Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange?

[CaralhoGordo]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

[The Cryptovator]

I think you don't know the difference between ICO and IEO. All the IEO token launch on exchange for initial sell, but its depends on team if they want to presale in their official websites. But all ICO sale happen on their official website or via smart contract.  I don't know why are you looking for ICO since it's not benefited lately. But you may take a look on Announcement (Altcoins), there is lots of IEO & ICO announcement threads. But I will not suggest to buy any ICO token lately, there is lots of scam happening on that field.

[Blank-Head]

Actually you have a small wrong in your question.ICO coins are not available in exchanges and ICO means Initial Coin Offering.To buy ICO coin you have to use own website from the project.

Again IEO coins are available to buy from an exchange where it is launched.And IEO means Initial
Exchange Offering which is not available to buy outside of exchange before launch.
So hope now you got proper answer regarding your question about ICO.

[webtricks]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

It depends upon the smart contract created for the token. Mostly, the projects lock the tokens until tokens get listed on the exchange. This is done to prevent dumping of tokens before project gets kick-start. If tokens are locked then you can't buy those on any other platform or P2P. You can only buy tokens from official ICO website at official price.

[Pumuckel21]

Hello, I see you are new to the crypto scene. The thing with ICO's is you usually can not sell the coins before their listing. If it is true and you are new crypto I would suugest you to stay with established coins until you learned more about cryptos

[Odebowa]

ICO is an acronym that means Initial Coin Offering, which is how funds are raised for a new cryptocurrency offering. It's similar to an IPO (Initial Public Offering) which raises funds when a new company ventures onto the stock market.

What exactly is an ICO?
An ICO typically involves selling a new digital currency at a discount or a “token” as part of a way for a company to raise money. If that cryptocurrency succeeds and appreciates in value often based on speculation, just as stocks do in the public market the investor has made a profit.

your question: No

[hatshepsut93]

You can always buy a token from other people bypassing intermediaries, as long as the token is actually released and not frozen. You'd need to post your offer on forums or in some chats, or look for existing offers. But I think it would be hard on practice, because those early investors wouldn't want to sell below ICO price until exchanges are open, and if they do, it might be a sign that there's something wrong with the token, so maybe it won't ever get listed and you'll end up holding useless garbage.

[Thomas-s]

sure you can. even if you didn’t have time to buy tokens at the public sales, there are many Telegram channels where you can buy coins a little more expensive than at the public sale stage, but the main thing is not to get caught by scammers

[kingzpro]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

Yes, it is a possibility but depends on the project itself and not all projects provide all these options most of them only sale their tokens through ieo platform but there are some exceptions where you can also purchase the tokens directly from the project website even when they are running their IEO at exchange one example is Youengine project, they have an IEO but still you can purchase their tokens directly from their website as well.

[CryptoTech_]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

Of course you can, because usually the ico project sells tokens on their own website before entering into exchange

[covfefe_]

You can ask for a P2P purchase from the investors if they are already been sent the coins. Bounty participants if rewarded are in hurry to sell the coins and if you be able to contact some, you can buy coins from them in cheaper than ICO price. But some projects don't provide token to Bounty participants for months to prevent this.

[smyslov]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

If it's an ICO then you can buy it in their official sales page, if it's an IEO then you can only buy it from the exchange where they have a deal to create sales for them, ICO and IEO are two different things they are not the same on ICO the team controls the terms and the supply on IEO it is managed by the exchange subject to their terms.

[Fatemablabla]

Yes, you can buy any token from ICO you want if they have an official sales page on their website. But you can't buy in IEO from outside of the exchangers. Though you can from third party Which is very risky but IEO only happens in exchangers.
If you are new in the crypto world I will suggest you to stay with some established coins first and understand the market.

[CuriousGeorge]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

It can be purchased outside of exchange site after there was an official announcement about that. I think you meant about IEO token, right? You can purchase it before it will be listed on the exchange site but becareful with this method. I didn't suggest you to try thise and it's better to purchase on exchange site through use launchpaf platforms.
You must also choose legit platforms.

[bluebit25]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

You can buy ICOs outside, because as far as I know, ICO projects are still not listed in exchanges. They sell tokens through partners or through their websites. But never join and buy ICOs because most of them are scams, if you buy them you will lose money

[Coin_trader]

In every ICO/IEO which I believe you are pertaining IEO as per statement above, there is always a private sale which is common on Initial sales but it's limited to private investors that connected to the team. Private sale is always in demand since they offer crazy bonus and you will have a really good profit in case the ICE/IEO become successful.

