E-commerce licence
Ajman NuVentures Centre Licence for E-commerce
An e-commerce licence covers selling goods or services through electronic channels: your own store, marketplaces, social platforms and apps. It is the right category when transactions happen online rather than across a counter.
In short
An e-commerce licence covers selling goods or services online, through your own store, a marketplace or social channels. Physical goods entering the UAE market still cross a customs boundary, so the fulfilment model matters more than the licence.
- Licence type
- E-commerce, or commercial with online selling activities
- Licence from
- AED 4,888
- With one visa
- AED 10,800
- Outside approval
- Yes, see below
Figures on this page were last checked on 2026-10-04. Government fees can change without notice.
What this licence covers
The activity list is what the licence actually permits. Everything else follows from it.
Included
- Selling through your own online store
- Marketplace selling on Amazon, noon and similar
- Digital products and downloads
- Subscription and SaaS billing
- Social commerce and app based selling
Not included
- A physical retail unit open to walk in customers
- Holding a UAE mainland delivery operation without a distributor
- Regulated products such as medicines or supplements without approval
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Approvals and the customs position
The two things that move a timeline from weeks to months.
Outside approvals
Ordinary goods need none. Supplements, cosmetics, medical devices and food require the relevant authority's approval before they can be listed, and marketplaces enforce this at onboarding.
Customs
Cross border selling never touches the boundary. Shipping to UAE customers does, so the import leg is handled by a fulfilment partner, a marketplace, or a mainland importer. Design this before the first shipment rather than after.
Banking this activity
Compliance teams assess activities differently. This is how yours reads to them.
Payment acceptance is harder than the bank account. Gateways underwrite chargeback risk, so they look at what you sell, delivery times, whether you charge before shipping, and your refund policy. A working site and a real returns policy move the application more than the licence does.
Where people go wrong
- Entity, bank and marketplace seller names not matching exactly
- Crossing the VAT threshold on supplies without noticing, because volume outpaces profit
- Assuming the licence covers both physical and digital products
- Leaving the payment gateway application until after launch
Online sellers whose customers are mostly outside the UAE, and anybody building a store before they know which products will carry it.
Other activities in Ajman NuVentures Centre
The licence category changes what you can do, what it costs and who has to approve it.
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