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China Homelife UAE 2026 Guide: Dates, App, Badge Scanning and Follow-Up

China Homelife UAE 2026 runs December 15 to 17 at Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai. Buyers comparing home goods, textiles and building materials can group supplier conversations by product category and record target market, product details and the next catalogue or sample step.

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China Homelife UAE event guide, December 15 to 17, 2026

China Homelife UAE dates, hours and venue

China Homelife UAE key factsChecked Nov 11, 2026
Dates
December 15 to 17, 2026Tuesday to Thursday
Exhibition hours
10:00 to 18:00 dailyAsia/Dubai timezone
Venue
Dubai World Trade Centre, DubaiMain event venue
Entry
Free visitor pre-registrationOffered on the official event website
Official website
abcmexpo.comConfirm details before you travel

Use the China Homelife UAE dates above to plan your days, and check the China Homelife UAE Dubai World Trade Centre floor plan before you arrive.

Who exhibits and who attends China Homelife UAE?

Importers and distributors may need to compare range breadth, case quantities, export documentation and destination-market requirements. Retail and wholesale buyers may focus on assortment, materials, packaging and price bands, while sourcing teams may need to clarify supplier roles and follow-up ownership. Ask which product details are available, what specifications or pack information can be shared, and what catalogue or sample step is appropriate. Record the product category, target market, agreed details and next action.

Who exhibits

  • Household and home product manufacturers
  • Textile and consumer goods suppliers
  • Building material manufacturers for trade sourcing
  • Hardware suppliers serving distribution and project requirements
  • Exporters and trading companies connecting buyers with products

Who attends

  • Importers evaluating product suitability for their markets
  • Distributors assessing ranges and supplier relationships
  • Retail buyers comparing household and consumer product ranges
  • Wholesale buyers reviewing supply and order requirements
  • Sourcing teams assessing specifications, samples and next steps

How to prepare for China Homelife UAE: tips for exhibitors and visitors

Most of the work happens before you reach Dubai. Set up Habsy once and every conversation at the show ends with a saved contact, the context you need and a next step.

These China Homelife UAE exhibitor tips cover how to prepare for China Homelife UAE 2026, whether or not you also use the official China Homelife UAE app.

If you are visiting

Before you fly

  1. 1

    Create your Professional digital card

    Share your details by QR code, NFC or link instead of paper cards.

  2. 2

    Add your Business digital card

    Your company profile and brochures, for partners and suppliers you meet.

  3. 3

    Create a category for China Homelife UAE

    Plus the visitor intent signals below, to sort vendors by fit later.

  4. 4

    Turn on Send my digital card back

    Everyone you scan gets your card automatically.

If you are exhibiting

Before you fly, for every rep

  1. 1

    Install Habsy on every rep's phone

    Give each rep a digital card, plus one Business digital card for the company.

  2. 2

    Set up intent signals and templates

    Every rep qualifies and follows up the same way, by email or WhatsApp.

  3. 3

    Add an enquiry form to your card

    Print its QR code on the booth so visitors leave details when you are busy.

  4. 4

    Create a campaign for China Homelife UAE

    Bringing several reps? Every scan lands in one live list.

How to set up a lead capture app before China Homelife UAE

Five steps, in the order the app walks you through them. Visitors need steps 1 to 3. Exhibitors should do all five.

Habsy works as your China Homelife UAE lead capture app and China Homelife UAE mobile app in one, and step 1 gives you a China Homelife UAE digital business card.

1. Create your digital business cards

Every Habsy account includes two free digital cards under MyQR: a Professional digital card for you and a Business digital card for your company, with your services and brochures. Habsy's AI builds them from your LinkedIn profile and website, or from a photo of your own business card. Share them by QR code, NFC or link. The person you share with opens your card in their browser, with no app needed, and saves your contact in one tap. Add an enquiry form so visitors who scan your card leave their details and are saved as a new contact.

