https://one36ty.com/blog/Bedtime stories and toddler sleep, gratuity and redundancy maths, music licensing, and selling digital products - from the ONE36TY studio in Dubai.enhttps://one36ty.com/blog/how-to-calculate-gratuity-amount-uae/https://one36ty.com/blog/how-to-calculate-gratuity-amount-uae/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0400MoneyThe UAE gratuity amount is the last basic salary divided by 30, times 21 days a year for five years and 30 days after, pro-rata by day, capped at two years' wage. Worked on an AED 7,500 basic as a month-by-month running figure, an exact leaving date with unpaid leave, and a part-time contract.https://one36ty.com/blog/when-to-start-sleep-training-toddlers-2-5/https://one36ty.com/blog/when-to-start-sleep-training-toddlers-2-5/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400SleepThe usual answer to "when to start sleep training" is 4 to 6 months, and it is a baby answer. For a child of 2 to 5 there is no start age, only readiness signs and a routine that moves 15 minutes a week. Here is the eight-week calendar we ran.https://one36ty.com/blog/how-much-to-sell-digital-downloads-on-etsy/https://one36ty.com/blog/how-much-to-sell-digital-downloads-on-etsy/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400CreateHow much to sell digital downloads on Etsy for, worked from Etsy's published fees for a UAE seller: 6.5% transaction, 6.5% + $0.30 processing, $0.20 per listing renewal. One Arabic prompt pack priced at $4, $8 and $20, and why the fixed cents set the floor.https://one36ty.com/blog/music-license-for-business-uk-what-it-covers/https://one36ty.com/blog/music-license-for-business-uk-what-it-covers/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400SoundA UK business that plays music to staff or customers usually needs TheMusicLicence from PPL PRS. What it covers, what a four-chair barber pays under the 2026 tariffs, and why a studio's Commercial track licence is a different right.https://one36ty.com/blog/how-to-prepare-your-toddler-for-a-new-sibling/https://one36ty.com/blog/how-to-prepare-your-toddler-for-a-new-sibling/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400SleepThe NHS and the AAP agree on the shape of it: tell them, finish the bed and potty changes early, expect some going backwards, keep the routines. Here is the one routine we refused to let the baby touch, and the eight-line bedtime sheet we ran from six weeks before the birth to six weeks after.https://one36ty.com/blog/can-newborns-sleep-on-their-side/https://one36ty.com/blog/can-newborns-sleep-on-their-side/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400SleepNo. The NHS, the Lullaby Trust and the AAP all say back for every sleep, and side is treated as risky as front. Why the choking worry is backwards, what changes once a baby rolls both ways, and the log of how often we turned ours back.https://one36ty.com/blog/how-to-calculate-end-of-service-calculator-uae/https://one36ty.com/blog/how-to-calculate-end-of-service-calculator-uae/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400MoneyAn end of service calculator takes four inputs and runs five steps. Worked on an AED 12,000 basic salary in the UAE from one year to twenty, with the fraction-of-a-year and unpaid-leave steps most people skip, and the Saudi, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain formulas set beside it.https://one36ty.com/blog/why-newborn-not-sleeping-at-night/https://one36ty.com/blog/why-newborn-not-sleeping-at-night/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400SleepA newborn awake at 2am is usually hungry, not yet on a body clock, or both: for about the first two months sleep is not tied to the time of day. Our week-three and week-seven logs side by side, and the NHS night-feed habits we kept.https://one36ty.com/blog/why-is-my-toddler-waking-so-early/https://one36ty.com/blog/why-is-my-toddler-waking-so-early/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400SleepA toddler up at five is usually answering something in the room or the day before: first light at the curtain edges, a nap that has grown too long, or a bedroom that warms up after the AC timer cuts out. Here is how we checked all three with two weeks of wake-up times.https://one36ty.com/blog/royalty-free-music-for-youtube-what-it-means/https://one36ty.com/blog/royalty-free-music-for-youtube-what-it-means/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400SoundRoyalty-free music for YouTube is music paid for once, with no fee per view after that, and it is still under copyright. How it differs from public domain, Creative Commons and the Audio Library, what a Content ID claim can do, how Shorts split revenue, and one Creek walk worked three ways.https://one36ty.com/blog/how-much-sleep-does-a-toddler-need-ages-2-5/https://one36ty.com/blog/how-much-sleep-does-a-toddler-need-ages-2-5/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400SleepA toddler of 1 to 2 needs 11 to 14 hours in every 24, and a child of 3 to 5 needs 10 to 13, naps included. That is the American Academy of