Most of private sale are only available for VC(venture capital) because most them are lending the project for there initial expenses.

[cosmofly]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

Actually this is possible. they can make seed rounds to sell to angel investors. CTSI has done the same and it still does IEO at Binance exchange. but before implementing IEO, they will have to disclose full and accurate information about previously distributed tokens. All information is included in the whitepaper, you can read to understand more about the token distribution of each project.

[Little Mouse]

Did you mean listing on exchange by the word launch? Sometimes, bounty hunters sell their coin/token they get from the bounty campaign. You can check the altcoin marketplace to get some of the offers. Also, you can post about your required token there.

[bgaf]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

If the tokens are under ethereum network and its not locked then some users were able to have spare tokens then you can buy cause they can sell it on forkdelta and some dex that can easily uploaded smart contract to be able to buy and sell tokens. Usually some ICO locked their tokens for these kind of situation so the price would bot be affected but what you are asking is not impossible.

[jessyj48]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

I really don't understand your question very well but here are two examples I've came across before.

1. Not long ago I saw a new project that launch ICO on their website and IEO on other two Exchanges so yes it's possible to buy coins on the website or outside the website

2. Last year I promoted a bounty project and bounty hunters were paid, ICO haven't even started yet, after some weeks I saw people selling this token through idex, some are buy and some are selling, this is unofficial listing, it happens.

[irixo10]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

ICO means Initial Coin Offering and from the way it was designed, the token can be purchased from the website of the project in question. On the other hand is IEO which is Initial Exchange Offering, where the token of a project will be purchased directly from the exchange the IEO is taking place. Also, there have been projects that will be conducting an ICO of course selling their token on their website, list on exchange, start trading and still be selling their tokens on their website for certain time; this case scenario is not that much.

[Rodeo02]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

yes the owner of the project are able to sell it to private investors.How it  works depends on the agreement of  both parties the owners of the project and the private investors that want to help them for funding.

[CryptoLordguru]

Actually you have a small wrong in your question.ICO coins are not available in exchanges and ICO means Initial Coin Offering.To buy ICO coin you have to use own website from the project.

Again IEO coins are available to buy from an exchange where it is launched.And IEO means Initial
Exchange Offering which is not available to buy outside of exchange before launch.
So hope now you got proper answer regarding your question about ICO.

I totally agree with you. This is one of the proper answers for you if you are reading it Don't fall for any scam, stay safe and alert!!

[popeye95]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

Yes, and it's called private sale but ICO operates their selling on their own website (shady stuff, no 3rd party can verify,...) while IEO is only selling on exchange so maybe you got it wrong. Why would anyone need to purchase IEO token outside the exchange is beyond me.

[mersal]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

If the token is already distributed then you can buy from any individual who have it but if the token is not available in exchange then what is the point of buying a worthless token.Also you can use marketplace section of bitcoiintalk.

[Metall303]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

If the token is already distributed then you can buy from any individual who have it but if the token is not available in exchange then what is the point of buying a worthless token.Also you can use marketplace section of bitcoiintalk.

It’s better not to buy tokens from some unknown people. these are very big risks. you can be scammed and you will lose your money. this happens very often. it’s better to just wait and buy after exchange listing.

[CryptoLordguru]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

If the token is already distributed then you can buy from any individual who have it but if the token is not available in exchange then what is the point of buying a worthless token.Also you can use marketplace section of bitcoiintalk.

It’s better not to buy tokens from some unknown people. these are very big risks. you can be scammed and you will lose your money. this happens very often. it’s better to just wait and buy after exchange listing.

I agree with you to not to trust outsiders. It is always better to buy from Exchanges because there are many coins which never get listed on any exchange. Exchange listing at least gives you a platform where you can sell your coin whenever you need to cash out.. I have lost faith on any coins that are outside the exchange.. Don't ever fall for those coins. One will only loose money in those kind of coins.

[Anonylz]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

FD and ED were the two dex exchange you can get tokens of a project even before listing in an exchange, but lately those place have slowly died off or hunters don't bother to do that any more, the only other way will be p2p trade but this high risk because it is very easy to get scammed in this process, best bet is to wait and buy from exchange because their is a big chance the price will dump more than what you will get it before listing.

[Google+]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

If the token is already distributed then you can buy from any individual who have it but if the token is not available in exchange then what is the point of buying a worthless token.Also you can use marketplace section of bitcoiintalk.

