Why are ICO periods long?

[Naswaty10]

maybe they are still waiting until the sales target reaches their target. and other possibilities. wait until the price gets better

[marksayson]

ICO period are sometimes categorized into phases with different bonuses and as such takes a longer period of time. The period is normally widened in order to reach more investors through the bounty advertisement and other means.

Not all ico have a long period of time on their tokensale. It still depends it on their sale marketing, some ico have a duration only in just 3-4 weeks, others are 2 months and more.

[Nestle]

Yes, by taking advantage of time and market conditions, I think the ICO project wants to get more enthusiasts. There are several ways to do the ico project, including extending the token sales period.

[Prime]

The biggest possibility if the ICO is longer than the initial target is the number of investors and the development of more and more projects and that causes delays that are still at a reasonable stage. If the delay made by ICO exceeds the target and is very long. That is suspect, most likely it is fraud.

[dentolas]

there are two different things:

ICO period is scheduled since the beginning and it is antecipated to be long (due to market conditions, marketing strategy, etc)

ICO period keeps getting longer and longer and that was not planned since the start... red lights .... these guys are not grabing the investment they want/need, they are greedy, or they are simply scamming for the most possible money... usually these ICOs don't have an happy ending...

cheers

[Ambu]

Now Many icos are alive in market but cryptomarket is falling so many people don't believe icos .if market price is falling theirs icos tokens cannot reach target value . Basically they are waiting for market growth.

[owmivmen]

Because it is not easy and short to achieve maximum sales. The ICO project took a long time to convince investors and develop their projects.

[Nanagyasi]

I think ICOs have such a lengthy time to enable enough sales to be done. At the end of it all, at least they must hit softcap and if they shorten the period and they don't make enough sales, the project will definitely die off.
I think maybe the bear market has also contributed to the long period for ICOs since sales of the token may be slow.

[poshare]

ICO period are sometimes categorized into phases with different bonuses and as such takes a longer period of time. The period is normally widened in order to reach more investors through the bounty advertisement and other means.

I think If the ICO periods long, we can get many tokens. If you ranks is high, you can join in short period. It is my opinion.

I know the only one really long ICO which is extraordinary successful - EOS. 

[stefano]

ICO period are sometimes categorized into phases with different bonuses and as such takes a longer period of time. The period is normally widened in order to reach more investors through the bounty advertisement and other means.

I think If the ICO periods long, we can get many tokens. If you ranks is high, you can join in short period. It is my opinion.

I know the only one really long ICO which is extraordinary successful - EOS.

How long was the EOS ICO and was it announced to be long or did they extend it in the ICO phase to be longer than it was planned to?
PS: did you participate?

[levyashin]

It is mostly about they are looking for too many funds they would get for.

If they are sure will get enough money, they are making short icos.

[Zed0X]

It depends on many things, one of which is the condition of the market. In a bear market, many projects find it harder to raise the funds needed to they either expend or suspend then continue at a later date. Other reasons could be related to changes in regulations.

[laughingburger]

Most ICO having long period is because they are lacking the awareness of the public and in order to reach their soft or hard cap they need the awareness and investors to buy their coin so if the period is too short they are not able to achieve the results.

[badjoke]

i think 6 months ago ico periods was not that long . I see 6-9 month projects and this is really bad for bounty hunters.

[fritzbitcoin]

Lack of funding to proceed with their project and they are forced to do that.