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Topic: Why do people invest in ICOs? Which factors matter most? [research project] (Read 168 times)

sr. member
Activity: 686
Merit: 250
People invest in ICO, hoping to make a profit. To invest 100 dollars and get 200 or even 300, it's very tempting. Unfortunately, many are literally blinded by the thirst for profit and do not see that investing in ICO, no longer brings such results that could be observed a year or two ago. It's more like the 21st century gold rush.
jr. member
Activity: 504
Merit: 5
We are two university researchers from Trier University (GER) and the Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL). We try to investigate why people invest in ICOs (decision criteria, motives, behavior) in an empirical fashion. Any help in filling out or promoting this survey would be greatly appreciated: https://www.unipark.de/uc/ICOs/

As a reward for your participation, you will receive a detailed report of the results. This report will give you actionable insights on how to optimize your investment strategy and will most importantly allow you to benchmark your decision making to a large sample of ICO investors. Also, the report will reveal interesting information about specific aspects of ICOs, such as investor motivations, the opinion on white papers, regulation, and many more. The results of the study and all related publications will be published Open Access and freely available.

Finally, if we reach 500 participants or more, we will hold an Ethereum raffle in which we will distribute 0.5 ETH to a randomly chosen person.


In ICO there's bonus attached to every amount you invest so the return is expected to be high and the probability of not getting your fund back is very low if you invest on Legit ICO project because the bonus is expected to bring back your investment funds in case if the coin did not meet up its ICO price in the crypto exchange ICO is every more beneficial to long term investors.
copper member
Activity: 140
Merit: 0
I think what matters most to ICO investors is the probability of making huge profits when it got listed. Some ICOs give up to x10 of the ICO price . But thus time many ICO investors are losing big because of the current market situation .
member
Activity: 420
Merit: 10
People invest to earn and I see no other reason to participate in these projects . I'm sure there are no people who do it just like that
member
Activity: 253
Merit: 10
For me, investing in ICO is a chance to earn as much money as possible and I do not pursue other goals at the moment
member
Activity: 115
Merit: 10
People mainly invest in ICO to increase their capital. It seems to be the most profitable at first glance and often really get a good profit
member
Activity: 294
Merit: 10
I like ICO and I invest a lot. Of course I expect a great profit, but if I help to implement the right idea, it will also be great for me.
newbie
Activity: 109
Merit: 0
People invest in ICOs because they hope they can get some easy money out of it. Not all projects may survive in the future and many turns out to be scams. So, doing thorough research is important. The details in the whitepaper, the team, advisory board etc. should be checked before investing in the ICOs and whether the project actually needs the help of blockchain should be considered too.
copper member
Activity: 196
Merit: 0
The thing that matter the most should be whether is the ICO legit a not. Even if the ICO does not moon after their ICO the value still can be there. If you invest in a scam ICO you might lose everything that you invest into it.
newbie
Activity: 56
Merit: 0
There are a few key factors that you should always look into while investing in an ICO. The team behind it is crucial for verifying transparency. White paper is very crucial to see how the interior and system actually works. The token distribution and Media Attention and community coverage is also significant to portray a well defined road map of the ICO, and provides a balanced view.
sr. member
Activity: 1092
Merit: 254
First of all people invest in ICOs in order to get the great income instead, that may give them the monthly income - sometimes holders of platform tokens may get the monthly income in the form of interest. Everyone has the own motivation - just having additional income, or collect for some other ideas, or become the part of supporters of the platform, but mostly it deals with the own profit. But sometimes people believe in idea and just try to support the leaders and the teamFirst of all people invest in ICOs in order to get the great income instead may mayo give them the monthly income - sometimes holders of platform tokens may get the monthly income in the form of interest. Everyone has the own motivation - just having additional income, or collect for some other ideas, or become the part of the developers of the platform, but mostly it deals with the own profit. But sometimes people believe in idea and just try to support the leaders and the team
newbie
Activity: 108
Merit: 0
We are two university researchers from Trier University (GER) and the Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL). We try to investigate why people invest in ICOs (decision criteria, motives, behavior) in an empirical fashion. Any help in filling out or promoting this survey would be greatly appreciated: https://www.unipark.de/uc/ICOs/

As a reward for your participation, you will receive a detailed report of the results. This report will give you actionable insights on how to optimize your investment strategy and will most importantly allow you to benchmark your decision making to a large sample of ICO investors. Also, the report will reveal interesting information about specific aspects of ICOs, such as investor motivations, the opinion on white papers, regulation, and many more. The results of the study and all related publications will be published Open Access and freely available.

