This is a very wise strategy. Most of the projects hand out exactly their coin, thereby playing for a lower course. And you have chosen a very correct strategy.
Such an approach is indeed extremely rare. Usually, all the teams hand out only their coins to the bounty and airdrop. Developers IEX show their serious and careful attitude to their own coin. It is good to see!
It is evident that the project values its coin and is not ready to distribute it to people who will not value it. On the part of the team, this approach is correct.