Coupang, a major online shopping site, said Wednesday its sales of consumer drones rose 2.4-fold in the first two months of this year from the same period last year.
In particular, drones were popular among those in their 30s and 40s, Coupang (www.coupang.com) said. Buyers in those age brackets accounted for 55 percent of the total consumer drone buyers.
Coupang said its sales of remote-controlled (RC) devices, such as drones, helicopters and vehicles, jumped 74 percent in the January-February period from a year earlier.
Online auction and shopping mall website G-market also said it saw sales of drones and remote-controlled helicopters skyrocketed 208 percent in the Jan. 1-March 9 period from the same period last year.
According to the U.S. Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the global market for consumer drones will reach US$130 million in sales this year, up 55 percent from 2014, with unit sales of consumer drones expected to reach 400,000.
reporter
Park Sae-jin
swatchsjp@ajunews.com
