A working real estate print kit in Dubai costs less than most agents assume. 1,000 A6 leaflets are AED 120. A roll-up banner for an open house is AED 190. 1,000 door hangers are AED 440. Under AED 1,000 covers a full campaign for one building — leaflets for the towers you farm, a banner for the viewing, a foam board for the site, and cards in your pocket. This guide lays out the five pieces that actually produce viewings, the real store prices at every quantity, the sizes that work in UAE towers, and the one compliance line that must be on every printed piece before it leaves the press.
The five pieces that actually generate viewings
Agents waste money on the wrong formats. After a decade of printing for Dubai brokerages, these five do the work:
- A6 or A5 leaflets — the volume piece. Tower farming, mailbox drops, handouts at the community centre. Cheap enough to print 5,000 and not flinch when half go in the bin.
- Door hangers — the piece nobody throws away unread, because it is physically in the way. The single highest-response format for building-specific farming in the UAE.
- A roll-up banner — the open-house anchor. Sets up in 30 seconds in a lobby or outside a villa, packs into a car boot, reusable for a year.
- A foam board — for the listing itself: floor plan, price, payment plan, QR to the listing. Sits on an easel in the empty living room where buyers make the decision.
- Business cards — still the thing that ends up in the wallet. Every viewing ends with one.
What is not on that list: brochures for cold distribution, tri-folds nobody opens, and A4 flyers used where A5 would perform identically for half the money. A brochure earns its place only in a listing presentation for a serious buyer, never in a mailbox.
Real prices: the Dubai real estate print kit (2026)
Every figure below is the current store price, VAT included, delivered in the UAE.
| Item | Spec | Quantity | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| A6 leaflets | 148.5 × 105 mm, 200 GSM glossy, both sides | 1,000 | AED 120 |
| A6 leaflets | same spec, bulk rate | 5,000 | AED 260 |
| A5 flyers | 148.5 × 210 mm, 200 GSM glossy, both sides | 1,000 | AED 170 |
| A5 flyers | same spec, bulk rate | 5,000 | AED 395 |
| Door hangers, cane design | 95 × 240 mm, 350 GSM, matt laminated, both sides | 1,000 | AED 440 |
| Door hangers, standard | 120 × 285 mm, 350 GSM, matt laminated, both sides | 1,000 | AED 575 |
| Roll-up banner | 85 × 200 cm, full colour, stand included | 1 | AED 190 |
| Foam / Forex board | rigid board for easel, wall or grommets | from 1 | from AED 245 |
| Business cards | 350 GSM, matt laminated, both sides | 1,000 | AED 119 |
| Business cards, spot UV | 350 GSM, matt + raised gloss logo | 500 | AED 189 |
| A4 brochure | 29.7 × 21 cm, 170 GSM glossy, folded | 500 | AED 490 |
| A4 tri-fold brochure | 170 GSM glossy, short run for presentations | 100 | AED 475 |
| Indoor wall signage | office or sales-centre wall branding | 1 | from AED 395 |
| Acrylic reception signage | brokerage office reception logo | 1 | from AED 750 |
Read that table as a budget and the shape of a campaign appears. A single-building farming campaign — 1,000 door hangers plus 2,000 A6 leaflets — is AED 600. Add an open-house kit (one roll-up at AED 190 and one foam board at AED 245) and you are at AED 1,035 for a tower you can work for three months. That is one month of portal listing credits for a print asset that keeps producing.
Which format for which job
Tower farming and mailbox drops
Use A6 at 200 GSM. It is the format that survives a mailbox and it prints at AED 0.12 a piece in runs of 1,000, dropping to AED 0.052 at 5,000. Print one side as the hook (building name, unit type, a real number — "2BR in Marina Gate, AED 2.35M") and the reverse as the credibility side: your photo, the Trakheesi permit line, WhatsApp QR.
A6 beats A5 here for a reason most agents miss: at double the price per piece, A5 does not double response in a mailbox drop. Spend the difference on more doors, not bigger paper.
