Is it necessary for a project to pay for listings now? There are so many new emerging exchanges with free listings, that it's not typical to pay $thousands$ for just 1 listing.
All these exchanges are just an empty word. We all understand that the main thing is not the fact of listing, but the fact that later there will be turnover on the stock exchange. It is for this that investors are paid to see that you can buy or sell large lots.
Sure, the listing on it's own means nothing. We need the end result of it.