Vlogging or photography are the most obvious options that come to one’s mind when thinking of starting a business using a drone. There is no denying the fact that drones have changed the video making and photography industry. The impact is immense. However, people are venturing into other businesses as well as using the drones. Here are some of the business ideas that you can consider…
Advertising Business
Because a drone equips you with a lethal tool one needs to shoot detailed and unique advertisements, this idea should be at the top of your mind. However, an advertising business also asks you to be creative enough to come up with very different ideas. Working in an advertising agency for means to never let my creativity go to sleep. Recently, I shot an ad for Optimum packages. Although it was a difficult service to shoot for, many appreciated my idea.
The point is that owning a drone is not the end of the story if you want to enter the advertising business. It is just the beginning. People use drones to capture the humungous crowd that turned up for a concert or to take a shot of the traffic in a region or a city only to display it creatively later.
So, if you are already operating in the marketing sector or are a sucker for creative video making, drones will help you be a step ahead.
Offer Courses
Although drones are available for quite some time now, many people still do not know how to operate them. If you think that you are a pro at operating and using drones, you should come up with tutorials. Or you can introduce a complete course where you teach the subscribers through theory and practical videos both.
The courses will also involve you to have one-on-one sessions with the students or you can choose to teach them in a group. Because individuals won’t know how to handle a drone unless they do so practically. Hence, making practice an essential part of the course offered.
You can also offer the enrolled students licenses and certifications. But for that, you will have to get in touch with the organizations that are responsible for handling such certificates.
Rescue and Save Lives
You can even bring drones to better use than just making videos or taking pictures. You can use drones to search for a lost person, an animal or a valuable belonging. Search and rescue organizations are employing the use of drones as helicopters cost way too much. Drones are smaller when compared to helicopters. Also, they can access the most inaccessible areas. And there is no need for pilots to operate them either.
If one equips the drones with infrared or night vision sensors, it allows the rescue teams to search for lost individuals by emitting heat. Moreover, drones are also capable of delivering supplies needed in emergency cases.
Agricultural Surveys
You can also lend a hand to the agriculture department by aiding it to carry out surveys of the crops. Drones are revolutionizing the agriculture department. It is helping the sector by collecting information regarding the following:
- Soil hydration
- Pest/fungal infestations
- Variations in soil composition
The employment of drones allows the agriculture department to carry out surveys in an inexpensive manner. Moreover, drones come equipped with a large variety of sensors, giving many accurate results. One does not have to rely on manpower as a result. Apart from that, drones can be used for inspection on an hourly basis as well. There is no limitation.
Drone Leasing Business
People who have extra bucks to invest should invest in a couple of drones. Even 1-2 would do. If you do not want to operate the drones on your own, you can always lease them out. This will earn you money while you won’t be operating or using then drones yourself. However, this will ask of you to make a heavy investment.
You can choose the types of drones that you wish to lease. From the most basic ones to the professional editions, you can lease them all. Because there are a lot of individuals and companies that would rather rent a drone tan buy it for their projects. You can fill in the gap by leasing drones to these individuals or companies.
See, the options are way too much when you come to think of starting a business with drones. A common misconception among people is that they need an Internet connection to operate a drone. I also searched for various Optimum Internet costs for different packages before investing in a drone. I was looking for a reasonably priced and good connection. However, it was revealed to me later that one does not need an active Internet connection. You would only need the Internet to download the app through which you will operate the drone.