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Key takeaways
- Saudi Arabia is the biggest market for YouCan stores (687 ads from 96 pages), but it is only 40% of the platform's ads, against 91% for Salla.
- The UAE (304), Oman (248), Qatar (234), Kuwait (188) and Bahrain (92): YouCan is a Gulf-wide platform, not just a Saudi one.
- One campaign per country: of the YouCan ads shown in Saudi Arabia, none also ran in the UAE or Kuwait (0 and 0).
- Oman has the longest-lived YouCan ads: 37 ads there had been running for 30 days or more (15%).
Where YouCan stores advertise
YouCan is far less Saudi than Salla and Zid: 40% of its ads run in Saudi Arabia, against 91% for Salla and 81% for Zid. The rest is spread over the five other Gulf countries in large shares: the UAE 18%, Oman 15%, Qatar 14%, Kuwait 11%. That is what you would expect from a platform used by many cash-on-delivery sellers who sell the same product in several countries. To compare with the other platforms, read Salla, Zid and Shopify.
Country by country
| Country | Ads | Advertiser pages | Median price | Cash on delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 687 | 96 | SAR 149 | 39% |
| UAE | 304 | 50 | AED 199 | 13% |
| Oman | 248 | 28 | OMR 17 | 16% |
| Qatar | 234 | 36 | QAR 159 | 17% |
| Kuwait | 188 | 24 | KWD 14 | 12% |
| Bahrain | 92 | 13 | BHD 17 | 34% |
Prices are in the local currency, from the ads that stated one: 261 in Saudi Arabia, 50 in Qatar, 39 in Bahrain, 34 in Kuwait, and fewer in the UAE (21) and Oman (17), so read those two as a hint, not a rule. Cash on delivery is highest in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain; the details are in YouCan and cash on delivery.
Pages against ads: who stands behind them
The second and third columns say a lot. Oman has 248 ads from only 28 pages: fewer pages than Qatar (36) and more ads. Bahrain has 92 ads from 13 pages. YouCan's Gulf markets are led by a small number of very active advertisers, which makes the competitor map easy: outside Saudi Arabia no country has more than a few dozen YouCan pages, and you can know them all within an hour.
And each country gets its own campaign: of the 687 ads shown in Saudi Arabia, none also ran in the UAE (0) or Kuwait (0). The seller makes one ad per country, with its price and currency. The long-lived ads are concentrated in Oman (37 ads running 30 days or more) and Saudi Arabia (27). Why age matters: Ad running time.
What YouCan stores sell in each country
In Saudi Arabia: electronics (80), then watches (70), health (69) and home (65). In the UAE electronics (54) and health (39). In Qatar watches (54). In Kuwait hair care (42), then watches and health (36 each).
Oman is different: hair care first (65), then kids (40) and electronics (37). For the whole Omani market read Trending in Oman, and for winning products on YouCan YouCan winning products.
How to find the stores themselves: the Domains screen
- Open the Domains screen, filter the platform to YouCan, and sort by most ads.
- Open any domain: you see its ads per country and the landing pages they lead to. A store advertising in Saudi Arabia and Oman at once sells a product it has tested in two markets.
- Filter by pixel if you want stores buying traffic from a given platform.
- On the Advertisers screen, the same platform filter shows the pages advertising YouCan stores; its search box searches page names.
- In the library pick "store type: YouCan" with your country to see the ads themselves, with the captured store page behind each one.
If you find a store outside GccFY and want its platform, the Wappalyzer or BuiltWith extension or the page source is enough. All the methods are in Spying on a YouCan store.
What to do with the list
- Save your country's stores in a collection and review them weekly: who launched new ads, who stopped.
- Watch expansion: a store suddenly appearing in a second country has found a winning product.
- Read prices in each country's currency: the same product priced in riyals in Saudi Arabia and in dinars in Kuwait; the gap reveals the seller's margin and shipping cost.
- Remember the limits: stores' sales and orders are private; the number of ads and how long they run are signals, not sales figures.