It’s better not to buy tokens from some unknown people. these are very big risks. you can be scammed and you will lose your money. this happens very often. it’s better to just wait and buy after exchange listing.

I think buying coins with people you don't know is OK but at least there must be a trusted third person to do security transactions or often called escrow, many members here often do like that, so it's better to be careful when do transactions with anyone.

[CryptoLordguru]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

If the token is already distributed then you can buy from any individual who have it but if the token is not available in exchange then what is the point of buying a worthless token.Also you can use marketplace section of bitcoiintalk.

It’s better not to buy tokens from some unknown people. these are very big risks. you can be scammed and you will lose your money. this happens very often. it’s better to just wait and buy after exchange listing.

I think buying coins with people you don't know is OK but at least there must be a trusted third person to do security transactions or often called escrow, many members here often do like that, so it's better to be careful when do transactions with anyone.

True, if you are buying from outside, always take a escrow service. In this way, you will at least save your money from being scammed. Trust my words and don't trust anyone. There are many smart scammers out there. Stay safe and stay alert!!

[bayudndy]

You can buy them from others in this market. But it will be very dangerous because they can become scammer at any time, be careful with this form. Ideally, you should go to trade and buy them, it will be a lot safer

[pulse9]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

You may purchase some of the ICO I think only in the company, purchasing it in other person is not good, and not reliable. In IEO you may bought it directly in the exchange and can be trade instantly. I personally cannot recommend to buy coin outside the exchange or not directly to the company.

[Dhoe]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

FD and ED were the two dex exchange you can get tokens of a project even before listing in an exchange, but lately those place have slowly died off or hunters don't bother to do that any more, the only other way will be p2p trade but this high risk because it is very easy to get scammed in this process, best bet is to wait and buy from exchange because their is a big chance the price will dump more than what you will get it before listing.

When OP not understand about ICO, you also follow him. Each ICO token is not listed on Exchange, decentralized or not. You can only buy ICO tokens on their official site. But for IEO tokens, maybe you could buy in FD or ED.

[Botnake]

It's possible to buy the same outside the exchange, these are ICO or Initial Coin Offering  token, it's not the same with IEO which is what people are usually investing now. In the past, there are sites that sells ICO tokens as they partners or accredited by the developers of the project, and it's easy to verify as we can always check the smart contract since most of the tokens in the past were built in Ethereum platform.

Things have really change these days, ICO is not anymore selling, maybe some sold their ICO but usually those are the very reputable project that were manage by well-known people in the business industry, but for regular ICO, they struggle to get their tokens sold as people have already matured now.

Lastly, please don't get confuse with IEO and ICO, make more research prior to investing in crypto.

[Davian144]

If the token is already distributed then you can buy from any individual who have it but if the token is not available in exchange then what is the point of buying a worthless token.Also you can use marketplace section of bitcoiintalk.

Buying tokens to individuals is not safe, especially if someone does not know each other, surely the edges will be very fatal, so I personally prefer to buy on direct exchange because there is already clearly stated, both in price and in number.

[takana212]

I think you don't know the difference between ICO and IEO. All the IEO token launch on exchange for initial sell, but its depends on team if they want to presale in their official websites. But all ICO sale happen on their official website or via smart contract.  I don't know why are you looking for ICO since it's not benefited lately. But you may take a look on Announcement (Altcoins), there is lots of IEO & ICO announcement threads. But I will not suggest to buy any ICO token lately, there is lots of scam happening on that field.

for lately indeed we must be extra careful before investing in an ICO because many ICO tokens are now scam or unsold in the crypto market, think twice before investing in it.

[totoy4741]

Did you mean listing on exchange by the word launch? Sometimes, bounty hunters sell their coin/token they get from the bounty campaign. You can check the altcoin marketplace to get some of the offers. Also, you can post about your required token there.

I think OP was refering to an IEO tokens, if it is possible to be bought outside the exchanges. So I think it is not possible because from the Abbreviation itself IEO(Initial Exchanges Offering) which the project would hold sell a token inside a certain exchanges to raise funds to develop the projects.

[Romeotom]

Yes you can purchase token in there website if you want participate ICO program. But ICO has very risky at this stage and you can't make anything if they're going scam. Instead ICO better you profitable IEO with confirm exchange announced so you can participate less risk.

[Shohag123]

You are a newbie and i think its a common think that ICO and IEO are looking same to you.Actually when i was new in cryptocurrency there was ICO and it was very famous.But recently IEO is becoming more popular.