Create your digital business cards
  1. Professional digital card in the Habsy app

    1Your Professional digital card

  2. Business digital card in Habsy with the company profile

    2Your Business digital card

  3. Sharing a Habsy digital card by QR code, NFC or link

    3Share by QR code, NFC or link

2. Add intent signals

Intent signals are a built-in lead qualification form: tap-to-answer questions such as product interest, budget and timeline, answered in a few taps for every contact, so every rep records the same details. In Settings, open Manage Intent Signals, then tap Create with AI to get suggestions from your website, or Create Manually to add the set below.

Set up intent signals
  1. Manage Intent Signals screen in Habsy

    1Open Manage Intent Signals

  2. Reviewing intent signals suggested by Habsy AI

    2Review the signals Habsy suggests

  3. Tapping intent signal answers after scanning a contact

    3Tap the answers after each scan

Intent signals for China Homelife UAE
Organization typeSingle choice
  • Importers
  • Distributors
  • Retailers
  • Wholesalers
  • Trading companies
RoleSingle choice
  • Import manager
  • Distribution manager
  • Retail buyer
  • Procurement manager
Interested inMultiple choice
  • Home and household products
  • Textiles
  • Consumer goods
  • Building materials
  • Hardware
Buying timelineSingle choice
  • Within 3 months
  • 3 to 6 months
  • 6 to 12 months
  • Researching
Next stepSingle choice
  • Book a demo
  • Send a proposal
  • Share a case study
  • Introduce a colleague

Add them in Settings, Manage Intent Signals, with Create Manually, or start with Create with AI and adjust the options to match what you sell or what you are looking for.

3. Create a category for China Homelife UAE

Create a category called China Homelife UAE and set it as your default for the days of the event, so every contact you scan at the show is filed under it automatically. After the show, use it as a filter to export only your China Homelife UAE contacts to Excel, CSV or VCF in one step. Exhibitors on Habsy Platform can also use the China Homelife UAE category to track how the event performed: contacts captured, companies reached, intent signals and each rep's results.

Create and add a category
  1. Creating an event category in Habsy

    1Create the category

  2. Choosing the event category when saving a contact

    2Pick it when you save a contact

  3. Event category shown on a saved contact

    3Find it on every contact

4. Set up your email and WhatsApp templates

Connect your email account or WhatsApp Business account in Settings before the show. Then, with Send email or WhatsApp template turned on in your Card Preferences, your follow-up goes out from your own account the moment you save a scanned contact. The visitor often has your message, and your digital card, before they leave your booth. It shows you are organized and quick to respond, and it puts you ahead of every exhibitor who follows up next week. To write the template, open Email Templates or WhatsApp Templates in Settings, describe the message, and Habsy's AI writes it. Add variables such as the contact's name and company so every message is personal. Here is a template you can copy for China Homelife UAE:

China Homelife UAE follow-up template
NameChina Homelife UAE follow-up
SubjectProduct information after China Homelife UAE 2026

Hello {{recipient.name}},

It was good speaking with you at China Homelife UAE 2026. I can send information on our product range for your review. Which product category and target market should I focus on?

Best,
{{user.name}}

Words in braces are variables. Habsy fills them in from each contact and from your profile when you send.

Set up your templates
  1. Habsy AI writing a follow-up template

    1Let AI write the template

  2. Saved WhatsApp follow-up templates in Habsy

    2Save your WhatsApp templates

  3. Saved email follow-up templates in Habsy

    3Save your email templates

5. Set your Card Preferences

Choose what Habsy does each time you save a contact, once in Settings or per save. It runs in the background while you move on to the next conversation.

Set onceDefaults in Settings, or change them per save
Runs in the backgroundNo waiting between conversations
Works for every saveSingle scans, batches and manual entries
Card PreferencesAfter every save
Company and profile details (AI)Look up the company and the person automatically
Send email or WhatsApp templateYour follow-up template goes out right after save
Send my digital card backThey get your card while you are still talking
Sync to CRMPushed to Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho CRM, Dynamics 365, Odoo, Zapier or any of the 10+ CRM integrations

Maya Rahman saved at China Homelife UAE · 4 steps running in the background

Email, WhatsApp and CRM steps need the matching integration.