Finally, if we reach 500 participants or more, we will hold an Ethereum raffle in which we will distribute 0.5 ETH to a randomly chosen person.



ICOs have token sales where early investors can benefit from buying coins early at a discounted price. The returns can be very high after the project is in full swing and the concept providing real life assistance towards issues. It is up to the investor to do his/her due diligence before investing in a cryptocurrency or an ICO. The nature of this digital market is very volatile which plays a part on the risky investment topic.
newbie
Activity: 336
Merit: 0
I think when a person studies thoroughly an ICO project and believe in it, then they decide to invest on it. Through ICO, funds can be raised which will add to your income. A good ICO project can make money 10-20 times faster than any other cryptocurrency.
member
Activity: 392
Merit: 13
People invest in ICOs for the same reasons that they are investing in coins that are already in the market and that is to make profit. ICOs actually give you an avenue to make a lot of money in a short time. People want to make money, that is the reason that they are investing in the coins in the first place. When people see a good project offering a good product that they are sure that people will be using for years to come then they definitely want to invest in the ico.
newbie
Activity: 54
Merit: 0
I think peoples are earning profit from ICO that’s why they invest on ICOs. In recent time ICOs is a great site for invest.
newbie
Activity: 252
Merit: 0
I thnik that we reach 500 participants or more, we will hold an Ethereum raffle in which we will distribute 0.5 ETH to a randomly chosen person.
newbie
Activity: 76
Merit: 0
people always get interested over those thingd which has better facilities and good freture,  so it is clear that ICO is definitely offering something more developed and smoother then others that is why people feel more comfortable to invest on it, and hopefully it will be better in the future
jr. member
Activity: 266
Merit: 1
I think most factor is that main idea. When the first time you are reading idea or etc. you need te believe something. Somethings should be attractive for you.
member
Activity: 378
Merit: 11
We need to do more research on ICO. I will participate in this survey and wait for the final report. ICOs have been disappointed lately, so I wonder what people think  Undecided
member
Activity: 210
Merit: 10
I think the motivation of most investors is only because ICO may have a huge return, which is the motivation of most people to participate. However, in my opinion, the risk of participating in ICO is actually very high.
jr. member
Activity: 322
Merit: 1
I think ICO is one of the reliable being on blockchain technology. I want to invest in ICO and I am a newcomer here, would this survey cooperate with me to being successful in this field?
jr. member
Activity: 280
Merit: 1
I think, because with investing in ICOs we can make a very high profit than just tradingngr mining. theis is just if we invest in good ICO, but if we invest in failure UCO, I think we can lose the very big amounttrading
member
Activity: 240
Merit: 10
It's mainly because ICOs have the high chance of big returns, but this always comes with a large amount of risk. It's as simple as that.
newbie
Activity: 33
Merit: 0
We are two university researchers from Trier University (GER) and the Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL). We try to investigate why people invest in ICOs (decision criteria, motives, behavior) in an empirical fashion. Any help in filling out or promoting this survey would be greatly appreciated: https://www.unipark.de/uc/ICOs/

As a reward for your participation, you will receive a detailed report of the results. This report will give you actionable insights on how to optimize your investment strategy and will most importantly allow you to benchmark your decision making to a large sample of ICO investors. Also, the report will reveal interesting information about specific aspects of ICOs, such as investor motivations, the opinion on white papers, regulation, and many more. The results of the study and all related publications will be published Open Access and freely available.

Finally, if we reach 500 participants or more, we will hold an Ethereum raffle in which we will distribute 0.5 ETH to a randomly chosen person.

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