ICO means  Initial coin offering.That means they will sell their coin to people using their website. and they have a target and after ICO,they will list their coin in exchanges  according to their choices.But many ICO had gained so much money from people and they never listed on any exchanges.They scammed us.But some ICO has become successful as well.

On the other hand IEO means Initial Exchange Offering.That means they will prepare a sale on exchange and their coin will list on this exchange.If you wanna buy their coin on  IEO, you have to buy from this exchange.And when it will list in exchang, you can sell your coin.

So basically IEO is more preferable and trustworthy.You can choose good project IEO in good exchange and you can gain some money.   

[barlo357]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

When buying ICO tokens, those are purchased on the ICO's website. Some having bonus tokens depending on how early they bought the token are being sold on decentralized exchanges i.e. forkdelta. Unlike IEO, in which the coins are bought within the partnered exchange of the project. Since you're naive, I hope these common term should be known to you.

[joseyphil82]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

ICO means initial coin offering, to get your hand on a ICO token you have to join the ICO sales on the projects website, you can't buy outside the website, not until the team make the token available on external exchanges

[FairUser]

You can only buy from their website if they are still in the ICO stage. Or you can go to the exchange and buy it as if they are listed at the exchange. There is also a way that OTC trading, but it will be very dangerous and you will probably encounter a lot of scammer

[dhemasm]

It's depend but basically sometime there always an OTC trade between project and private/big investor, If that project have an bounty campaign and they already distribute it before launch it i think yes, Try some dex exchange in case Forkdelta for ERC-20 Based project. It's depends on the project but most of all project so far i think it can if have scheme like i said above.

[DabsPoorVersion]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

No, during ICO, you can only purchase their token during the set time and date of the project.

During that time, there is no other place to buy tokens until the end of that ICO or even before it was launched. No other website unless it is part of the project.

[ROB18]

You can buy the tokens at a IEO. If you are asking about if you can buy tokens for cheaper than the IEO price then it's a possibility i guess. But of course. It can only happen P2P. But for me, If that happens, It's more likely that investor is regretting buying those coins because he feels like it's going no where or he's a scammer.

[pungopete468]

You can only buy from their website if they are still in the ICO stage. Or you can go to the exchange and buy it as if they are listed at the exchange. There is also a way that OTC trading, but it will be very dangerous and you will probably encounter a lot of scammer

The most important thing is that the site has been officially registered by the organizer that they are indeed working together. or usually we can buy on the black market but do have to make a safe transaction using Escrow. usually the prices they offer can be cheaper

[witbla]

Good afternoon everyone. What makes much sense these days - the practical value and mass adoption every solution brings. Thus, from my point of view, only most advanced solutions are in demand and people are more careful in choosing solutions with real value. And my latest discovery, Centric Foundation, looks rather bold with great opportunities being brought onto the market

[hwteeer]

Good afternoon everyone. What makes much sense these days - the practical value and mass adoption every solution brings. Thus, from my point of view, only most advanced solutions are in demand and people are more careful in choosing solutions with real value. And my latest discovery, Centric Foundation, looks rather bold with great opportunities being brought onto the market

Hey. I share your views 100% and indeed such an approach matters. At least talking about me, I am not only following the ratings, but conducting own researches, while choosing the most attractive solutions

[witbla]

Hey. I share your views 100% and indeed such an approach matters. At least talking about me, I am not only following the ratings, but conducting own researches, while choosing the most attractive solutions

And are you having many advanced ones in mind? Cause I would say that I have 3 as a maximum. I mean the most advanced ones

[hwteeer]

And are you having many advanced ones in mind? Cause I would say that I have 3 as a maximum. I mean the most advanced ones

Yes, similarly. And as for Centric Foundation you've outlined, what the guys are staying for? Cause to be honest, name sounds

[witbla]

Yes, similarly. And as for Centric Foundation you've outlined, what the guys are staying for? Cause to be honest, name sounds

Basically, Centric is a web 3.0-based payment network composed of two digital tokens that promote stability, incentivize structure for early adopters, and safely store value. The exchange between the two tokens is governed by a decentralized smart contract and a self-regulating protocol. But of course, guys have more to offer, so you should have a closer look, Google guys

[milewilda]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

ICO - Initial Coin Offering
IEO - Initial exchange offering

Both are different things and highly believe that you are asking about IEO since you do mention about buying tokens on an exchange.
If you do let yourself get involved with IEO then theres no other option to buy hp those tokens but via the platform itself and its totally opposite when we do talk about
ICO where you can buy off tokens directly from the owners itself after you do pay off a certain amount that you invested but just a piece of advise where
when it comes to security then IEO would be a best choice since once it do succeed it is already listed on an exchange.

