MicroDuck

Buying Microduck safely: the official source, and the rest

Microduck is sold in exactly one official place. A short checklist for buying safely, what share-the-name listings actually are, and what the genuine pre-order looks like.
Oct 15, 2026

The Microduck robot next to its official packaging and in-box contents

"Microduck" gets searched a lot, and the results contain more than one thing with that name. This page is the buyer's safety check: where the real robot is sold, how to tell it apart from share-the-name listings, and what a genuine order actually looks like.

The short answer

Microduck is sold in exactly one official place: microduck.homes, direct from the maker, as a $399 pre-order with a one-time payment. That is the whole official channel - there is no second store, no marketplace storefront, no authorised reseller. If you want the walkthrough of ordering, it is on the where to buy page; this page is about not getting fooled on the way there.

The five-point check

Before paying anywhere for anything called "Microduck", run this list. The genuine store passes all five:

  1. The domain is microduck.homes. The checkout (/pricing) and the buy walkthrough (/buy) live on this domain - not on a marketplace, not on a lookalike name with a different ending.
  2. It is a pre-order at $399 before taxes and shipping, with optional packs at $39 / $39 / $119 (Charger, Accessory, Dev). Prices that look like a bargain are the wrong robot.
  3. Payment is a single Stripe checkout, nothing recurring - and your order appears in your account on this site under payments, tied to your login.
  4. The page describes the actual robot: 25 cm, biped, white and amber, seven trained moves, open-source SDK. A listing that shows a plastic toy duck, a generic gadget or a photo of someone else's robot is not this product.
  5. The maker is named: Pollen Robotics, sold direct. The support address is support@microduck.homes, and the open-source repositories resolve.

What the share-the-name listings are

None of these are a "scam" story - they are simply other things with duck energy:

  • Plastic toy ducks (with a battery, a light and a song). Lovely for the bath; not a 15-motor biped. The is-it-a-toy post untangles that search confusion properly.
  • Unrelated "micro duck" gadgets and merch that borrow the phrase.
  • Resell listings - even when genuine, a pre-order resold second-hand loses the account-tied order, the colourway match and the support path that come with buying direct.
  • Lookalike stores with near-identical names, stock photos and their own checkout: same name, no robot from us behind it.
  • Build-it-yourself kits and 3D-printed bipeds - honest projects, but different machines: the buy-or-build comparison is the place to decide between them.

If you are unsure about a page

  1. Check the domain. If it is not microduck.homes, it is not the official store.
  2. Email support@microduck.homes with the link before paying. We would rather answer a boring question than read about a duck that never ships.
  3. Ask the community - the Discord answers "is this the real one" in minutes.

What a genuine pre-order includes

  • The robot in your colourway, with battery, USB-C cable and game controller.
  • Seven trained moves installed; the open-source SDK, simulator and training stack behind them.
  • Your order, tied to your account, with support at support@microduck.homes.

Common questions

Is Microduck on Amazon, eBay or Walmart? No - and a listing with this name on a marketplace is not this robot. The FAQ answer links the details.

I found a site selling "Microduck" with different specs - is it an older model? There is no older model. One robot, one version, sold here; anything else is a different product sharing a name.

Is the SDK extra? No. The SDK, simulator and training stack are public - here is the on-ramp.

Where is the official everything? This site is it: about the maker, specs, FAQ, support.

Where to go next

Buying Microduck safely: the official source, and the rest