merchandise business in uae

so last year I started a small official merchandise store online, I also sold customized t shirts there and delivered all over UAE. now I don't have a physical store, my virtual store is on Instagram cause I feel like that's where most UAE people buy stuff from after Amazon, Noon and all. My business is going well Alhamdulillah and I earn enough rn that I can take care of my day to day expenses and stuff.

Now, I want to expand my business and take it to higher scale and make it more professional, I want to open a website. I'm already working on the website and 60% work is done, a friend helped me set up with Wix and create the website.

I want to know what other things I need to take care of and do, for example license and all. I asked my friend cause she also runs an online business and she said we don't need license, tbh this didn’t sit well with me so I wanted to ask other small online business owners. Please let me know if license is required and what type and any other legal stuff I'm missing

Posted Dec 7, 2025, 10:42 PM UTC

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