Advertise with Australia's largest & longest running drone services platform.

  • The go-to drone services platform in Australia, established Dec. 2013
  • Community of over 2,800 drone operators ("drone pilots")
  • Over 8000 customer inquiry emails delivered monthly & growing
  • Featured in the Financial Review, BRW, Smart Investor, the SMH, The Age & WA Today
  • Over 1,800 online recommendations
  • Average Google feedback rating of 4.9/5 stars

Do you supply products or services to drone operators? Perhaps you are a drone operator insurance provider, software provider, or hardware manufacturer? These 6 advertising methods offer different ways to target your message directly to Australia’s largest community of professional drone operators:

1: Customer enquiry banner ad
2: Email newsletter banner ad
3: Account log-in area banner ad
4: Account sign-up banner ad
5: Account subscription banner ad
6. Advertising to new drone operators (training course inquirers)

Please see descriptions and image examples for each one below.

Examples of other advertisers

ad clients

"We have advertised with Drones for Hire for several months now and highly recommend their ad packages as a way of connecting your offering with a very large pool of Australian drone pilots"
- Martin Williams, Austbrokers ABS Aviation.





1 - Customer enquiry banner ad

  • Get your brand in front of drone operators approx. 8000 times every month.
  • Access to live reporting – view who clicked on each ad and when

Drones For Hire sends over 250 customer enquiry emails to drone operators every day (over 8000 per month). This is the main service that Drones For Hire provides – attracting customer inquiries from the market and distributing them to drone operators around Australia.

Because customer inquiries are of high interest to drone operators, the open rate for these emails is very high – 98.5%.

We place your brand or special offer underneath every single enquiry email. It will be seen around 7,800 times every month (8000 emails x 98.5% open rate).

Your banner is typically a 200 x 50-pixel graphic, and can be accompanied by up to 16 words of text. It can link to any landing page of your choice.

Access to live reporting:
See who clicked on your banner ad, (including: name, company, email & phone number) and the time and date (so your sales team can contact them directly).
All data is available live via a designated reporting web page






2 - Email newsletter banner ad

  • The leading weekly e-newsletter for Australian drone pilots
  • Approx. 6,450 sent every month, click here to see an example newsletter
  • Access to live reporting – view who clicked on each ad and when

Our weekly industry newsletter is sent to approx. 2,800 drone operators/pilots every week:
  • 1100 certified drone operator business managers (‘ReOC’ holders)
  • 200 individual remote pilots (‘RePL’ holders)
  • 200 aero RC club managers

Strong reader engagement: 57% open rate since the newsletter began.

Your banner consists of a 200 x 200 pixel image, plus a generous 30 words of accompanying text for deeper engagement with readers. The banner can be linked to any landing page of your choice.

Please click the image to the right to see three examples of customer ads.

Access to live reporting:
See who clicked on your banner ad, (including: first name and email) and the time and date so your sales team can contact them directly.
All data is available live via a designated reporting web page






3 - Account log-in area banner ad

Every time a drone operator logs into their account your banner ad is displayed at the top of the page, above the ‘fold line’. The ad can link to any landing page of your choice.

Large banner ad size: 285 wide x 200 high (pixels).

Please see an example banner ad to the right.

Access to live reporting:
See the number of people who saw your ad (‘impressions’)
See who clicked on your ad, (including: name, company, email & phone number) and the time and date (so your sales team can contact them directly).
All data is available live via a designated reporting web page






4 - Account sign up banner ad

When a new drone operator signs-up (creates an account) your ad is displayed on the very next page for optimal engagement. The ad can link to any landing page of your choice.

200 x 200 pixel image, plus 30 words of accompanying text

Please see 3 example banner ads to the right.

Access to live reporting:
See the number of people who saw your ad (‘impressions’)
See who clicked on your ad, (including: name, company, email & phone number) and the time and date (so your sales team can contact them directly).
All data is available live via a designated reporting web page






5 - Account subscription banner ad

When a drone operator finishes their trial period and subscribes by entering their payment details your ad is displayed on the very next page – for optimal engagement. The ad can link to any landing page of your choice.

It is a 200 x 200 pixel image, plus 30 words of accompanying text.

Please see 3 example banner ads to the right.

Access to live reporting:
See the number of people who saw your ad (‘impressions’)
See who clicked on your ad, (including: name, company, email & phone number) and the time and date (so your sales team can contact them directly).
All data is available live via a designated reporting web page






6 - Advertising to new / beginner drone operators

  • Excellent timing as the customer is typically in ‘buying mode’
  • Over 100-200 new ‘beginner’ drone operators register each month
  • Access to live reporting – view impressions and see who clicked on each ad and when

This campaign presents 2 different ways to reach people who have inquired about starting a drone training course (‘up and coming’ drone operators). This campaign can work very well since these drone operators are at an early stage of their career and typically need to purchase everything to set up their operations such as like insurance, hardware, software.

1. Your banner ad appears on the webpage that displays immediately after their training inquiry is sent out. The banner consists of a 200 x 200-pixel image, plus a generous 30 words of accompanying text for deeper engagement with readers. It can be linked to any landing page of your choice.

2. We send each training course inquirer a promo email immediately after they make the inquiry, to promote your product or service at this critical early stages of their career.

Cost: This campaign is different in nature to the other 5 and is executable for a fee of $539/month ex gst.

Access to live reporting:
See the number of people who saw your ad (‘impressions’)
See who clicked on your ad, (including: name, company, email & phone number) and the time and date (so your sales team can contact them directly).
All data is available live via a designated reporting web page






Fees for all advertising methods

Individual Purchase Gold Package Platinum Sponsor
$779/month $1159/month $1879/month
Access to live reporting for most ads - see who clicked on your banner ad, including: name, company, email & ph. Access to live reporting for most ads - see who clicked on your banner ad, including: name, company, email & ph. Access to live reporting for most ads - see who clicked on your banner ad, including: name, company, email & ph.
Choose 1 of the 5 available ad methods Choose 3 of the 5 available ad methods Utilise all 6 available ad methods
Artwork for the first ad set is complimentary Artwork for the first ad set is complimentary
Advertiser logo is added to home page and contact page as official sponsor
Exclusivity provided (other advertisers considered as direct competitors are blocked)
Drones For hire staff trained to recommend the advertiser when contextual
The account log-in area ad may be a gif
Ad content (text/images/gif) may be changed at any time, up to once per fortnight
Subscription Service: campaigns are billed month-to-month in advance by direct debit (Visa or MasterCard)
Minimum 2-month campaign duration (the lowest meaningful duration)
Prices are ex GST and in displayed in $AUD.



What drone operators say about Drones For Hire

"We have gained good exposure to new customers" – Chris, Drone Films
"We are very happy to continue with our subscription" - Jennifer, Yamaha Motor Australia
"We are happily subscribed to Dronesforhire.com.au" – Jeff, JR Photo graphics
"Access to new jobs at a reasonable monthly cost and the service is great" – Dale, Fluid Motion
"DFH provides us with all sorts of projects" – Michael, Unique Aerial solutions
"An excellent source of new business for us" - Nick, Airsight Australia
"Happy with the results so far" - James, Australian UAV
"Top service and good value for money" - Bill, Eagle-Eye Aerials
"We have received very good value from Dronesforhire.com.au" – Chris, Aerial Inspections




Get started now in 2 easy steps

Step 1
Choose an advertising option from the table shown above.

Step 2
We are more than happy to assist with artwork and copywriting. Email Nick at [email protected] or call 1300 029 829 (all states - 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday) to set up your account.