<b>Ch. 1: The $15 Bet on Drone Repair</b>

<b>Ch. 1: The $15 Bet on Drone Repair</b>

In March 2022 I bought <code>fix-my-drone.com</code> for $11.06 because nobody else wanted it. The whole arbitrage thesis: drone owners crash their $1,400 quads constantly, search 'DJI Mini gimbal stuck' at midnight, and there were zero repair-focused content sites — only forum threads and YouTube.

I didn't pick it for volume. Ahrefs said the head term did maybe 2,400/mo. I picked it because the buyer intent was violent — a broken drone is a wallet bleeding out. RPM in that space runs $22-30 from repair-tool and parts advertisers.

Month 1 I published 6 posts and earned $0. Month 4, one 'won't take off after crash' guide hit page one and pulled $41. Tiny. But the cluster was real.

Mistake: I almost killed the site at month 3 because $0 felt like proof I was wrong. I was just early.

Lesson banked: pick the wound, not the volume. A small audience mid-panic out-converts a huge one that's idly curious.