How to Thrive in 2026 as a Drone Entrepreneur in the Wake of the DJI Ban
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* Ignore the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt): Misinformation is rampant, but existing DJI products will continue to work perfectly. A recent survey showed 80-82% of drone operators expect to go out of business entirely due to this fear, artificially shrinking the competition.
* Media Coverage is Spiking Demand: The intense mainstream news coverage surrounding the ban has placed a massive spotlight on the drone industry, creating higher visibility and an immediate rush for drone services by clients who mistakenly think the service is going away.
* Massive Industry Growth Projected: The commercial drone space is currently valued at roughly $80 billion and is projected by Precedence Research to grow to $1.5 trillion over the next eight years.
* Take Action: Operators are encouraged to contact their state representatives to push back against the legislation.
* Ignore the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt): Misinformation is rampant, but existing DJI products will continue to work perfectly. A recent survey showed 80-82% of drone operators expect to go out of business entirely due to this fear, artificially shrinking the competition.
* Media Coverage is Spiking Demand: The intense mainstream news coverage surrounding the ban has placed a massive spotlight on the drone industry, creating higher visibility and an immediate rush for drone services by clients who mistakenly think the service is going away.
* Massive Industry Growth Projected: The commercial drone space is currently valued at roughly $80 billion and is projected by Precedence Research to grow to $1.5 trillion over the next eight years.
* Take Action: Operators are encouraged to contact their state representatives to push back against the legislation.
All right, everybody. We're going to
talk to you about how to thrive as a
drone entrepreneur in the wake of the
DJI ban. I'm here with the drone boss.
What's up? Uh, crazy stuff going on.
It's crazy, but we want we want to make
sure we give answers to you guys and get
right into this. All right, but before
we can give, there's basically three
things that we're going to share with
you guys about how you can thrive as a
drone entrepreneur in the wake of the
DJI Band because everybody's talking
about the DJI band, and it's more than
just the DJI band, but that's what
everybody's calling it. So, we'll call
it the same thing. Uh, but if you're
just a hobbyist and you fly a drone,
you're a photographer and you fly a
drone for fun and it's just, you know,
for your own personal use, this video is
not for you. We're here to talk to those
of you guys who you already right now
make money using a drone or perhaps you
want to make money using a drone. That's
what we do. There's nobody on planet
Earth who has helped more people start
successful drone businesses than Damon,
the drone boss, and myself. So, we've
helped more people. We're working every
single day with what we call
dronereneurs, people who are
entrepreneurs in the drone space. And
obviously, this is a big issue for us
right now, as it is for everybody in the
industry. So before we go into the three
ways that we want to describe how you
can thrive currently right now after
this DJI ban, um Damon, why don't you
give them a little bit of background
about what this does and doesn't do
because the amount of misinformation or
what people call FUD, fear, uncertainty,
and doubt is off the charts. It's like
probably nine out of 10 u um people
talking about this are saying everything
false. Is this bad? Yeah, I think this
is bad. But at the end of the day,
people can still use the drones that
they already have. They can still buy
brand new DJI drones. If they want a
brand new Air3s or they want a brand
new, you know, Mavic 4 Pro, they can get
access to them. They're not being the
current models are not being banned. The
use of their existing models are not
being banned. So, that's all false.
That's all fake. Can you just share with
people what is happening and what's not
happening from top level view?
Yeah. So, just really really quick, the
the ban is only banning future FCC
licenses. So the reportedly DJI has
somewhere between, you know, 9 and 16
FCC licenses for products they have yet
to take to production that they haven't
released. Now, we don't know what those
are. They could be drones or microphones
or action cameras or or who knows? But
beyond those already approved licenses,
that's where the ban takes effect. So
anything future models that haven't come
out yet, that's what's going to be
affected. As Diego mentioned, you can
still get, operate, uh, have serviced
and warranty work on all of your other
drones um, that are out there. In fact,
DJI's warranty work has increase. Their
their turnaround time is now back around
2 weeks in America. So, there's as far
as regular operations and flying and
getting drones and stuff, that's that
isn't affected at all. Your drone is not
going to be bricked. Um, it's not going
to be worthless. it's that, you know,
you can still you can still do it and
fly it and and and everything's going to
work fine with it. Um, so this isn't
going to really affect most people and
we'll get into more of this later, you
know, for several years down the road as
far as uh the actual real world workings
of it. But just so so everyone
understands cuz there is so much FUD out
there around this that it is that the
drones are going to go away. I can't fly
my drone. I won't be able to do it.
