I know there are a number of threads on this, but I wanted to ask some specific questions. Thanks to all in advance for any help/advice you can provide:
I'm getting my 107 cert, and I looked online and found virtually nothing in my area for either full time jobs, or people looking for someone with a drone to help them (i.e. take pictures for Real Estate, farm land, or inspection images. or anything else drone-related).
1) For those that have flown commercially and make money using their drone, how did you come about the job(s)? Did you already work in a profession where, once drones became more available, you realized they could be used there? Did you do some advertizing/marketing in the area describing what you could do for a customer? (this is kind of my plan now, making flyers/business cards, etc)
2) Is much of the commercial work one-time-deal (i.e. freelance work), where you inspect a building or some other structure, or take some real estate pictures for various agents, or survey farmland and get paid for that work individually?
3) How much do you charge for freelance work like the above?
4) How feasable do you think it is that you could earn a living doing commercial drone work?...or is it something that, in most cases, is done on the side for some extra money.
5) Do you charge for travel (say you have to drive 2 hours round trip to the location, but will only spend a half hour getting the images they want). How would you handle that?
6) How do you acutally deliver the video/photos you create to clients (assuming that you take pictures/video, then leave, maybe do some post editing....then, how do you get the the product back to the customer)? I think you can use Google Drive, but wasn't sure.
Sorry for all the long-winded newb questions, just trying to get some insight on how people got started and what to expect.
Thanks very much for any suggestions, tips, and insight anyone has.
I'm getting my 107 cert, and I looked online and found virtually nothing in my area for either full time jobs, or people looking for someone with a drone to help them (i.e. take pictures for Real Estate, farm land, or inspection images. or anything else drone-related).
1) For those that have flown commercially and make money using their drone, how did you come about the job(s)? Did you already work in a profession where, once drones became more available, you realized they could be used there? Did you do some advertizing/marketing in the area describing what you could do for a customer? (this is kind of my plan now, making flyers/business cards, etc)
2) Is much of the commercial work one-time-deal (i.e. freelance work), where you inspect a building or some other structure, or take some real estate pictures for various agents, or survey farmland and get paid for that work individually?
3) How much do you charge for freelance work like the above?
4) How feasable do you think it is that you could earn a living doing commercial drone work?...or is it something that, in most cases, is done on the side for some extra money.
5) Do you charge for travel (say you have to drive 2 hours round trip to the location, but will only spend a half hour getting the images they want). How would you handle that?
6) How do you acutally deliver the video/photos you create to clients (assuming that you take pictures/video, then leave, maybe do some post editing....then, how do you get the the product back to the customer)? I think you can use Google Drive, but wasn't sure.
Sorry for all the long-winded newb questions, just trying to get some insight on how people got started and what to expect.
Thanks very much for any suggestions, tips, and insight anyone has.