noon Seller Fees (2026): Referral Rates, FBN and Directship Fees in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt

Profitvana Editorial Team · Updated November 9, 2026

noon has no subscription and no payment-processing fee: a seller pays a referral fee by category, an outbound fee when noon ships the order (Fulfilled by noon, FBN) or collects it (Directship), storage if stock sits in a noon warehouse, and VAT on all of it. The schedules below are read from noon's seller help center, where the UAE and Saudi tables took effect on 10 September 2026 and the Egypt tables on 1 February 2026. Fashion stands out at 27% in the Gulf, more than double Amazon's rate; electronics are comparable.

How noon charges

Registration and listing are free, and noon publishes no monthly plan. On every sale you pay the referral fee for the category, a minimum of AED 1 or SAR 1 per item (no minimum stated for Egypt). If noon stores and ships the item you pay an FBN outbound fee per unit once the order is delivered, plus monthly storage. If you ship it yourself through noon's courier (Directship, pickup from you or drop-off at a noon hub) you pay a shipment-level outbound fee instead. If you deliver with your own courier (Direct Delivery) only the referral fee applies. All fees exclude VAT: 5% in the UAE, 15% in Saudi Arabia, 14% in Egypt.

Cash on delivery costs the seller nothing: noon charges the customer AED 12, SAR 18 or EGP 10 as a carrier fee. Blogs that mention a 2% payment fee on prepaid orders are quoting something that appears on no noon fee page.

Referral fees in the UAE and Saudi Arabia (from 10 September 2026)

The two Gulf stores share most rates. Where Saudi differs it is shown in the third column. Fulfilled-by-partner (FBP, you ship) and FBN rates are identical except in computing, where FBP is half a point higher. Some brand-level exceptions exist in a separate sheet noon links from the fee page.

Category	UAE	Saudi Arabia (where different)
Apparel, footwear	27%	27%
Travel luggage / all other bags	20% / 25%	same
Watches	15% up to 5,000; 5% above	same
Eyewear	15%	15%
Fine and other jewelry	16% up to 1,000; 5% above	15% up to 1,000; 5% above
Gold bars and coins / silver bars	5% / 10%	same
Fragrance	14%	15%
Cosmetics, hair, skin and personal care	8% up to 50; 15% above	generic brands 15%; other brands 9% to 12.5%
Health nutrition	8% up to 50; 15% above	8.5% up to 50; 11% above
Bath, bedding, home decor, home improvement, kitchen	15%	14%
Furniture	15% up to 750; 10% above	same
Televisions	5%	8%
Phones, tablets, e-readers	6% up to 500; 5% above	FBP 6% up to 750, 5.5% above; FBN 5% / 4.5%
Mobile accessories	top brands 15%; others 20%	20% up to 50; 15% above
Laptops, desktops, storage, networking, monitors, printers	FBP 6.5%; FBN 6%	same
Headphones	15% up to 250; 8% above	20%
Speakers	not listed separately	12%
Smartwatches, fitness bands	15%	15%
Cameras and lenses	8%	10% up to 250; 8% above
Large appliances	15% up to 50; 5% above	12% up to 250; 6% above
Small appliances	13%	10% to 15% by type and brand
Video game consoles / games / gift cards	6% / 15% / 5%	5% / 14% / 10%
Books / music / video	15% / 15% / 10%	same
Baby products	8% up to 50; 15% above	same
Toys	14%	14%
Food and beverages	9%	9%
Sports and outdoors	14% to 15%	14%
Stationery	14%	15%
Automotive: vehicles / tyres and garage / other	5% / 6% / 12%	same
All other categories	14%	14%

Referral fees in Egypt (from 1 February 2026)

Egypt's schedule is lower across the board and, unusually, gives FBN a discount of one to two points in fashion and beauty, which noon uses to pull stock into its warehouses. Brand-specific rates apply to Apple, Samsung, Huawei, Anker, Xiaomi, Sony, JBL, OnePlus, Soundcore and Bose in a linked table.

