How To Sell A Registered Dji Drone

How to sell your old drone

Drones, similar other high-tech products, change often. With every new model, at that place's some incentive to upgrade. And selling your current drone is a good way to gather up some scratch to buy that new model.

Just remember that selling tin involve a fair amount of work. In that location are some steps you need to have before yous are prepare to sell your one-time drone.

If you are upgrading from one DJI drone to some other, the easiest option for your one-time drone is to use the company's Trade Upward service. A lightly used Mavic Air will cyberspace you about $200 in store credits toward the purchase of a new Mavic Air 2, for instance. You could probably get more on a site like eBay. Only know that there volition be more piece of work in getting the product ready and dealing with buyers.

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If you don't get the Trade Upward route, follow these seven steps to get your drone ready for auction.

i) Remove your FAA registration

If yous have just a very small drone, like the DJI Mavic Mini, you can skip this step. But any drone weighing over 0.55 pounds requires that the possessor annals with the FAA. As a recreational pilot, you are really registering yourself, not the specific drone. Once yous got the registration number, yous will have affixed it to the exterior of your drone somehow. You don't have to cancel the registration itself, just remove the number from the drone you are selling.

ii) Format your SD menu

Your photos and videos are your property. Go along them that fashion and protect your privacy by making sure to format the SD card, if you plan on including it with your drone. (And it's a good idea to include a card. Heir-apparent's value consummate packages.) For practiced measure, follow these steps: Format the card, and then record a few new images, so format a second time.

3) Record cumulative flight data

If you're up front with your heir-apparent from the beginning, the sale is more likely to go smoothly. Part of that is existence honest virtually how much the drone has flown. From your flying app, such every bit DJI Fly or DJI Go Wing, navigate to the screen that shows usage details like full number of flight hours and miles. Provide this info in the ad for the drone and your conversation with the buyer.

4) Get together upward your accessories and packaging

Accessories mostly aren't interchangeable amidst drone models. Then if you have bought any actress components similar spare batteries, include them with the drone to make a more appealing bundle. If you saved the original packaging for the drone and its accessories, gather that up as well.

five) Clean upwardly your drone and accessories

Looks mean a lot. If your drone has picked up clay, give information technology a wipe down with a damp microfiber material. If some stains don't come up out with just water, try a footling scrap of isopropyl alcohol. For hard-to-reach nooks and crevices of the drone, use a can of compressed air to spray out the grit and dirt. This is as well the time to remove any stickers you may have fastened to the drone, including your registration number. The more your drone looks similar it did when it beginning came out of the box, the more appealing information technology will exist for a heir-apparent.

six) Accept photos

Aside from DJI Merchandise Upwardly, every means of selling your drone volition require that you lot make a proficient showing. Lay the drone and its accessories out on a table that'south well-lit, but not overly bright so every bit to avert glare. Err on the side of taking more photos. Capture the drone from various angles, unfolded and folded up. Photo accessories like camera filters on their own. As well arrange the drone and accessories neatly for group photos. To go a good idea for the shots you lot want, look online to see how vendors sell new versions of your drone or like models.

7) Pick a market

eBay is the most popular venue for selling only about annihilation used. It has robust listings for drones, pregnant that buyers and sellers see it as a valuable market. Just check the fine print on seller'southward fees and reckon on shipping costs to get a articulate idea of how much you could net. And then there are the usual caveats. There's no guarantee that your production volition sell. Plus, you are dealing with unknown parties that may end upward giving you a hard time, such as challenge the product isn't in the condition that you specified and trying to go their money back.

There are also drone-specific marketplaces, some of which may let you list your gear for gratuitous. Here y'all will probable detect more sophisticated buyers who sympathise drones and what they are worth. Some of the popular sites are Flyhum, Dronesflip, or DroneTrader. (DroneDJ has not evaluated these sites.)

If you don't take luck selling your drone on any of these venues, there's always DJI Merchandise Up.

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