[lobo13hf]

You can buy the tokens at a IEO. If you are asking about if you can buy tokens for cheaper than the IEO price then it's a possibility i guess. But of course. It can only happen P2P. But for me, If that happens, It's more likely that investor is regretting buying those coins because he feels like it's going no where or he's a scammer.

It's not only from IEO but it can be purchased through its own site and when it has been creating a cooperation with 3rd to ran its crowdsale and it can be purchased from there too. that depends on developer and the team whether they wanna try to open a lot of door to purchase the token.

[Henrobakkara]

ICO can only be bought on their site while you can buy IEO on the exchange, if they don't have an IEO then you can't buy it on the exchange. I also remind you to never buy any coins in telegrams because most of telegrams are scammers

[Anarchy101]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

If a project has a pre-sale event than you can surely buy coins before it launches. I don't recommend buying any coin using any other method before launch because you can either get scammed or might have to pay a higher price.

[Kupid002]

You can only buy from their website if they are still in the ICO stage. Or you can go to the exchange and buy it as if they are listed at the exchange. There is also a way that OTC trading, but it will be very dangerous and you will probably encounter a lot of scammer

there are also other option like one of the bounty participants sell it to you or one of the team that have the supply already can sold it and you can buy direct to them if the owner allowed that transactions.

[tvplus006]

Actually you have a small wrong in your question.ICO coins are not available in exchanges and ICO means Initial Coin Offering.To buy ICO coin you have to use own website from the project.

Again IEO coins are available to buy from an exchange where it is launched.And IEO means Initial
Exchange Offering which is not available to buy outside of exchange before launch.
So hope now you got proper answer regarding your question about ICO.

Sometimes the team conducts both ICO and IEO. Such an example is the Cartesi project, which at the first stage conducted its ICO and bounty program on this forum. And after they raised the initial capital, they held an IPO on the Binance exchange.

[Zeke_23]

No.
Running an ICO means that this is only exclusive inside their website and was organized by the team itself. This event were being done privately to avoid any issues or difficulties, investors have their own account to where their token's bought can be seen privately. So, purchasing an ICO token outside the exchange is impossible and never happen even before.

[Chuky92]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

Many things happened during the era of ICOs and I wouldn't be surprised if it actually took place, but to the best of my knowledge, ICO is different from IEO where ICO takes place on the website of the project. Nowadays, since IEO is the order of the day, all buying of tokens takes place on the exchange alone unless they will host a private sell first, then move to exchange to finish up but in all cases, once IEO starts no more token will be sold except on the exchange.

[havoc928]

No.
Running an ICO means that this is only exclusive inside their website and was organized by the team itself. This event were being done privately to avoid any issues or difficulties, investors have their own account to where their token's bought can be seen privately. So, purchasing an ICO token outside the exchange is impossible and never happen even before.

Accurate! You can only purchase ICO on the Exchange that the project is listed and accompanied by. However, personally, I think ICO projects are not as profitable and valuable to invest right now. Furthermore, investing in ICO projects contains a great risk of being scammed. It has been happening many and many times in this market.  

[Reatim]

Actually you have a small wrong in your question.ICO coins are not available in exchanges and ICO means Initial Coin Offering.To buy ICO coin you have to use own website from the project.

Again IEO coins are available to buy from an exchange where it is launched.And IEO means Initial
Exchange Offering which is not available to buy outside of exchange before launch.
So hope now you got proper answer regarding your question about ICO.

OP is a Newbie and i think just starting to venture here in Crypto thats why he has no idea whats the different between the 2,Maybe He is pointing about IEO because Looking for exchange.
But if He is into ICO then what you said is correct buying in developers site but this is too risky as the scams mostly happening in pre sale ,Lets Hope he knows what to do right and listen to the advice put here by the majority.

