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Key factors to consider in project launches
We want your sale to be as successful as possible! Here are some key factors that will take your sale to the next level:
Website
The projects website is a key factor when it comes to a token launch. In most cases, a projects website is the first thing a potential investor will review, providing the first impression to any potential investor, making it crucial to the tokens launch. It is pinnacle that the website looks professional and displays all necessary investor information.
Project Information
All projects have some type of necessary information that needs to be broadcasted to it's investors to ensure that there is an understanding of what the project is all about. To do this, be sure to describe what your project is about and explain why someone would want to invest in it. A potential investor must be able to easily understand what the project is about by using your website. Use strong keywords that convey a lot of information. Think thoroughly about how the information on the website should be laid out and portrayed to an individual looking at it.
Elaborate and detailed explanations are often better suited in a whitepaper or deserve a dedicated page on the website which goes into more detail. Most potential investors quickly skim through the projects website to get an idea of what the project is about and then read the whitepaper for specifics, so avoid getting caught up in going into too much detail on the website. Less is more, and conveying the most with the least amount of words is key to attract investors to your project.
The Whitepaper
There should always be a direct link on your website to a whitepaper or litepaper on a token that is getting ready to launch. A whitepaper is a document that informs potential investors concisely about the project and presents the issuing body's philosophy on whatever the matter is. It is meant to help the reader understand all the critical details within your project. A litepaper is a variant which is less involved in specificity and gives a much broader overview of the project. Creating a litepaper can also be a great starting point to figure out what information you would like to convey on your website's homepage. Remember - for the websites homepage, less is often more, as it draws the investor to want to know more. However, for the whitepaper, be sure to be very thorough.
If your whitepaper is not available yet there should still be a dedicated section or page on your website where it can be found once available. This ensures potential investors know where to find it once released. All key aspects of your project should be explained within the whitepaper and is the primary way to help investors understand the project in greater detail. Without a whitepaper it is very likely that investors will not take the project seriously.
The Team or "Doxxing"
Convince investors there is reason to believe in the team behind the project. Serious investors are not easily convinced if they do not know who is behind the project and have no way of finding out. In the crypto space this is referred to as "doxxing". That means putting certain information such as a name, picture and background information of a person publicly on your website. Not every team member has to be doxxed but it helps to gain trust having members with important roles within your project to be publicly known. Providing past experiences is also beneficial, especially when the experience is widely known or can be verified by investors.
Project Roadmap
A roadmap explains where the project is headed and helps investors understand the road ahead, providing confidence that the team has a plan, a vision and direction. It is recommended to have this information on your website so it is easily found by investors. The roadmap is a visual representation of where the project is now and where it is headed. It's beneficial for both the team and investors to have a roadmap as the team be able to refer back to it and ensure they are still on track.
The Tokenomics
Tokenomics are a very important aspect of your project. Many investors like to know details such as the total supply of tokens, that there is no ability to mint more tokens than agreed to, and how those tokens get divided between the launch sale, private sale, team tokens, liquidity and so on. Serious investors take the time to have a full understanding of a projects tokenomics. Displaying all token details, on both the website and in the whitepaper, will solidify a potential investor into a guaranteed one.
Token Contract
Having a publicly available contract for the token associated with the project is essential for gaining trust. Keep the contract publicly available on the website so investors can cross-reference it and verify they are investing into the correct sale. Doing so will help investors avoid being scammed by projects that are attempting to mimic the sale and posing as the real thing. Making the contract's code verified on BSCscan allows the investors the ability to read the code and ensure there are no bugs or malicious functions that allow the stealing of the tokens. The token contract is the heart of your project on the blockchain, so you must be absolutely sure there are no mistakes. Providing a contract audit can help with this.
Smart Contract Audit
A smart contract audit allows your project to eliminate flaws that would be exploited by malicious actors to perform unauthorized activities on your token contract, such as minting (illegitimate) tokens. Design flaws, security vulnerabilities, and programmatic problems are the primary focus of an audit. In addition, smart contract auditors often provide a clear audit roadmap to assist you in better understanding the process. As a result of a smart contract audit, the auditor provides a report specifying all detected vulnerabilities and their severity level. You can then target these vulnerabilities and fix them in the token contract.
Marketing
A strong project needs marketing. The launch can only be strong if enough people have laid their eyes on the project and if plenty of investors decided to buy tokens. Setting a goal and managing expectations can help, so define what audience you want to reach, how big that audience needs to be, and how much conversion you want from that audience. Set a clear goal of the funds that will be required to make the project successful and be realistic in how much of it should be provided by launching a token sale. Some important marketing factors include (but are not limited to):
AMAs
Hosting AMAs (Ask-Me-Anything sessions) on various platforms such as Telegram and Twitter can generate a lot of traffic to your project. This is a must if you want to reach the largest audience possible. These sessions are often scheduled leading up to the launch of your project, giving the listeners an appropriate time to conduct more research on your project.
Social Channels
In order to reach out to as big of an audience as possible, your project needs to be present and active on important social media platforms. Within the crypto space, one of these platforms is Twitter. Ensure to pick platforms that your goals align with and you are able to actively maintain. Using a lot of platforms can result in some having too little activity, so choose accordingly. It is always possible to expand the amount of social channels later on.
Ad Spaces
There are many ways to advertise your project using ad space on other platforms. Advertising on large platforms such as Facebook and Google have become difficult because they no longer allow crypto advertisements. There are other platforms within the crypto space that allow for advertising of other projects.
Launch Calendars
Hosting your project on dedicated launch calendars can reach out to a large audience that are actively looking for new projects. Our CrowdX platform is a perfect example of such a calendar. There are other websites that provide insight into newly launching projects, but none provide as much as ours. You are free to add your own project to the platform to get more eyes from within our ecosystem on your project.
News Channel
Having a dedicated news channel helps funnel important information into a single place and makes it easier for investors to find the latest updates. It can also help with Google search results. A common channel that projects use is a Medium page. Medium is an online publishing platform and allows you to write articles on your own dedicated page. Another good option is having a 'blog' on your project website where news gets posted. Medium is a good option because it provides an easy way for investors to subscribe to new articles with their e-mail address, which may require more work to setup in your own blog.
Creating a buzz
The most successful projects are ones that get talked about before they launch. Your project needs to be exciting enough to 'create a buzz'. That buzz is that people are talking about the project outside of the project itself or the platform it launches on. The buzz is unique to each project and heavily involves the marketing of the project and how that marketing gets applied.
Project Launch Platform
How and where you will be launching your project is another key factor to consider. Our platform has two options: Vsale and Launchpad. It is recommended to read more about both options to make a decision on which you would like to launch your project.
Practicing your launch
When using Vsale you have the option to make use of the testnet network to practice your sale and try out our platform free of charge. Testnet makes it possible to create a sale just like how you would on the main dApp. This makes for a great way to do a practice run of your sale and get more confidence in launching your project.
Protecting liquidity
Ensuring the liquidity cannot be stolen is a big factor for investors to trust the project. This is often referred to as 'locking the liquidity'. What it means is that the liquidity which is used for trading the token cannot be taken out, often referred to as 'rug pulling' the project. Vetter Platform uses Vault to automatically lock your liquidity once your project launches. More can be read on the Liquidity Locking page.
Token locking & vesting
Vault can also be used to lock tokens (not just liquidity) and is a great way for token vesting within the project. It also makes it easily accessible by investors and possible for them to verify that the vesting within the project is realized.
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