I also think it is better to pay and made a listing for one exchange but known and with a large number of users than to list for several little-known exchanges ...
These are very correct thoughts. The presence of a coin on the top exchange will give the necessary liquidity to the coin and will help increase the popularity of the project.
The more popular the exchange, the higher the activity of traders there and of course the price is several times higher than that of ordinary exchanges, theres no point in popular