IEO are listed on the same platform fairly quickly and are rewarded with the interest of investors and, as a result, a large volume of trading. While a regular listing often doesn't attract as much attention to the coin. Often, the coin has long been traded on a large exchange and added to a smaller exchange, and the interest of investors in this case is relatively small, compared to the first option.

Project Team only do IEO because of funds, sometimes they might have funds from private investors then doing IEO again to collect more so as to be able to finish their development; that is to say, IEO forms a palatable ground where team can source for funds, after the IEO comes listing. On the other hand, simply listing on an exchange can come in different ways, it could be through IEO, or a project already on an exchange seeking to list on another exchange. Also, listing can happen when a team already have access to funds, therefore not seeing the need for IEO, in this case, they list on their desired exchange.

IEO is a more safe investment nowadays, not only they became trending to the investors but their way seems to work with a minimum record of scam in the history of the crypto industry. We might be wondering why they become the trend in this past few months, it is because the most project that offers IEO have listed their coins to the known exchanges and mostly they succeed with it. We may have not seen many bounties that are successful that have ICO but when it comes to IEO we see a higher percentage of success.

Both carry same risks, but IEO has upper hand advantage, you can raise hardcap successfully, listing on small exchange either for trading or fundraising purpose is doom, volume will be low due to lack of demand, best advice for both is never go small exchanges

For some projects that already have seed funds, listing can be done but if there is no understanding of the project to market participants, I don't think the token will have a large transaction volume. Introducing projects to investors is one way to get to know and transact, therefore many projects are targeting listings or IEO in large exchangers because it will affect liquidity in the market

By doing IEO a project can easily raise funds but if they do IEO on exchanges that already have big names, even though they do IEO but on vindax, p2pbp, latoken exchange, it will definitely fail.

For me, it's the same, the project should be good and if it is then it will be listed on exchanges and traded if it's bad it does not matter is it IEO or ICO. Just because the project is IEO you should do a research anyway, don't trust blindly just because some exchange stands behind, do your own research before you invest and if a project is good it will be traded and the price will rise with more people joining.

Only scam projects have implemented IEO in those exchanges, I've heard lots of complaints about these exchanges. They combine with poor quality projects to steal investors' money. If you want to participate in IEO, just go to the major exchanges in this market and join them

the advantage in having an IEO is you can see the coins secure in an exchange and you can freely buy and sell it without worrying

I thought so too, they are technically the same but in an IEO, you can only buy tokens and you cannot trade them unlike when the token is already listed you can sell and buy them at the same time and keep the circulations of the token in a certain exchanges where it is listed.

I must agree to these. But one of the cons that people might have to look into is

- false pump which might end the project with a big dump than sustainable price range.

Both are necessary and okay to do. There's no advantage too much over the other except with the marketing side, IMO. IEO can gather more people to have the "fundraising" part and is already going to be listed to the certain exchange they are holding at, that's a sure thing. For listing a token to exchange, it requires a lot of work to be recognized and accepted.

Are you planning to list your own? Or do you have a token OP?

It has become a trend now where projects that are always selling with exchanges called IEO will raise funds and secure token guarantees will also be guaranteed if IEO sales on exchanges are successful, therefore IEO is now much in the interest of investors because of guaranteed listing on the exchange.

Not only guaranteed listing but also guaranteed income to those who buy in IEO with those few days pump and selling few days listing in the exchange.

Yes we are considering getting our token listed VS going for an IEO.

Thank you all for the feedback. Another question, is it normal getting listed in one exchange and then doing an IEO in another one?

Through IEO you don't need to spend your effort to see the token is being traded because when the pre sale is done the token will be traded on the exchange.

But, when you have a project you need a lot of effort. Like you have to convince the investor that the project will be successful and the token will be traded on the exchange. After that, you have to ask to some exchange to list your project and being traded there and you may need to spend money in it.

 based on my knowledge ieo have simillarities to ico which goes on some process while simply listing a coin isnt  . we wouldnt even know if the coin is already listed if its not related to ieo  but ieo's are now popular and been making a name lately   .  when it comes to success both are the same a coin and an ieo can be more successful if its listed on a better exchange than compare to when listed it on a bad one  but for me i prefer more normal coins because they are not dependent mainly on the hype

It was then being exposed to the community and may they'll find it an attractive and promising project.
It is also one of the marketing strategies and the team might collect additional fundings. Then the last thing is to get listed into reputable exchanges which is really difficult. That is why some shit projects don't make it and even end their IEO because they can get any support from the community.

Listing in a reputable exchange definitely needs a good amount of money. But if the team will manage to hold IEO, I believe there will be some arrangement with the exchange on whatever amount they will raise during this sale. So there's advantage of IEO, aside from raising funds, the listing to that exchange is already secured.

