Topic: Survey! Investing in ICO - page 3. (Read 2322 times)

Yes,I vote "when only its very promising" ico.Because sometimes I invest on good ico.When I see ico road map is something different other ico than I interested to invest on ico it's my strategy.

every day become more difficult to find a good projects, almost 50% are scam, and you just lose ur money. It's always risky, but sometimes it worth it.
I chose tactics - try to invest in projects from my country, where I clearly understand the idea and stages of it implementing. And very important for me is recommendations from person, who already successful in investing. 

First, you gotta do a lot of research and be at least 99% sure it's not a scam

Thank you for the information. I just have not really figured out how to invest in such projects.

The concern about losing money is a very valid one. I wrote an whole article about why investing in ICOs should be looked at differently. You can read it here  https://www.kela.io/the-coin-that-wont-make-you-rich.html

It's also why we are buying actual diamonds via our parent company's network (Live Rates Feeds), so that even if something bad happens, the coin holders can redeem the coins for the diamonds.

When it comes to investing there are certain things that you should consider and one is to have a research in each coins you encounter. Having a knowledge on how each ico's made a project and how promising it will be will let you determine and make you trust them.

DAO casino? Gambling ICO's are overall unprofitable. Best is to see if they have good dividend payouts and else I wouldn't go anywhere near those.
There are allot of good ICO's though but I'd say to have some economic insight is a great advantage.
Every ICO will present itself as the best but reality proves different. I find that it helps to be very pessimistic about every ICO at first so you're skeptical and ask questions.
If you can answer those questions and prove yourself wrong thats a big plus.

I like to have a filtering process. I mostly go with ICO's that have a clear problem/solve strategy. Allot of ICOs aren't worth the time though. It may seem great but thats mostly on paper, practically its far more difficult. You have to account that most startups fail and I don't see that any different for crypto.

Some ICO's that I invested in lately:

Substratum, Electroneum, Soferox (Soferox was a bit of a gamble, didn't read anything.) But hey.. its my money..

Substratum was more a case of that I liked the Idea behind it and I can't really give a fly if it tanks or goes up cause I believe in the core principles.
Plus they we're having a hurricane relief pot (10% of purchase) and I think that is great. On top of that I might get a free T-Shirt so I'm happy!

Electroneum was I guess the only one I looked seriously at and bought in because of its potential utility it has.

I have only one upcoming ICO that I will be investing in because I think the application could be enormous and it has a professional/experienced team behind it.

I prefer investing in existing coins because atm there's a bit of an ICO craze so it really has to be worthwhile. Lots of people looking for cheap deals to turn into instant profit.
Can't blame them though.
Substratum was hodled by the community and I think thats a big plus. Shows commitment and believe in its core value's of what its trying to solve as a currency.

The first and only ICO I went for was DAO. Haven't touched another coin offering ever since that massive fail.

There are too many projects around, I always do research and I invest in ICO when I find it to be promising.

As I've voted on the pole I really expect an ICO to be special and promising al leaf for myself before investing any money. The problem is that it's hardly possible to make out which one is really going to become is success and doesn't just look to be being cut for that- so the problem is how do we detect that- and I'm still unsure about the best way myself.

The way I'm getting aware of new ICO's? I can check icoalert or read about it hear on bitcointalk or somewhere on Forbes, for example

I'm still afraid to invest in new projects because it's hard to predict whether it will succeed or not. Also recently, a lot of scammers because of which you can lose money. I'm just watching.

I think to invest in ICO is a good idea. However, you should be very cautious and study carefully the who information about the project. You should pay attention to the amount and type of content displayed on the website. A good ICO will ALWAYS have quality and in-depth information which clearly explains what the particular ICO is all about. Then you should pay attention to the information about the founder and the team. It is very important that the ICO be founded by someone who has had prior experience in the relative field along with a team of strong developers and legal advisors. LinkedIn and Medium in particular are great places to check out the professional background of the ICO team and their expertise. Then they should also have a very good whitepaper. You can also see which large fonds and investors have decided to be a part of the Initial Coin Offering. And you can also learn about escrow or other ways to protect investors. You can also pay attention to professional reviews and rates in the rating agencies.
So, if you study everything in detail you can make a good profit from investing into an ICO.

In the start it I thought it useless to invest in ICO but when for the first time I invest in ICONOMI and got the great result I started to invest in other ICOs too and then I found this way as a great way to earn bigger profit with a short time period. I now do not trade much but when a new promising ICO come I invest in it on the first day and when they put the coin on exchange I sell them all earning the whole discount rate.

For getting informed I often visit the altcoin announcement section for knowing about upcoming ICOs. I also get informed on the services section when new signature campaign is started.

You are absolutely right about the risk about most ICOs, which is why we actaully use most of the money to buy the asset that's backing our coin.
Like that, even in the worst case scenario, the coin holders can redeem their coins for the asset itself (which can be traded/ sold/ used).

I will only invest in coins/projects that have really nice whitepaper and some working beta product or prototype.
I don't just invest in them after clicking banner ads displayed all over the internet, if they are launching their platform after almost a year than its not worth to invest in them and wait for more than a year to be able to cashout.

you should really do your research well. you should see in detail the existing team behind the ICO. And it must be clear white paper in ICO.

yes i invest ico because i believe ico good project , have roadmap before i buy ico first i check coinschedule.

Actually, Investing on ICO's was not too different with investing on bitcoin and other altcoin. its a risky investment . But most of people are seeing ICO's as a scams, and yes, Some of them was. Thats why, before you investiong to an ICO, you need to read about the project, knowing the project, make a research on it . Ico are not for those who are new in cryptocurrency. Even other's say so. Investing in Ico needs a lot of patience, cause its need time to give you profit. So just Assume that you give them a loan with a spesific interest, and when the time comes, they will pay full + interest in one time.

Read:

3 kinds of ICOs - Protect Yourself
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/3-kinds-of-icos-protect-yourself-2243157