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Meta Ads Agency in the United Arab Emirates

We are an independent agency working remotely, without an office in Dubai or Abu Dhabi. UAE clients get our standard plans, set up for bilingual creative, the regional retail calendar and the UAE's data protection and media rules.

Brands searching for a Meta ads agency in the UAE can work with us online. We run Facebook and Instagram advertising for ecommerce, DTC and lead generation businesses in the United Arab Emirates on a flat monthly fee, with everything handled in our portal rather than in meetings.

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Fees and currency

Our plans are billed in US dollars. The dirham is pegged to the dollar, so the AED cost of our fee stays stable, while your ad account can spend in AED or USD. Growth is 3,000 USD a month for spend up to 50k USD, Scale 6,000 USD up to 150k USD and Enterprise 12,000 USD above that. Annual billing takes 20 percent off. See our pricing page for every band.

Invoices show the tax determined at checkout from your billing details and tax registration number. UAE VAT treatment of imported services depends on your registration, so confirm the recording with your accountant.

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Time zone and working week

The UAE runs on Gulf Standard Time all year and, since 2022, the federal working week runs Monday to Friday. Your dashboard follows the ad account time zone. Approvals, files and messages in the portal are asynchronous, so your team can review creatives in the evening, which is when many UAE shoppers are most active on Instagram as well.

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Data protection in the UAE

The federal Personal Data Protection Law, Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021, sets rules for processing personal data, including consent and cross-border transfers. Businesses registered in the DIFC or ADGM free zones follow those zones' own data protection regulations, which are closer to the GDPR model. For Meta advertisers we focus on the practical points.

  • A clear privacy notice on your site covering tracking tools and sharing with advertising platforms.
  • Consent handling for marketing tags where your legal adviser requires it, with consent status passed to server events through the Conversions API.
  • Hashed customer lists only, used for purposes your notice covers.

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Media rules and creator content

The UAE regulates advertising content and requires people who promote products on social media for payment to hold the appropriate advertiser permit from the UAE Media Council. When we brief creators for UAE campaigns, we check their status and keep creative within local content standards on dress, imagery and religious sensitivity. Alcohol, dating, gambling and some health products face tight limits or bans, and we confirm what is allowed for your category before planning.

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The regional shopping calendar

Ramadan changes everything about the media plan. Browsing shifts to late evening and the hours before dawn, and gifting and family purchases peak toward Eid. We move budgets and schedule ads to match those hours and refresh creative for the occasion, avoiding imagery of eating or drinking in daytime scenes. White Friday, the regional name for Black Friday sales, the Dubai Shopping Festival and the summer sales are other key moments. Cash on delivery is still common for first purchases, and ads that mention fast local delivery and easy returns perform better than those that leave it unsaid.

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Arabic and English creative

UAE audiences are multinational. Arabic speakers, South Asian expatriates and Western residents all use Instagram heavily, so most brands need Arabic and English versions of key ads at minimum. Arabic creative should be written natively, often in Gulf dialect for casual formats, rather than translated, and layouts need to work right to left. Each version counts toward your monthly creative allowance. Brands expanding from the UAE into Saudi Arabia or wider Gulf markets often move to Scale for the extra countries.

Questions

Questions from brands in the United Arab Emirates

Anything else goes to [email protected], answered in writing.

No. We serve UAE clients remotely through the portal.

Yes. Arabic versions are written for the audience rather than translated word for word, and they count toward your creative allowance.

We only brief creators for paid UAE content when they hold the permit required by the UAE Media Council, or when the content is used in a way that does not require one.

We adjust schedules to evening and pre-dawn browsing, prepare occasion-specific creative weeks in advance and plan budget toward Eid gifting.

Audit your store from wherever you sell

Paste your store or landing page URL. The audit checks tracking, catalog, landing page, offer and creative readiness, and writes first ad angles. No account needed to see the first results.

Plans from $2,400 a month, billed yearly

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