IF the project fails on IEO so they will die, this is like a fundraising but private, giving an option to people get tokens, betting that will worth something in the future, for listing the project already have a fund (most of cases)

IEO and listing are two basic things needed to launch a token or coin to the space. While IEO has to do with sourcing for funds for project developments and patnership through selling of their tokens at discount prices for early adopters, Listing has to do with getting the token or coin listed on their choice of exchange for it to be traded for other cryptocurrencies. I hope you understand:)

Listing will always become the time to sell and it's not the time to buy because people have already bought before it was not yet getting listed. FYI, the result of listing might be very different with IEO. There was no guarantee for the buyers to get a huge return after listing.

What stops users from buying from the listed exchange and selling it when IEO is up? I'm not sure if it's possible. Another thought that has come to my mind is that why participate in the IEO if you could just buy it in one of the exchanges, right? There's no point in having two of it right away. Maybe have an IEO then get listed in another exchange.

The advantage of registering with IEO is the guarantee that the token will definitely be listed on the exchange. Registration on the stock exchange is still uncertain or can change and, depending on the agreement of the two parties, will not become a listing.
Holding an IEO on a large stock exchange is also a plus.

I suggest you to remain cautious when participating in an IEO because the current condition of the IEO is not too good and there is a lot of scam happening in some exchange places that do not have a good reputation get many cases and many problems, if you want to participate in IEO better Choose a trusted exchange place that has a very good reputation.

Well, it all depends on how strong a project is and how much they believe in themselves. If you are a project that could actually make a sound in the crypto world and could change some stuff, you could potentially go with ICO and have more freedom and basically get listed everywhere anyway, because you would be awesome so why would you just wanna go IEO.

However if you are not sure about yourself and your project and you want guaranteed marketing, you could go with IEO, that is a cheapshot but it works a lot better for the currencies that are not awesome all by itself. It  means if you are a bad one and go with listing, you won't be getting listed, you won't be funded, you are going to be left in the dust, that is why IEO is the answer, if you are awesome, no need for IEO at all.

IEOs are only suitable for new projects, they can raise funds to develop projects through IEO, and their projects will also be listed at that exchange. For me IEO will be more beneficial because it will create a great hype to make investors profitable.

It may create a big hype but that will end very soon compared with the hype that will be getting by a new listing coin too that can be become a long term hype. We must see the differences between both and we must take which is the best. In crypto, sustainable growth will always be the best choice to consider about the performance of crypto itself will be determined from the ROI of projects.
I think the listing is much better than the hype for a new coin.

of course the advantage is profitable for Investors, if only the listing is not guaranteed the price will be good, but if IEO is done in a large exchange such as Binance or Huobi, I guarantee the price will be good if listed on the exchange

With IEO, you can introduce your project to your investors. Listing means your project has developed and ready for the trade of tokens. During IEO, investors can be attracted by giving a special bonus or discount. Simply listing the coin will not be made new investors aware of the project and there will not be sufficient funds for development.

i think that all is really important because before we list some coin in market we need to promote first that coin/token and what project it bring.
that's why i choose IEO because if we just listing some coin in market people don't really know if that coin is exist for now.
and when they don't know who will buy it and start trade with that ??

Yes, the early birds benefit more from IEO than those who come later. Although, if you are a good trader, even if you are not among the early birds, you will still make your profit. I personally prefer listing directly to IEO, because I have never been lucky to invest in IEO.
Well, I could have participated in just any IEO and be able to buy some, but that will not be a wise decision. If I will still by any IEO tomorrow, I would prefer doing that on a good and top exchange.

If the team behind the project is having enough money to spend to list them in a new exchange then they can always do that, but none of the projects will not do that as the exchange conducting the IEO will have a share on the amount of funds collected and listing a new coin in an exchange will cost you money.

If the project think that they need some fund to continue their project then IEO is the best solution. Many project have their own fund to continue their project so in that case they don't go through IEO they directly try to listing an exchange. Many people trade a single good quality exchange so if a project try to start their IEO on exchange probably many people know about that project and will try to invest on it. You can all it marketing strategy though cause many projects doing this although they have much fund to run their project. You can instantly have an exchange for your token also.

Other side simple listing token are working much silence than IEO projects. Those exchange are much better than IEO projects cause they can handle bad situation better than IEO projects. And in my experience this kinda project have better future that IEO projects.

Moreover, if the IEO is held at potential exchanges such as Binance, Okex, Kucoin, etc. It will surely attract investors. The exchange was proven to be successful in increasing sales opportunities and prices could rise several times. Even after some time, later the price returned to normal. This is a great opportunity that will be a pity if we miss it.

News related to listing and IEO on potential exchanges both has a big influence on market interest. This will automatically accelerate the process of forming a hefty community. The dev team will also easily get fresh funds to continue the project.

in my opinion not all IEOs can be profitable unless they register IEO in a market that has a high volume and good market reputation will certainly be profitable, and the problem of projects that only register on the exchange means they have enough funds to develop their projects