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Start an e-commerce business in the UAE.Licensed in UAE free zones · fully remote · priced line by line

Selling online, through your own store, marketplaces or dropshipping, needs a licence that actually covers e-commerce. That is where most founders get stuck: the UAE licenses businesses by official activity names, not by what you would call your business. Verified Setups works from the official activity records themselves, so you can see exactly which licensed activities sit behind an e-commerce business, which free zones license them, and what your own setup costs, itemised line by line, before you commit to anything.

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AED 4,888*

The licence behind it.

These are the official licensed activities our engine maps to e-commerce: the exact names the authorities use, and every zone writes its own list in its own words. Our engine recognises them as one business, so your setup is built on the real activity behind it, not a guess. Where a zone’s own record notes an authority approval for an activity, it’s shown beside that zone: the licence is priced now, and an approval’s fee is scoped with you when it applies.

E-commerce through websitesSPC Free Zone · Shams · RAKEZ · Innovation City
E-CommerceAjman NuVentures Centre · Ajman Free Zone · Meydan Free Zone
EcommerceDubai South · IFZA
Web E-CommerceInnovation City
Online SellerIFZA
Electronic trading products and services onlineAjman Free Zone
Retail Sale Via Mail Order Houses or Via internet (E-Commerce)SPC Free Zone

Where it’s licensed.

Free zones on our platform whose official activity lists cover this business, with each zone’s own licence-only starting price.

Ajman NuVentures CentreAjmanSetups from AED 4,888* SPC Free ZoneSharjahSetups from AED 4,999* Ajman Free ZoneAjmanSetups from AED 5,565* ShamsSharjahSetups from AED 5,760* RAKEZRas Al KhaimahSetups from AED 6,000* Innovation CityRas Al KhaimahSetups from AED 6,600* Meydan Free ZoneDubaiSetups from AED 12,500* Dubai SouthDubaiSetups from AED 12,500* IFZADubaiSetups from AED 12,900*

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