Topic: What are the 3 thing you look for in an ICO? - page 5. (Read 6348 times)

First is their concept, objectives, mission and vision to prove that their ICO will be success in the future. Second is their whitepaper, read the whitepaper from start to finish. Before I join in the ICO, I want to see the sincerity and integrity of the team. Then, third is the budget allocation and price. If the budget is big, the tokens you can earn is big. Be aware on the ICO scam.

- White paper
- Team
- Website design 

1-Team members
2-Project realty
3-Affiliate and referral structure
4-Token distribution
5-community activity
these are my key points
usually team members are very important for me and communication through telegram will be a light

Personally I have 4 specific aspects that I focus on.

1. Logical idea with a sound white paper to back it up
2. Solid and interactive team
3. Token valuation: I always look for low valuations
4. Community involvement / "Hype"

There are three fundamental factor that l put into consideration before I get on any ICO. Namely:
1. An idea that change status quo in any giving sector or industry
2. A team of experienced professionals who has work all their lives on the idea they are prompting.
3. A working something. What I mean by 'working something ' is something of value I can hold on to in an exchange for my money. Working software, existing customers etc.

If only 3 thing , i agree with you.
but, just additional for concept , The idea make sense , will deserve to be considered .

For me, the number one thing to look at is the team, their expertise and experience. Then the core concept, the road-map and its real life applications if any, I'd always prefer something that has real life application or usage. And finally, I do take into consideration its vibe, how the public is actually perceiving it, because after-all its the people who can make it successful or a failure.

The first is concept of the project is interesting and different than the others
Second is management team has experience and expertise in the field
Third is whether the product is needed and has a larga market share

1. Ability to implement - Many of the ICO's right now are mostly fluff with no clear way to implement their product in the real world. ICO's like Kin who is being spun of Kik Interactive, Unikoin gold off Unikrn, and one coming up called Kudos which is being implemented by the team behind Skedaddle,(the rapidly growing on-demand long distance transit network) have a distinct advantage putting their coins into action. An already established user base is vital toward kickstarting the network.
2. Vision - Is this product actually going to fix a problem? Despite all it's promise, blockchain isn't always the answer. Many companies are using blockchain just seemingly because. I look for companies that are using blockchain to solve problems that were previously difficult or impossible to fix, and now with the advent of blockchain can be properly addressed.
3. Development/Advisor teams - In a space so heavily saturated with ideas and speculation you need to have faith in the people behind it. Ensuring that the team behind the token sale has adequate experience growing seed ideas and creating user-friendly software will in many cases be the difference between a successful and unsuccessful ICO. Having the right mentorship and connections from advising teams feeds into this as well.

I think the first and the most important thing to look for in an ICO is the concept in which the ICO is based upon. The idea behind the ico has to be unique and innovative if you want good amount of returns.
The team is another important factor. A good team ensures high returns in less time.
The third factor according to me is the popularity of the ICO as a popular ICO is like to raise more funds which are essential for development of the project.

BetKing will re-activate its bitcoin casino platform announcing the start of its ICO for August 7, 2017. The famous online bitcoin casino BetKing will soon be back with a new and improved platform. The re-launching of the platform follows an ICO campaign that began on August 7, 2017 and continued through September 4. BetKing's ICO offered investors and customers an opportunity to support the re-launch by buying BetKing Bankroll tokens. The new BetKing avatar will integrate many new features, including new casino titles and support for additional cryptocurrencies. Launched initially in April 2013, an earlier version of BetKing with a three-year period of success, becoming one of the most famous online casinos. However, dissatisfied with a current offer, one platform issued profit payments to all its members and suspended operations in December 2016 with the intention of doing a relaunch the following year.

Before investing I usually define my investment principles as follows:
1. The size of the product and the platform of the project to the whole market
2. Their work team is serious and frequent interaction with investors
3. The project must have a strong enough community to promote the project
4. The road map of the project must be reasonable
5. The supply of the project

The first thing is funcitonallity it's really important because it shows the futures second it's team behind the project if they are providing enough information about campaign and token third it's unique technological opportunities

Correct some people think that investing in a new coin with a new concept is the best way to go but if the concept has never been tried and there is not a beta or something that tells you that this is going to be a complete gamble, if it works you could earn a fortune but if you fail you could lose all your money since it could be one of those projects that never presents a working product.

The things I look for in an ICO are
Team composition,Bitcoin talk.org thread,stage of the project,what do they need the token for?,token distribution,whitepaper,etc.

I definitely go for analysing team, project, vision, whitepaper and website. But before investing, I always wait for 3-4 days and analyze the investment growth. If they are already raising millions in initial days, then yes that ICO has some potential and I myself invest in it. Otherwise, I either wait more or just completely ignore the particular ICO. Sometimes the project do have potential, but it didn't get marketise properly. Investing in such ICOs isn't worthwhile too.

I loled as well, who in their right mind is going to invest in a coin in which Paris Hilton seem to be the image of the coin, she is good at selling perfumes and stuff like that but crypto? Anyway how many people have invested in the ico is important if too many people have invested then that is not good but if too few people invested that is not good either.

Depends on what you are looking for.

If you want to flip for a quick profit, the only thing you need to look at is hype and supply and demand.  If there is much more demand than the available supply the price will go up after it gets released and you can flip for a quick profit.  For this case, the team and the actual product is really irrelevant.  Something like Kyber will instantly produce profit because hype but who knows if they will ever release a product.

If you are looking for a 1-4 month hold
1) Market cap / Hard cap  (A company raising 10M will have bigger short term growth potential than company raising 50M due to supply and demand)
2) How close the product is to release.  If close to finish product it will be less likely to be a scam and the team is working hard to finish it.  This creates hype.
3) How much is the team putting into marketing.  More in to marketing, more hype.

If you are looking to hold for 1year +
1) Team
2) Market potential (If its something that the mainstream person will use then it will get adopted and used much quicker.  Something niche will take a lot more advertisement and marketing)
3) The community that is backing it.  (ie bitcoin and etherum have a very strong community for development and growth)

This looks like a nice summup of the stuff you want to look at before getting into an ICO.
For me an actual product is another thing to look at.

I'd add that the business model proposed really needs a blockchain. Today, everybody is creating ICOs even for business that don't really need a decentralized ledger or have no strict privacy requirements