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BuyDubai · Canva templates · was on PayPal.me + Drive
She was invoicing wedding planners in WhatsApp.
Noura designs paper for weddings that cost more than flats. Her shop was a voice note and a PayPal link.
- Ramadan month
- AED 18.4k
- Desert suite
- AED 290
- Still checks out without her
- 11pm
“A planner in Abu Dhabi would ask for the desert suite at 11pm. I would send a PDF invoice, wait, then a Drive folder. I looked like an intern. The store looks like a brand.”
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WhatsApp is not a store
Noura’s grid is marble, sand, and gold foil. The commerce was a pinned story: ‘DM for the suite.’ Planners in the UAE do not want to negotiate Canva access at midnight. She was losing the ones who would have paid AED 290 without a conversation.
PayPal.me plus a Google Drive folder also meant she was the delivery department.
02
The suite is a product
The Desert suite is a digital file. Canva link inside the zip, on the confirmation page. Stripe on her UAE account; Apple Pay in Instagram on iPhone. Custom monogram is a call product with a two-week note in the description — she still does that work by hand.
No custom domain. The URL is adfl.to/@noura.h. She put it in the website field and in the Highlights named Shop.
03
Ramadan, without her in the thread
AED 18,400 in the Ramadan month, mostly the iftar set and the desert suite. She slept. Checkout did not need a voice note. A few buyers in Riyadh paid the same Stripe; one used PayPal because their company card preferred it.
She still DMs brides who want something that is not on the shelf. The shelf pays rent.
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- Can I sell Canva templates this way?
- Yes. Digital file, Canva duplicate link in the download. Checkout in the Instagram in-app browser to your Stripe or PayPal account.
- Do I get a shop.mydomain.com URL?
- Not yet. Stores are adfl.to/@yourhandle. A custom domain is on the list; it is not a switch you can flip today.
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