Whitelist marketplace for Web3: WhiteList Zone partners with Cointelegraph Accelerator
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In the Web3 space, one of the key challenges for new projects and products is finding the target audience, and for crypto enthusiasts and investors, finding new promising projects and the ability to get access to them faster than others. Therefore, whitelists become useful by addressing several important aspects.
A whitelist is a specially created list of addresses or users with authorized access to certain privileges. It provides access to activities such as pre-sales, token sales, initial coin offerings (ICOs), minting of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), or access to various events. It works like a closed guest list, allowing only approved members to join the group, keeping outsiders out.
Why whitelists are such an important tool
For crypto enthusiasts and investors, whitelists are an early access opportunity, allowing them to buy assets or participate in events before the general public. Whitelisting often comes with lower entry fees, additional token distribution, or lower gas rates, increasing investment potential. A notable example is Bored Ape Yacht Club members who received free NFTs whose market value subsequently significantly exceeded their initial price.
For projects, whitelists serve as a strategic tool to reward the most interested users by incentivizing them to participate in activities such as social media promotion and friend referrals to achieve their desired spot on the whitelist.
Additionally, whitelists ensure fair and legal distribution of tokens or resources, reducing the risk of ownership concentration. They also act as a regulatory safeguard by implementing Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures that verify the identity of participants. Essentially, whitelists act as a strong security measure, protecting projects from potential scammers or malicious actors by thoroughly vetting participants beforehand, ensuring that only legitimate individuals or entities can participate in their activities or projects.
How to get on the white list?
However, getting into the whitelist is quite difficult and at the same time risky. Users often have to register their wallets on the project's website as part of onboarding and compete with thousands of other crypto enthusiasts for the small number of available places. In addition, they must prove their worth by completing a variety of tasks, including creating user-generated content, social media support (likes, posts, follows), attracting referrals, and activities that increase brand awareness of the project.
For those who cannot obtain a whitelist spot through legal means, the black and gray markets are an alternative, but this often comes with its risks. Transactions in this space take place in less regulated and secure environments, such as over-the-counter groups on Telegram or Discord, leaving participants vulnerable to scams and attackers who can take advantage of their trust and desire to gain access to whitelists.
The most secure option for accessing whitelists
In response to these challenges, a revolutionary solution appeared - WhiteList Zone. Launched in alpha in June 2023, WhiteList Zone quickly established itself as a marketplace where crypto enthusiasts can directly purchase whitelists from startups, project owners, and whitelist winners. These whitelists function as golden tickets, granting investors the right to participate in initial decentralized offerings (IDOs), NFT mining, and other similar events organized by cryptocurrency projects.
Investors can say goodbye to gray markets and the uncertain terrain of Telegram and Discord channels as the WhiteList Zone now provides convenient and reliable access to whitelists. To purchase places on the white lists, investors just need to go to the marketplace, view the list of available projects, select the one they want, and complete the transaction in less than a minute.
WhiteList Zone is committed to working directly with startups and projects to ensure that scams and scams become a thing of the past. This means that when users access whitelisting capabilities in the WhiteList Zone, they can be confident that they are engaging in legitimate transactions.
Moreover, WhiteList Zone offers an easy-to-use interface and simple registration experience and continues to expand its support, currently covering over 140 cryptocurrencies, with plans to introduce convenient credit card payment options soon.
Focus on increasing user engagement
When it comes to projects that want to create whitelists, WhiteList Zone also becomes a better choice as the marketplace increases the level of motivation among whitelisted participants. This proactive and highly engaged community is a valuable asset for projects that seek active participation and collaboration. In addition, the platform generates information that helps projects make informed decisions. This data-driven approach helps in strategizing and optimizing whitelist distribution, leading to more effective results.
WhiteList Zone recently became the latest participant in the Cointelegraph Accelerator program. The company chose WhiteList Zone because of its potential to revolutionize the whitelisting market. The Ukrainian project with a team of 15 people has been successfully developing since the launch of the alpha version in June 2023. The platform has successfully attracted users from 71 countries and connected more than 50 projects, which together created more than 8,000 whitelists. Additionally, WhiteList Zone plans to launch its token generation event in the second quarter of 2024.