Category	FBP (you ship)	FBN (noon ships)
Apparel, footwear, luggage, bags	15%	14%
Watches, eyewear	12%	12%
Fine jewelry / other jewelry	10% / 19% up to 5,000; 5% above	same
Mobiles and tablets	3.5% to 4.5%	3.5% to 4%
Mobile accessories, headphones, wearable and TV accessories	15% up to 1,000; 8% above	same
Laptops and desktops / software	5% / 10%	same
Cameras / televisions	6% / 4%	same
Large / small appliances	4.5% / 6.5%	same
Game consoles / games and accessories / gift cards	3.5% / 10% / 10%	same
Kitchen and dining	12%	11.5%
Bedding, bath, home decor, furniture, gardening	13%	13%
Home improvement	12%	11%
Colour cosmetics	15%	13%
Fragrances	13%	11.5%
Hair, skin and personal care	13.5%	11.5%
Health and nutrition	11.5%	11.5%
Toys / baby products	13% / 9%	same
Books / music / video	7% / 10% / 10%	same
Food, beverages, cleaning and hygiene	15% up to 250; 9% above	same
Pet food and accessories	15%	10%
Sports, fitness, camping	11.5%	11%
Stationery and office	11%	11%
Other categories	10%	10%

FBN outbound and storage

FBN outbound fees are charged per unit once the order is delivered or marked undeliverable, with a lower rate when the selling price is 25 or less. The Gulf tables below took effect on 10 September 2026; Egypt's single-rate table on 1 February 2026. Monthly storage, effective 1 October 2026, is AED 1.75 and SAR 2.75 per cubic foot (length × width × height in cm ÷ 28,317); the Egypt page lists no monthly storage fee, only a long-term charge. Long-term storage is 25 AED or SAR per cubic foot after 365 days, and EGP 35 after 180 days in Egypt. Unsaleable stock held more than 30 days costs 12 per cubic foot in all three currencies.

Size tier	UAE (AED, price ≤25 / >25)	Saudi (SAR, ≤25 / >25)	Egypt (EGP)
Small envelope	5.50 / 7.50	5.50 / 7.50	19
Standard envelope, up to 0.5 kg	6.50 / 8.50	6.50 / 8.50	20
Large envelope	7.00 / 9.00	7.00 / 9.00	20.50
Standard parcel, up to 1 kg	8.50 / 10.50	8.00 / 10.00	20.50
Standard parcel, up to 3 kg	10.50 / 12.50	10.00 / 13.00	23
Standard parcel, 3 to 12 kg	+1.00 per kg	+1.00 per kg	+1.00 per kg
Oversize, up to 1 kg	10.50 / 12.50	10.00 / 14.00	24.50
Oversize, up to 5 kg	14.50 / 16.50	14.00 / 18.00	32.50
Oversize, 25 to 30 kg	39.50 / 41.50	39.00 / 43.00	82.50

Directship outbound (you store, noon's courier collects)

Directship is charged per shipment, not per unit, and is cheaper by 2 in each currency if you drop the parcel at a noon hub instead of booking a pickup. It is non-refundable except when the customer is unresponsive. Sellers who hit Directship Express performance targets (97% handover adherence, under 2% out-of-stock) get 10% off in the UAE, 20% in Saudi Arabia and 40% in Egypt.

noon also passes the customer's shipping fee back to you on FBP orders: in the UAE AED 10 on orders under AED 100 and AED 5 from 100 to 500; in Saudi Arabia SAR 12 and SAR 6; in Egypt EGP 25 under EGP 400 and EGP 12.50 from 400 to 800. Above those bands the customer ships free and nothing is passed through.

Standard parcel (pickup / drop-off)	UAE (AED)	Saudi (SAR)	Egypt (EGP)
Up to 0.25 kg	14.00 / 12.00	19.00 / 17.00	45.00 / 43.00
Up to 0.5 kg	14.50 / 12.50	19.50 / 17.50	50.50 / 48.50
Up to 1 kg	15.00 / 13.00	20.50 / 18.50	52.50 / 50.50
Up to 2 kg	16.00 / 14.00	22.50 / 20.50	59.00 / 57.00
Up to 3 kg	17.50 / 15.50	29.00 / 27.00	61.00 / 59.00
3 to 12 kg	+1.00 per kg	+1.00 per kg	+2.00 per kg
Oversize, up to 1 kg	18.50 / 16.50	28.50 / 26.50	55.00 / 53.00
Oversize, 25 to 30 kg	44.00 / 42.00	53.00 / 51.00	105.00 / 103.00

Returns, cancellations and other charges

Since 1 October 2024 a return administration fee applies to returns for seller-controllable reasons: the lesser of 15 (AED, SAR or EGP) or 20% of the referral fee on the item. A seller-cancelled FBP order is charged a cancellation fee equal to the category's referral fee, at the highest price-tier rate where the category has tiers. Inventory removal from an FBN warehouse costs a minimum of AED 15 or SAR 15 per request (EGP 100 in Egypt) plus per-unit handling and per-kilogram delivery. Retention, warranty and miscellaneous penalties are described without published amounts.

