PRODUCT NOT IDEA: No one care about your idea, we only care about your product. Stop flooding the blockchain with your idea, we all need working product on blockchain. If you are a Dev, make sure you have a working product.
CREDIBLE PARTNERS: A project with credible partners will surely have some level of support from credible crypto enthusiasts. Having credible partners can encourage the community to support such a project. Credible partners have a lot to do with the future of a project.
EXPERIENCED ADVISORS: A Dev must strive to have experienced advisors, decisions can make or destroy a project but with highly experienced advisors, a project is likely to go in the right direction.
BOUNTY MANAGER: Some project started falling right from the time of bounty campaign because of greedy bounty manager. If a project decides to conduct a bounty campaign, a good bounty manager should be employed.
REWARDS LOCKED: I will suggest that the rewards of the bounty hunters, team, advisors should be locked for a little time to stabilize the price of the token.
PRIVATE SALE: private sale token should be locked also for a little time for stability.
STAKING: Staking is one of the best ways to keep the price of a coin stable these days, so I will advise the team to introduce staking especially before the rewards of the bounty hunters, team and advisors are unlocked.
CIRCULATING SUPPLY: having small circulating supply at the beginning will no doubt help the price of a token (1% - 20%)
TOTAL SUPPLY: Personally I feel a total supply that is not much will give more room for growth in price.
GOOD EXCHANGE: It is no news that good exchange will help a good project.
The above list is purely based on research and observation, you might have a better opinion.
You are right in on certain points but actually I don't see any tokens get pump these days even before since some of them just conduct a fund raising just to get the money from people without providing a good promising product nor sustain there platform and almost all of them even if they get a low supply got dump.
And for sure no one in the bounty scene would like the lock up period since it could possibly make them lose there earned money when dump cames or the Dev run .