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[adzino]

Depends on how good the project is and how the tokens have been distributed. If high amount of rewards where distributed among users who did not invest but completed some specific tasks, then the  chances of price falling initially at a greater rate is actually high since most of the users will have an urge to sell their free coins. So it might take some time for the price to recover and be on a profitable level.

[prehisto]

How long does it take for an ICO to be profitable?

As many others before already told you, it heavily depends on the ico.
When and if you invest you should be aware of the current ICO status - do they have a working product or they dont which will show you have long you will have to wait.

[cryptoknows]

Yesterday saw a similar topic. This is a very random theme. There are no certain factors guaranteeing greater profit or profit in general. Even projects that have collected huge sums of money with a good team and an excellent plan with a high probability can go to a long drop.

[nsasuiteb]

It depends on the ico, some ICOs give 2x profit just after they are listed on exchanges while some of them can stay below ico price for months, it is important to choose good ico not to suffer after.

[Ksenia4Ksenia]

I'm a dime for the WAX I waited 2 months and it fired X20!! I was very happy, after that I began to invest in various ISO hope there will be a good profit!

[Danica22]

How long does it take for an ICO to be profitable?

It seems to me that a good and popular ICO needs a month to collect a solid amount of money and start successfully. But in such a situation in which the crypto market is now I think the project will take two months to start successfully.

Naahhh, It depends how to deliver they're roadmap or to successfully launch their product. I saw a lot of ICOs who sold out they're crowdsale but not delivering their promise to the investor. Two months? it is not enough to gain profit, you will need to wait at least 6 months or more than that. If you wish to have a more profit than you expected. For me long term investment is one of the best strategy.

[shinratensei_]

How long does it take for an ICO to be profitable?

There is no ETA for that and it can't be predicted. FYI how profitable ico depends on the development. all of the developments go smoothly and it will be so easy to attract more and more users to join in it.
This will push the price going up because basically, everyone will be rushing to buy that token as fast as possible. The key is the more good news and then more supporters will come.
Some promising project has already profitable when it was released.

[Encelad]

Many factors affect the profitability and prospects of ICO. Time is not the most important of them. This forum has a lot of information on this. As a matter of fact, I will briefly say, study the project team, white paper, road map, etc. And you will have an approximate understanding of whether the project will be successful or not.

[poundy29]

There are many factors that affect to be taken into consideration, it actually depends on the market strategy of the project team, the project roadmap and also the product of the project itself. This can not be predicted, some ICOs are profitable immediately it hit exchange, and some can take years.

[Blowon]

It depends on the ico, some ICOs give 2x profit just after they are listed on exchanges while some of them can stay below ico price for months, it is important to choose good ico not to suffer after.

it could happen if after the ICO's ends the token can listed and tradable in the market . but it is back again on the project roadmap itself. if not yet the time of listing the investors also have to wait according to the roadmap made by the developer

[cahkalem]

How long does it take for an ICO to be profitable?

its depends on the development on the project, you can see in their roadmap
if the roadmap run in schedule the price will growing for surely

[Argoo]

How long does it take for an ICO to be profitable?

After the new token is transferred after the end of the ICO to the exchange, it usually falls in price. Rarely, which token after the appearance on the exchange shows a steady growth. I somehow watched data on how the new tokens behave in price after they appeared on the stock exchange. After they are downgraded in most cases, they tend to recover in price in six to eight months, after which they themselves begin to grow. Of course, this depends entirely on the particular project. Sometimes on a project, after certain events, tokens begin to grow earlier or later than this time. Of course, many tokens after the appearance on the exchange fall in price and never rise again and leave the market forever. This is a natural process.

[mariomerula]

It depends of many factors...in primis the success of the project, then the community that support it, then the realization of roadmap ...

[Ilegendph]

Most of the time, ICOs that hasn't have any platform or they start from scratch tooks three to six months to see the profit. Since this kind of ICOs is an idea at first, they may extend up to one year but if really do the analysis and if their idea is feasible I believe somehow the paitence will be worth it.

[Shenzou]

How long does it take for an ICO to be profitable?

It all depends, on how popular the ICO is and how good and revolutionary the project is and the team behind it, which will lead to more and more people  interested in it, which will make its price go up, and the more popular it gets the faster it gets listed on exchanges, and the faster you will be able to get your profit from investing it it, but you should know it is better to hold and wait for it to go up even more especially if you are investing in a really good and popular one.

[ottogary]

If the coin is good, it won't takes long before it became profitable.
Sometimes it just takes a few months to become profitable. But if the project doesn't good enough, it could takes years or maybe not at all.

[Lanatsa]

How long does it take for an ICO to be profitable?

Are you a a project owner? or just simply a an investor because on the way you asked things ICO would be profitable on either both ways which for investors and into the project owner itself. We talk first about on investors then risk is still there where your invested money would gain some profits in the end of the sale and hit up on exchangers because there are instances where the price of token do significantly decrease when it hits up exchanger.

[aussiesloth]

There are so many IFs involved.

But IF:
- there is a need for the product, AND
- the team have the necessary skills, AND
- they market the product successfully, AND
- they have a successful TokenSale, AND
- no other project beats them to it...

Then it will take as long as, but probably longer than, their Roadmap indicates.

The closer they get to their hard cap, the more likely they will hit their roadmap timings.

[kevingreen]

It all depends on the type of project you invested on if you invest in good ICO with a low supply and also very popular in circulation. You will expect to make profit by the time it hit the exchange market .but if you invest into the wrong type you should expect the opposite.

[XinXan]

Actually most ICO's are profitable once they reach an exchange, obviously not all of them do but right now if you sell fast, any ICO that reaches an exchange is pretty much going to be profitable even if it's just a little.