How to scan China Homelife UAE badges and business cards with your phone

Use one lead capture app on your phone for every contact you make at China Homelife UAE, wherever you make it: at the booth, in a session, at a reception or over dinner. Every rep and every visitor captures contacts on their own phone, free and with no scan limit, and every contact lands in one list with your category, intent signals and notes.

The same app is your China Homelife UAE badge scanner, China Homelife UAE lead scanner and China Homelife UAE business card scanner, so China Homelife UAE badge scanning and card scanning end up in one list.

Capture every contact
  1. Scanning a business card at China Homelife UAE with the Habsy mobile app

    1Scan a business card

  2. Scanning an event badge QR code at China Homelife UAE with the Habsy badge scanner

    2Scan a badge QR code

  3. Adding a contact with manual entry in Habsy

    3Type it in with manual entry

  • Badges: point the Habsy scanner at a badge and Habsy reads the attendee's details from its QR code. If a badge holds only a registration number, scan the person's business card or type them in.
  • Business cards: scan each card in seconds, or switch to Batch and scan up to 150 cards in about 5 minutes without leaving the camera. Habsy reads cards in 200+ languages.
  • QR codes: scan digital business cards from any provider, LinkedIn QR codes and contact QR codes.
  • NFC: turn on NFC on the scan screen, then hold an NFC business card or an NFC event badge to the back of your phone. Habsy reads the contact and saves it, with no camera needed.
  • Manual entry: no card and no QR code? Choose Manual and type the details in.
  • Offline: capture continues when the hall Wi-Fi is busy, and contacts process once you reconnect.

Many shows also sell official lead retrieval through the organizer. Habsy works on its own or next to it. For more, read lead capture vs lead retrieval.

Whichever you choose, compare China Homelife UAE lead retrieval with scanning on your own phones before you book.

How to qualify China Homelife UAE leads while you talk

A contact without context is hard to follow up. Before the next conversation starts, add what you discussed and what you promised.

  • Intent signals: tap the answers on the review screen after each scan.
  • Voice notes: tap Add Voice Note and say what they need. Habsy turns it into a searchable transcript.
  • Text notes: type a quick note, such as "Record material, pack size and target market".
  • Reminders: in 1 hour, in 4 hours, tomorrow at 9 AM or any date and time, with a repeat and an alarm. All of them appear in My reminders.

Here is what a contact from China Homelife UAE looks like with context added:

MR

Maya Rahman

Retail buyer, Harborline Goods Co.

China Homelife UAE

Intent signals

  • Retailers
  • Retail buyer
  • Home and household products
  • Textiles
  • 3 to 6 months
  • Book a demo

Notes

Comparing household ranges for a mid-market retail assortment.

0:42 · "I am reviewing household products for our next assortment."

Reminder

Friday, 9:00 AM · Send range details and ask target price band

Fictional contact illustrating a conversation at China Homelife UAE 2026 on Tuesday, December 15, 2026, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai

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How to follow up after China Homelife UAE

The show ends on Thursday, December 17. What you do in the next 48 hours decides how many of those conversations turn into meetings, partners or deals.

If you visited: pick up the conversations you started

  • See who looked at your card: open QR analytics to see how many people viewed and saved your digital card, how they engaged and where.
  • Save and call back: save vendors to your phone contacts, and set a reminder to call back the ones you want to hear more from.
  • Drop a message: Habsy writes a short email or WhatsApp message for any contact, mentioning where you met.
  • Export and share: export your China Homelife UAE category to Excel, CSV or VCF, by date range, with a copy sent to your email, and share the shortlist with your team.
QR analyticsYour card at China Homelife UAE
186Card views
64Contacts saved
21Enquiries
47Link clicks

Top locations

Dubai142
Sharjah18
Ajman11

Example numbers.

