What does waves offer different than ethereum? Because if they are almost indentical, aka the same thing then I don't see why would anybody want to make and switch between ethereum and Waves. Ethereum is somewhat standard where people will want to lunch their own tokens and built their smart contracts, with huge support from the community and this is why it will be in my mind when it comes to smart contracts and dApps and tokens in general. Why is Waves better, or why would I want to do anything on ti rather than do it on ethereum???
First of all, I would advice to just try the Waves platform for yourself, as it is important to form your own judgement and user experience. Also, you can read a lof of information on their Website, or join their Discord channel.
There are some major differences between Waves and ETH.
1) Waves has Leased proof of stake (LPOS) consensus algorithm. No hardware needed for mining. You can start your own node, or lease them to another node.
2) Waves has the new generation consensus algorithm implemented (Waves NG). This means the network can handle much more transactions per second than ETH (around 8.5x faster) and it can scale up even faster. ETH had a lot of issues in the past with handling large volumes of transactions.
3) Waves has much lower transaction fees than ETH
4) Waves has an integrated working DEX on it's platform. You can exchange crypto's for only 0.003 Waves, which is around 0.01 USD today.
5) Waves has a very user friendly wallet, both desktop and online version
6) By owning Waves you will receive regular airdrops and miner rewards (passive income)
7) This year, Waves will implement smart contracts and atomic swaps.
I own Waves since beginning of 2017 and really believe on the long term potential of this project. It has an actual working product, with a clear unique vision for the future. Also, it has a state of the art technology that can scale up for mass adoption with "Waves NG". When smart contracts and atomic swaps are implemented, Waves can easely compete with ETH, or NEO from a technical point of view.
There are so many over-hyped cryptos in the space that have no proven working product, or are just copies/forks from the same thing. i am sure that at some point there will be a major shake-out in the market. Having a solid working product will be the key for survival on the long term.
I think exciting times are waiting for us 
Could be a little confusing for new interested people. 