Worked example: a AED 300 dress on noon versus Amazon.ae

On noon the apparel referral fee is 27%: AED 81, or AED 85.05 with 5% VAT. Shipped from noon's warehouse as a standard parcel up to 1 kg priced above AED 25 the FBN outbound fee is AED 10.50, AED 11.03 with VAT. You receive about AED 203.92 before storage. On Amazon.ae the same dress pays 15% referral, AED 45 plus VAT AED 47.25, and the same AED 10.50 FBA tier, leaving about AED 241.72. The AED 38 gap is noon's fashion premium, and it is the single largest fee difference between the two Gulf marketplaces. In electronics the stores are close: a AED 2,000 phone pays 5% on both.

Who can sell and how you get paid

noon accepts local sellers (registered in the country of the store), international sellers (registered anywhere else, for the UAE and Saudi stores only), and in Egypt individuals using a personal data certificate. The licence must include sales, trading, manufacturing or distribution; service-only licences are refused. Saudi registrations must carry a VAT number and no longer accept freelance certificates. In the UAE a seller under AED 375,000 revenue files a non-VAT declaration, while a non-UAE seller must register for VAT regardless of sales. The Egypt store requires an Egyptian company or data certificate and a tax card.

Bank details in the UAE and Saudi Arabia must be a company account matching the trade licence; Egypt allows a personal account matching the data certificate. International sellers may be paid to Payoneer, LianLian, PingPong, WorldFirst or a foreign bank account. noon generates statements every Wednesday and pays the following week, on Thursday for the UAE and Saudi Arabia and Tuesday for Egypt, landing one to two business days later, with a minimum of 100 in local currency (1,000 for international-currency accounts). A UAE seller can opt into the UAE-to-Saudi Global Store lane, where noon remits Saudi VAT to ZATCA on the seller's behalf; no separate fee for that lane is published.

Dated changes

10 September 2026: current UAE and Saudi referral schedules, FBN outbound tables with the price-25 split, and Directship Express discounts. 1 October 2026: monthly storage AED 1.75 and SAR 2.75 per cubic foot (previously 1.50 and 2.50). 1 November 2026: technician inspection failure fee on refurbished FBN stock, 1% of price or AED 13 / SAR 16. 1 June 2026: Saudi refurbished mobiles 8% to 9%; Egypt camera subtypes updated. 1 February 2026: Egypt tables. 1 January 2026: vehicles 5% and garage equipment 6% in the Gulf. 1 October 2024: return administration fee introduced. The previous Gulf schedule dated 1 September 2025 was replaced on the live page, so earlier rates are not retrievable from noon. Entries go into the fee change log as we verify them.

Frequently asked questions

Does noon charge a monthly subscription?

No. Registration and listing are free and no monthly plan is published. You pay referral, outbound and storage fees only when you sell or store stock.

What is noon's commission on clothes?

27% in the UAE and Saudi Arabia for apparel and footwear since 10 September 2026, plus VAT. In Egypt it is 15% if you ship and 14% if noon ships, since 1 February 2026.

How often does noon pay sellers?

Statements are generated every Wednesday. UAE and Saudi payouts are processed on the Thursday of the following week and Egypt's on the Tuesday, arriving within one to two business days, once the balance reaches 100 in local currency.

Can a company outside the UAE sell on noon.com?

Yes, as an international seller on the UAE and Saudi stores, with a passport as ID and payout to Payoneer, LianLian, PingPong, WorldFirst or a foreign bank account. A non-UAE seller must register for UAE VAT regardless of sales. The Egypt store requires an Egyptian company.

Is there a fee for cash on delivery on noon?

Not for the seller. noon charges the customer a carrier fee of AED 12, SAR 18 or EGP 10, and COD is capped at AED 6,500, SAR 6,500 or EGP 25,000.

What does noon charge on a return?

For returns caused by the seller, the lesser of 15 AED, SAR or EGP or 20% of the referral fee on the item, since 1 October 2024. Returns for other reasons carry no administration fee.

Sources

Figures were read from the pages below on November 9, 2026. Where a page publishes no figure for an item we say so rather than quoting a secondary source.