They're going to they're not going to
uh, you know, service it. they're not
going to do the software updates. Uh,
and that's not the case at all.
So, if you want a long explanation,
Damon, you've already made a video about
this. Let's just make sure we link to
that in uh in the description beneath
this video. So, you'll get the long
explanation on there. And one thing that
not a lot of people have covered that
you just said, [snorts]
um, is the reality that they already
have, and we're sping about DJI mostly
right now, and pretty much this entire
video is going to be about DJI simply
because they're the 900lb gorilla.
They're the the big manufacturer and
they're the ones that we encourage
people to use because it's the best
stuff. Not because we're just
necessarily fanboys, but I'm a fan of
whatever's best and they're quite
frankly the best right now. And so the
reality is any DJ, any existing DJI
product will continue to work, will not
be banned, and you can continue to buy
them, and you probably should, by the
way. Um, but number two, you mentioned
something that very few are talking
about, and that is that you said there's
9 to 15 FCC licenses that DJ already has
approved. We don't know what those are,
but those are for future products. So
DJI can still come out with these 9 to5
products that have already been FCC
approved. We don't know what they are.
Maybe they're microphones, maybe
they're, you know, you know, video
transmission devices, or maybe they are
drones. But if DJI wants to, cuz they're
going to come out with that equipment
anyhow. They're just going to come with
that worldwide. Whether or not they're
able to bring it into the United States
is dependent upon this ban. And you're
saying that the existing 9 to15 that
they already had pre-approved could
potentially enter into the American
market.
Correct. Yeah, nobody's talking about
that. And that just goes to show you
again all this FUD out there is complete
nonsense because for all we know DJI
could have released the Mavic 5 or the
Mini 6, which my purse cuz you know I
personally just got the Mini 5 and it's
freaking awesome and everybody should
get one. The Air3S is the one that most
people are using these days and we
encourage people to get. You can still
get these drones. You can use them and
you should use them. Before we get any
further, Damon, let's just talk about
the fact that the amount of people that
we know that are in the Sky Network, our
network of drone entrepreneurs
worldwide,
new new members are are using the Air3s
for the most part, but there's so many
folks who are still using the Mavic 2
and the Mavic 3. I mean, the Mavic 2,
which is a very popular drone for a lot
of drone, came out in what, 2018, 19?
18, I believe. Yep.
Yep. And it was right. It was 18, but
then they they couldn't ramp up
production for enough of them until, you
know, the next year. So, let's just say
it's 6 to seven years old. That means we
got a 6 to seveny old piece of equipment
that only cost about 12 or 1300 bucks at
the time it was released and people are
still using it 5 6 years later to ru
talk to you about how to thrive as a
drone entrepreneur in the wake of the
DJI ban. I'm here with the drone boss.
What's up? Uh, crazy stuff going on.
It's crazy, but we want we want to make
sure we give answers to you guys and get
right into this. All right, but before
we can give, there's basically three
things that we're going to share with
you guys about how you can thrive as a
drone entrepreneur in the wake of the
DJI Band because everybody's talking
about the DJI band, and it's more than
just the DJI band, but that's what
everybody's calling it. So, we'll call
it the same thing. Uh, but if you're
just a hobbyist and you fly a drone,
you're a photographer and you fly a
drone for fun and it's just, you know,
for your own personal use, this video is
not for you. We're here to talk to those
of you guys who you already right now
make money using a drone or perhaps you
want to make money using a drone. That's
what we do. There's nobody on planet
Earth who has helped more people start
successful drone businesses than Damon,
the drone boss, and myself. So, we've
helped more people. We're working every
single day with what we call
dronereneurs, people who are
entrepreneurs in the drone space. And
obviously, this is a big issue for us
right now, as it is for everybody in the
industry. So before we go into the three
ways that we want to describe how you
can thrive currently right now after
this DJI ban, um Damon, why don't you
give them a little bit of background
about what this does and doesn't do
because the amount of misinformation or
what people call FUD, fear, uncertainty,
and doubt is off the charts. It's like
probably nine out of 10 u um people
talking about this are saying everything
false. Is this bad? Yeah, I think this
is bad. But at the end of the day,
people can still use the drones that
they already have. They can still buy
brand new DJI drones. If they want a
brand new Air3s or they want a brand
new, you know, Mavic 4 Pro, they can get
access to them. They're not being the
current models are not being banned. The
use of their existing models are not
being banned. So, that's all false.
