Topic: Bounty Programs: How do you decide? (Read 212 times)

As harizen notes, even after researching (which you should absolutely do) success depends mostly on luck as there are many variables out of your control. Therefore, if after your research you are convinced and feel confident in the project, by all means go for it. The following link provides a comprehensive guide for you to use as a template while doing your research: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/analysing-icos-and-crypto-projects-3752728

I usually follow campaigns of good managers (ex. Amazix) or use ico rating sites to protect scam and choose projects with high marks(https://icobench.com, https://icorating.com)

Take the risks, that's it. Why?

Because even how well properly detailed the future development is, even how popular it is, even how famous and reputable their advisors is, even how well their marketing is, even how good and stunning their whitepaper is, even how large their community is, even how good the speculation for the project is, we all don't know what will happened until the end.

So what to do now? Take what I mentioned as reference and to minimize the risks of being deceived and hope that the project will not turned shit after ICO which is usual even they reached hardcap and required target. Well then goodluck.

I'm participating in bounty by popular bounty teams with interesting projects. The best teams: Bountyplatform, BountyHive, AmaZix and TokenSuite.

With a very trusted manager, it assures that the participants are in good hands.
I love free stuff but what if that free stuff worth nothing? Its normal to do research for the bounty you are about to join so thats what I do.
Signature.

Most of the time I check idea behind the project,team & Bounty manager. Also I consider coin allocation for bounty campaign in each category which I do.(FB,Twitter,Telegram etc).If those are good ,I will do it.While doing a bounty please check whether the stakes are updating. If not contact the bounty manager.If you do not satisfy about his reply,  Don't do that bounty any more .good luck

I'm choosing project who has a good idea and already done it at least 50%. I'm not choosing projects like EOS or something another which can't do a work without 1 000 000 000 on development.

First of all, I pay attention to what kind of coins or tokens will give in each award. If they do not look promising at all, then I'm on another campaign.

Do a quick reaserch it will only cost small on your time,  joining without any knowledge on the project you want to participate is like doing a job without expecting a salary or sometimes totally free.

 Hello .How to find SCAM or not SCAM?

Before do a bounty programme it worth do your own research about ICO project because the project couldn't meet the soft cap boundary, most of the time bounty hunters not get paid.

Project team and Concept.
Bounty manager
Participate count(if it has too much of participant, then you will get a small share)

Guarium is good ICO project currently going on, you can participate for it's bounty programme also. if you are interested, let's join.
Ann: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3293429   
Bounty thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bountyairdroppre-ico-live-guarium-e-commerce-automation-huge-pool-3359820   

Thanks for the link, really helpful! 

The first thing I look at will be the ICO's whitepaper. It should be precise and the team behind it should be trust worthy. Researching about the CEO will also help since they are the face of the product. The second thing I look at will be the duration of the campaign. I can only go for maximum 3 months and I can still leave if the ICO doesn't sell their coin properly. The last thing I check will be the Manager of the campaign and the bounty allocation. This is the most important part for me because this will determine how I will get paid. Hope this helps.

Why limit yourself to one source("Twitter? Telegram?")?
You can simply join all various bounty programs, only signature, and sometimes telegram requiring profile picture/name, is limited.
It's up to you how much time you'll want to spend for bounties, surely alot of the projects suck, but you could atleast join their Telegram, no reason not to  
When it comes to Twitter and Facebook and other social media bounties, they generally are the ones that take a bit of time, and also requires reporting it on time,
so it could easily get out of hand unless you're organized!

For finding what project to dedicate most of your resources to (signature and such), it's only a matter of researching the project, considering how much the bounty allocation is, and how much the signature program allocation is.
I wrote a guide about analysing ICOs which you might find helpful: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/analysing-icos-and-crypto-projects-3752728

I look at the prices of tokens on pre-sale, I study white paper and the number of coins for participation.

When I choosing a bounty program to participate, I look for several things.

First one I do is investigate whether the start up is a legitimate one. No one want to promote scam projects and waste the time. Usually I check whether the start up is a registered company and whether the team is real or not.

Then I do a research whether the project is a practical one and will it really solve a problem. You know that whitepapers may stay as whitepapers with fancy words forever. The start up should make a working product or service in the end.

Next, I check whether the team has enough qualifications, experience as well as the motivation to carry out the project. There is no point to promote projects where the team is inexperienced or no motivation to carry out the project.

Then I check how they do marketing in order to reach the soft cap of the ICO. Usually I check whether they do press releases in major news channels, whether they participate in related conferences and meet ups as well how they manage sponsorships in order to reach more investors. I personally think that it is difficult to reach investors from bounty campaigns alone. There is a massive competition in ICOs. Therefore, investors may not just depend on information they get from bounty hunters. Team should actively engage with the community and answer all queries arising from the community.

Last one would be checking the breakdown of bounty allocation for each campaign. I will examine which campaigns gives me the most with my strengths. Then I choose those campaigns  that I think I can get the most.


I should say it's almost similar to a process that an investor does before investing in an ICO. As a bounty participant we should promote legitimate and quality ICOs which gives good returns to investors while we get compensated by promoting those ICOs.
 

I may first check their reliability, second the duration of the campaign, third the rewards and lastly the profit.

Join Bitscreener's Bounty Campaign to get BITX. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bounty-bitscreener-the-1-crypto-tracker-real-products-real-ico-3353693

Review the white paper, team, and the Idea. 3D-Chain’s bounty campaign will be announced in next couple of days. Please Subscribe to our mailing list (http://3dchain.io/), Join our Twitter (https://twitter.com/3dChain) and Telegram group (https://t.me/DecentralizedManufcturing).

There are tons of bounty programs going live now or planning to go live. How do you decide what program you want to be a part of? Do you research the company or just love free stuff? How do you get most tokens, Twitter? Telegram? Another source?