[Free1bitco.in]

as far as I know, with ICO systems, you can't do that. because basically the distribution of tokens to all participants will be done after the ICO is finished. but, you might be able to do it with IEO. some IEO projects have been listed earlier before the IEO has actually been completed in several markets. it aims to strengthen investor confidence

[riso2015]

as far as I know, with ICO systems, you can't do that. because basically the distribution of tokens to all participants will be done after the ICO is finished. but, you might be able to do it with IEO. some IEO projects have been listed earlier before the IEO has actually been completed in several markets. it aims to strengthen investor confidence

Yeah right, we can only get ICO token when they make an ICO program, meaning we can only buy their tokens only on their website during ICO period, and we will get ICO tokens after ICO finished, it is different from the IEO program where we can directly buy their tokens on Exchange.

[culuuton]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

This is quite simple, you want to buy ICO tokens, you have to buy where they specify. It displays very detailed on the their website before private sale.

[tiang_tower]

Many things happened during the era of ICOs and I wouldn't be surprised if it actually took place, but to the best of my knowledge, ICO is different from IEO where ICO takes place on the website of the project. Nowadays, since IEO is the order of the day, all buying of tokens takes place on the exchange alone unless they will host a private sell first, then move to exchange to finish up but in all cases, once IEO starts no more token will be sold except on the exchange.

Yes, and one more thing is that by name both of them already look different, although the goal is also almost the same, namely selling tokens during the fundraising period so that the project can be successful, only in this case the ICO looks weaker so that the scammers are very easy to take advantage of the ICO's weaknesses for them make it a fraud field.

[Divinespark]

You can only buy from their website. That's how the ICO works, or you can wait for it to be listed at exchanges and buy them. I'm pretty sure the price will drop a lot after being listed at the exchanges

[Harlot]

I think the OP is referring to people offering the ICO offering to him directly, if that is the case this person is likely to scam you since if there are no official announcements coming from the ICO team about other offerings what this person is offering to you might be just a scam. Remember that you should rely on what the ICO team is saying on where their pre-sale is available and not believe what other people are telling, if someone offered you a specific number and they are offering you the ICO earlier even if the sale is not done yet this will be a red flag that the person is trying to scam you.

[Dpat]

You can't  purchase the token of ICO outside the exchange because it has yet to launch on the Exchange. At first the tokens are sold at ICO by the project team on their website as a public sale or private sale with more discount. So, at first you have to purchase the token from ICO or before the ICO if the company is selling out the token with an private sale in discount. Again, IEO is the same but a refined concept of the ICO which is directly lunch on the Exchanges.

[aioc]

Can the token of an ICO be purchased outside the Exchange (before its launch), that is, purchased on any website of the cryptocurrency itself or a website made exclusively for the sale of these tokens?

I don't know if this is a typo error or OP is not aware that ICO sales are not held on exchange the project has a page for their crowdfunding.
ICO is an old and will be obsolete type of crowdfunding, because investors trust token sale held in exchange via IEO than ICO.

[doctor877]

of course yes. sometimes its called presale and a different stage of ICO. this are usually done on the website of the project. majority of the projects are no longer using this method to raise funds for their project. whats in vogue now is IEO which take place on exchanges and trading will commence after the sale is over.

[_IRMAN]

Of course you can, this is usually called OTC (Over-the-counter) or off-exchange. Buyers and sellers meet directly in a place, in this case we usually use a telegram as a place. Some tokens / coins are traded like that before entering into official exchange.

[Emilyearl]

ICO tokens cannot be bought anywhere else aside the project ICO launchpad or website for the ICO. Its only IEOs that be bought on exchange. You can buy tokens not having an ICO anywhere but for ICO tokens, it can only be bought from project ICO launchpad

[WannaCry]

ico token can be purchased via their website only.. if the project announce that their are going to do an IEO it means it will be avaialable in exchange only..

[memed97]

ico token can be purchased via their website only.. if the project announce that their are going to do an IEO it means it will be avaialable in exchange only..

And usually each project will also choose one of the two things, because if the project makes a fundraiser through IEO, of course the team will not make fundraising in the form of ICO anymore, moreover it is already disliked by all investors, even if it is made, it will be in vain -just.

[ene1980]

Accurate! You can only purchase ICO on the Exchange that the project is listed and accompanied by. However, personally, I think ICO projects are not as profitable and valuable to invest right now. Furthermore, investing in ICO projects contains a great risk of being scammed. It has been happening many and many times in this market.  

The situation remains the same if you are not investing in established coins and projects, there is a higher risk that these projects may die off eventually or end up financially broken with some sort of sob stories where the developer ran away with the money they collected and so on, so there is always a high risk related to news projects be it ICO or IEO.

@OP initial public offering is offered by the team and no one else could provide that unless they are the team member and if you are approached by someone else make sure they are scammers.