That's all fake. Can you just share with
people what is happening and what's not
happening from top level view?
Yeah. So, just really really quick, the
the ban is only banning future FCC
licenses. So the reportedly DJI has
somewhere between, you know, 9 and 16
FCC licenses for products they have yet
to take to production that they haven't
released. Now, we don't know what those
are. They could be drones or microphones
or action cameras or or who knows? But
beyond those already approved licenses,
that's where the ban takes effect. So
anything future models that haven't come
out yet, that's what's going to be
affected. As Diego mentioned, you can
still get, operate, uh, have serviced
and warranty work on all of your other
drones um, that are out there. In fact,
DJI's warranty work has increase. Their
their turnaround time is now back around
2 weeks in America. So, there's as far
as regular operations and flying and
getting drones and stuff, that's that
isn't affected at all. Your drone is not
going to be bricked. Um, it's not going
to be worthless. it's that, you know,
you can still you can still do it and
fly it and and and everything's going to
work fine with it. Um, so this isn't
going to really affect most people and
we'll get into more of this later, you
know, for several years down the road as
far as uh the actual real world workings
of it. But just so so everyone
understands cuz there is so much FUD out
there around this that it is that the
drones are going to go away. I can't fly
my drone. I won't be able to do it.
They're going to they're not going to
uh, you know, service it. they're not
going to do the software updates. Uh,
and that's not the case at all.
So, if you want a long explanation,
Damon, you've already made a video about
this. Let's just make sure we link to
that in uh in the description beneath
this video. So, you'll get the long
explanation on there. And one thing that
not a lot of people have covered that
you just said, [snorts]
um, is the reality that they already
have, and we're sping about DJI mostly
right now, and pretty much this entire
video is going to be about DJI simply
because they're the 900lb gorilla.
They're the the big manufacturer and
they're the ones that we encourage
people to use because it's the best
stuff. Not because we're just
necessarily fanboys, but I'm a fan of
whatever's best and they're quite
frankly the best right now. And so the
reality is any DJ, any existing DJI
product will continue to work, will not
be banned, and you can continue to buy
them, and you probably should, by the
way. Um, but number two, you mentioned
something that very few are talking
about, and that is that you said there's
9 to 15 FCC licenses that DJ already has
approved. We don't know what those are,
but those are for future products. So
DJI can still come out with these 9 to5
products that have already been FCC
approved. We don't know what they are.
Maybe they're microphones, maybe
they're, you know, you know, video
transmission devices, or maybe they are
drones. But if DJI wants to, cuz they're
going to come out with that equipment
anyhow. They're just going to come with
that worldwide. Whether or not they're
able to bring it into the United States
is dependent upon this ban. And you're
saying that the existing 9 to15 that
they already had pre-approved could
potentially enter into the American
market.
Correct. Yeah, nobody's talking about
that. And that just goes to show you
again all this FUD out there is complete
nonsense because for all we know DJI
could have released the Mavic 5 or the
Mini 6, which my purse cuz you know I
personally just got the Mini 5 and it's
freaking awesome and everybody should
get one. The Air3S is the one that most
people are using these days and we
encourage people to get. You can still
get these drones. You can use them and
you should use them. Before we get any
further, Damon, let's just talk about
the fact that the amount of people that
we know that are in the Sky Network, our
network of drone entrepreneurs
worldwide,
new new members are are using the Air3s
for the most part, but there's so many
folks who are still using the Mavic 2
and the Mavic 3. I mean, the Mavic 2,
which is a very popular drone for a lot
of drone, came out in what, 2018, 19?
18, I believe. Yep.
Yep. And it was right. It was 18, but
then they they couldn't ramp up
production for enough of them until, you
know, the next year. So, let's just say
it's 6 to seven years old. That means we
got a 6 to seveny old piece of equipment
that only cost about 12 or 1300 bucks at
the time it was released and people are
still using it 5 6 years later to ru
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