- Joined
- Jan 16, 2018
- Messages
- 143
- Reaction score
- 52
- Age
- 68
- Location
- Maine
- Website
- www.kestrelsolutionsuav.com
I have done very few paying gigs through Droners,io and/or Dronebase.com. I'm sure these were well intended startups and sometimes seem to provide a liaison between 107 pilots and the consumer of our services. Well .. uh ...
In my opinion, however, a fundamental difference between the 2 mentioned above is that Dronebase.com establishes the compensation schedule/amounts per job without input from the pilot. Or if in fact it is the service requester setting the price, that too is not evident and just as much of problem for the service provider professional. I have the luxury of not needing or wanting to pack up, prep, drive 30 mins (or more) for an hour shoot and provide a product worth considerable more, for $40. Or $50. Or ... you get the picture.
This is not a good business model for the goals and aspirations of my company. And while one can choose to opt out or not participate (like me i.e.), its seems like a great opportunity to inform the consuming public has gone by the wayside sadly. The scope of the job pricing is not known to pilots nor consumers it would seem. If that company has an algorithm for its business/pricing model I doubt it is handily available to the public eye and I suppose that's OK in most cases. This does however make one wonder just how services, both provided and purchased are valued and aggregated and does little to effectively allow me to manage my business model as well.
I think it would be most unfortunate were this to become a precedent in this fledgling industry. If a realtor thinks my rates are too high then I have a decision to make: 1) lower my rate and let the buyer set the rules; or 2) respectfully decline the opportunity. I've seen a number of realtors think they could just go buy a Phantom and create a nice B-Roll themselves with little or no flying experience, no Part 107 cert, and little or no post processing experience and would rather post the latter result then admit they overestimated themselves and underestimate the professional.
I will continue to work hard to grow my skill sets, both in the air, on location and at my computer console and hope that I reach a level of proficiency that will command a decent level of compensation for me and for you too.
quatro centavos yo pensando
In my opinion, however, a fundamental difference between the 2 mentioned above is that Dronebase.com establishes the compensation schedule/amounts per job without input from the pilot. Or if in fact it is the service requester setting the price, that too is not evident and just as much of problem for the service provider professional. I have the luxury of not needing or wanting to pack up, prep, drive 30 mins (or more) for an hour shoot and provide a product worth considerable more, for $40. Or $50. Or ... you get the picture.
This is not a good business model for the goals and aspirations of my company. And while one can choose to opt out or not participate (like me i.e.), its seems like a great opportunity to inform the consuming public has gone by the wayside sadly. The scope of the job pricing is not known to pilots nor consumers it would seem. If that company has an algorithm for its business/pricing model I doubt it is handily available to the public eye and I suppose that's OK in most cases. This does however make one wonder just how services, both provided and purchased are valued and aggregated and does little to effectively allow me to manage my business model as well.
I think it would be most unfortunate were this to become a precedent in this fledgling industry. If a realtor thinks my rates are too high then I have a decision to make: 1) lower my rate and let the buyer set the rules; or 2) respectfully decline the opportunity. I've seen a number of realtors think they could just go buy a Phantom and create a nice B-Roll themselves with little or no flying experience, no Part 107 cert, and little or no post processing experience and would rather post the latter result then admit they overestimated themselves and underestimate the professional.
I will continue to work hard to grow my skill sets, both in the air, on location and at my computer console and hope that I reach a level of proficiency that will command a decent level of compensation for me and for you too.
quatro centavos yo pensando
