How we make money

At launch, UAE Business Explained earns nothing from the services and products it writes about: there is no advertising, no affiliate links, no referral fees, no paid placements and no lead forms. If that changes, we will update this page first and label any commercial content where it appears.

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Today: no commercial relationships

The site has none of the following:

  • advertising or sponsored content;
  • affiliate links, or payments for clicks, sign-ups or referrals;
  • paid placements, rankings or "featured" providers;
  • lead forms, or sales of readers' details to setup agents, banks or advisers;
  • partnerships with free zones, banks, consultancies or other providers.

No provider pays for, reviews or approves our guides.

If we add income later

We may add advertising or commercial partnerships in future. If we do, these commitments apply:

  1. This page changes first. We will list every type of income here, with the date it started, before it appears on the site.
  2. Labels where it appears. Adverts, sponsored content and commercial links will be labelled clearly next to the content, not only in a footnote.
  3. Editorial content stays separate. Commercial partners will not write, review or approve our guides, and will not choose which topics we cover.
  4. Facts are not for sale. No payment will change a figure, a rule, a calculator result or the order in which we explain options.

What this means for you

Our guides explain what the rules say and how they work; they do not push you towards a provider. The standards behind them are in our editorial policy. You can read more about us, and our disclaimer explains the limits of general information.