04UAE business setup
Start a business in the UAE, with everything it needs to sell
A licence on its own does not take a single payment. You also need the right activity, a bank account, tax registration, payment gateways, a domain and email, and accounts on the marketplaces. We walk you through the whole chain and set up the digital side ourselves.
01UAE business setup
The whole chain
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Licence and activity
Free zone or mainland, e-commerce or services, the activity that lets you sell what you sell. The licence itself is issued through licensed setup partners and the authority.
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Bank and tax
The documents a bank asks for, and corporate tax and VAT registration with the Federal Tax Authority when they apply to you.
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Payment gateways
Tabby buy-now-pay-later, Stripe cards and Apple Pay, PayPal and cash on delivery, applied for and connected to your store or app.
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Domain and email
Your domain, Google Workspace or another mailbox, and the email records that keep your messages out of spam.
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Marketplaces and stores
Amazon, noon and Shopify accounts opened on the new licence, ready for listings.
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Brand and website
A name, a logo and a website that match the licence, so customers and payment providers trust what they see.
UAE business setup
We did it for our own company
We set up our own UAE free-zone company with an e-commerce licence, registered it for corporate tax, opened the bank account, connected the payment gateways and opened the Amazon store. We know which document comes before which.
Tisira is not a government body or a licensed setup agent. Licences are issued by the relevant authority, and we work with licensed partners where the law requires one.
02How we work
One runs it. One builds it.
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01
Map the business
What you sell, where, and how customers will pay.
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02
Licence and bank
Activity, free zone or mainland, documents and bank.
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Connect the money
Tabby, Stripe, PayPal and tax registration.
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04
Open the doors
Domain, email, website, Shopify, Amazon and noon.
Questions we hear
Free zone or mainland?
It depends on who you sell to and how. Many online sellers start in a free zone with an e-commerce licence. We help you compare before you pay for anything.
Can you get Tabby approved for my store?
We prepare the application, the store pages and the policies Tabby checks, and do the technical integration. Tabby makes the approval decision.
Do you handle corporate tax?
We guide the registration with the Federal Tax Authority. For filing and accounting we recommend a licensed accountant.