Pick up after the show
  1. Exporting contacts from Habsy to Excel, CSV or VCF

    1Export to Excel, CSV or VCF

  2. Setting a call-back reminder for a contact

    2Set a reminder to call back

  3. Sending a quick follow-up message from Habsy

    3Send a quick message

If you exhibited: follow up within 48 hours

  • Thursday evening: batch scan any cards left in your pockets and check that every contact has a note.
  • Friday: filter by intent signals, such as "Book a demo" and "Within 3 months", and send your China Homelife UAE template to the hottest contacts first.
  • Send at scale: select several contacts on the home screen, choose email or WhatsApp and a template, and send to all of them.
  • Next week: work through the rest by reminder, sync qualified contacts to your CRM, and export the list to Excel, CSV or VCF.
Follow up within 48 hours
  1. Writing a personal follow-up with Habsy AI

    1Write the follow-up with AI

  2. Picking an email or WhatsApp template for each contact

    2Pick a template for each contact

  3. Selecting several contacts to send one follow-up

    3Select several contacts and send

For more China Homelife UAE follow-up email ideas, see our follow-up email templates.

China Homelife UAE lead capture for exhibitor teams

When several reps work the booth, the hard part is not capturing leads. It is knowing, during the show and after it, who met whom, who is hot and who follows up. Habsy Platform is the web dashboard for that, at app.habsy.ai. Reps keep scanning in the app, and the manager sees everything in one place.

app.habsy.ai

Habsy Platform campaign dashboard with total cards, companies, enrichment, engagement score and intent signals
A Habsy Platform campaign dashboard: totals, enrichment, engagement and intent signals for one event.
  • One campaign for China Homelife UAE: every rep's contacts land in one live list, by rep and by day.
  • Clear ownership: assign contacts, set reminders, and get alerts when two reps meet the same person.
  • Follow-up from one place: sync to your CRM and run email and WhatsApp follow-up for the whole team.

The China Homelife UAE post-event report

When the show ends, Habsy turns your China Homelife UAE contacts into a post-event report: what your team captured, who you met, what they told you through your intent signals, and a dossier on every company with how well it fits your business. Use it to decide who to call first and whether the next edition is worth the booth. Here is what it could look like for China Homelife UAE, with example data:

Post-event report · China Homelife UAE

China Homelife UAE 2026 post-event report overviewEvent details, totals, capture quality and key observations for an example report.POST-EVENT REPORTChina Homelife UAE 2026Export all dataVENUEDubai World Trade CentreDATESDecember 15 to 17, 2026TYPEExpoREPS8 reps scanning186COMPANIES212CARDS205/212CONTACT ON CARD57BOOK A DEMOCAPTURE QUALITYEmail on card201/212Phone on card188/212Named person209/212Intent signals filled164/212Voice notes72/212KEY OBSERVATIONS64 of 186 companies are importers.Home and household products is the top interest.41 contacts plan to buy within 3 months.38 contacts hold C-level titles.Tuesday, December 15 was the busiest day at the booth.

Overview: what your team captured at China Homelife UAE, how complete it is, and what stands out.

Habsy Platform has one team price, with no per-event or per-lead fees. See Habsy for teams or explore the platform.

Bottom line

Exhibitors and visitors can make supplier meetings more useful by recording the product category, target market and a clear next step for each conversation. Visitors: create your digital card and scan every card and badge you collect. Exhibitors: set up intent signals and templates before you fly, capture every contact in one app, and follow up within 48 hours. See event lead capture with Habsy.

Bringing a team to China Homelife UAE and other events this year? See how Habsy works for sales teams, or book a demo of Habsy Platform.

Habsy is not affiliated with Meorient International Exhibition. Event details come from the official China Homelife UAE website and can change.

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Going to China Homelife UAE 2026?

Capture every contact you make in Dubai.

Share your digital card, capture business cards or supported contact QR codes, and retain the context for your next conversation.