Building-specific farming
Door hangers, and the compact 95 × 240 mm cane design at AED 440 per 1,000 is the value pick over the 120 × 285 mm standard at AED 575. Both are 350 GSM matt laminated on both sides, so both survive a humid corridor. Check building and community rules before you hang anything — many Dubai towers require security clearance, and a rejected drop is money on the floor.
Open houses and viewings
One 85 × 200 cm roll-up at AED 190, printed generically — your brand, your specialisation, your number, no unit-specific detail — so it works at every viewing for a year. Then a per-listing foam board from AED 245 carrying the floor plan, the price, the service charge and the payment plan. Buyers photograph that board. Make it worth photographing. For larger launches, the 200 × 200 cm roll-up at AED 1,550 covers a sales-centre backdrop. Our backdrop and standee guide compares the event formats in detail.
The listing presentation
This is where a brochure is worth printing: 100 tri-folds at AED 475, or 500 folded A4s at AED 490 if you are pitching a whole development. Print the market comparables, not stock photography of Burj Khalifa the seller has already seen a thousand times.
The compliance line that has to be on the artwork
Property advertising in Dubai requires a valid advertising permit number from the Dubai Land Department (the Trakheesi permit) displayed on the advertisement, including printed material. Regulations are updated periodically and differ by emirate, so confirm the current requirement and format with DLD or your brokerage compliance officer before you send artwork to print — a 5,000-piece run with a missing or expired permit number is a full reprint, not a correction.
Practically, that means leaving a dedicated space in the layout for the permit number, your brokerage ORN, and your BRN. Do not squeeze it into 5 pt type in a corner; at A6 nothing under 7 pt survives printing cleanly. Our print-ready artwork checklist covers the bleed and margin rules that keep that block from being trimmed off.
How to order, and how long it takes
Send artwork as a PDF with 3 mm bleed and text at least 5 mm inside the trim, CMYK at 300 dpi. If you do not have artwork, our free design service will build the piece from your listing details and photos.
Production runs 3 to 5 business days after you approve the final proof — flyers typically 4 days, roll-up banners 3 days. Boards and signage are quoted per size. Plan backwards from your open house: approve artwork on a Sunday and you have stock in hand by the end of that week.
All prices are VAT inclusive. Delivery is free across the UAE on orders above AED 800, and collection is available from 32 Sheikh Zayed Road, Office 706, Dubai. Brokerages ordering monthly can run on an LPO account — ask when you enquire.
Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest way to print real estate flyers in Dubai?
A6 at 200 GSM glossy: AED 120 for 1,000, AED 260 for 5,000, printed both sides. That is the lowest cost per piece in a format that still looks professional in a mailbox. Going thinner saves very little and reads as cheap in the hand.
How many leaflets should I print for one tower?
Count the units and add 20% for reruns and handouts. A 300-unit tower needs about 400 pieces per drop, and farming works on repetition — plan three drops. That is 1,200 pieces, so order 2,000 at AED 160 and keep the spares for the next building.
Do door hangers work better than mailbox drops in the UAE?
They get read more, because the resident has to physically handle them to open the door. They also cost about 3.7 times more per piece than A6 leaflets, and many buildings restrict access. The usual approach is door hangers in the towers where you have clearance and a genuine listing, leaflets everywhere else.
Can I print one board per listing without a minimum order?
Yes. Foam and Forex boards start at a single piece from AED 245, priced by size, and roll-up banners are sold individually at AED 190 for the 85 × 200 cm size. Only paper products carry real minimums — see our guide to printing MOQs in Dubai.
Should the QR code go on the flyer or the board?
Both, but pointing to different places: the flyer QR should open a WhatsApp chat, because someone holding a leaflet wants a person; the board QR should open the listing with the full gallery, because someone standing in the unit wants detail. Keep any printed QR at 2 cm minimum with a clear quiet zone around it.
Do you deliver to agents in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah?
Yes — the same prices apply, with courier delivery across the UAE and free shipping above AED 800. See the Abu Dhabi printing guide or the Sharjah price guide for lead times to each emirate.
Build your kit this week
Pick the building you want to own, and start with the AED 600 pairing: 1,000 door hangers and 2,000 A6 leaflets. Send us the listing and we will lay both out for you. WhatsApp +971 52 210 0909 or call 0522100909.
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