Sleep Medicine's consensus figure. Here is what the range means for one real wake-up time, and why the nap is the number that moves bedtime.https://one36ty.com/blog/gumroad-vs-stan-store-digital-products-uae-creators/https://one36ty.com/blog/gumroad-vs-stan-store-digital-products-uae-creators/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400CreateGumroad takes 10% + $0.50 of each direct sale and no monthly fee; Stan Store charges $29 a month and 0% on sales. One $67 prompt library worked at one, four and twenty sales a month, plus which of the two pays a UAE bank account.https://one36ty.com/blog/gratuity-calculator-india-2026-uae-expats/https://one36ty.com/blog/gratuity-calculator-india-2026-uae-expats/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400MoneyAn Indian employee on a UAE contract is paid gratuity under UAE law, not India's. The 2026 India formula under the Code on Social Security (15 days over 26, six-month rounding, fixed-term after one year) and the UAE 21/30-day formula, both worked on the same salary and service.https://one36ty.com/blog/is-there-any-change-in-uae-gratuity-calculation/https://one36ty.com/blog/is-there-any-change-in-uae-gratuity-calculation/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400MoneyUAE gratuity calculation has not changed since 2 February 2022: 21 days of basic salary a year for five years, 30 days after, capped at two years' wage. What changed is the optional savings scheme at 5.83% and 8.33% of basic a month, worked on one AED 8,000 salary.https://one36ty.com/blog/how-to-help-your-fomo-baby-sleep-lamp-round/https://one36ty.com/blog/how-to-help-your-fomo-baby-sleep-lamp-round/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400SleepTo help a FOMO baby sleep, let the child switch the house off lamp by lamp, keep the goodbye short and identical every night, and read a slow story last. One family's week of tallies, with NHS and AAP guidance on separation anxiety.https://one36ty.com/blog/toddler-wont-stay-in-bed-at-night-walk-back-same-words/https://one36ty.com/blog/toddler-wont-stay-in-bed-at-night-walk-back-same-words/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400SleepWhen a toddler won't stay in bed, the NHS approach is to walk them back with as little fuss as possible. Use the same few words every trip and a routine that ends the same way nightly. NHS and AAP guidance, plus one household's week of tallies.https://one36ty.com/blog/debt-snowball-vs-avalanche-same-three-debts/https://one36ty.com/blog/debt-snowball-vs-avalanche-same-three-debts/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400MoneyThree made-up debts, one fixed monthly budget, paid off smallest-balance-first and highest-rate-first. Both orders finish in the same month; the avalanche costs AED 759 less in interest, the snowball closes its first account eight months sooner.https://one36ty.com/blog/toddler-stalls-at-lights-out-dim-room-in-steps/https://one36ty.com/blog/toddler-stalls-at-lights-out-dim-room-in-steps/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400SleepWhen lights out is one switch, it becomes the moment a two-to-five-year-old bargains. A four-step dimming sequence for the last half hour, what to say when the child asks for one light back on, and how The Owl Who Blew Out the Stars models it one star at a time.https://one36ty.com/blog/music-podcast-audiobook-intro-which-licence/https://one36ty.com/blog/music-podcast-audiobook-intro-which-licence/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400SoundAn intro sting plays at the top of every episode, so the first question is whether a licence covers one upload or the whole show. What Personal and Commercial each permit for a podcast, where a sponsor read moves the tier, what ACX allows inside an audiobook, and what the certificate should name.https://one36ty.com/blog/free-sample-digital-product-what-to-include/https://one36ty.com/blog/free-sample-digital-product-what-to-include/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400CreateDigital products are files or links sold instead of parcels: templates, prompt libraries, ebooks, licences. Nothing can be posted back, so a free sample does real work. What one should include, using a three-prompt Arabic UGC pack, and when paid only is the better call.https://one36ty.com/blog/licensed-music-instagram-reels-tiktok-what-licence-covers/https://one36ty.com/blog/licensed-music-instagram-reels-tiktok-what-licence-covers/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400SoundMusic picked from the Instagram Reels library or TikTok's Commercial Music Library is used on the app's terms and stays inside that app. A track uploaded already in the video needs the owner's licence, and a brand account needs Commercial. What Meta's and TikTok's terms say.https://one36ty.com/blog/uae-gratuity-resignation-vs-termination-what-changed/https://one36ty.com/blog/uae-gratuity-resignation-vs-termination-what-changed/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400MoneyUnder the old UAE labour law, resigning before five years cut the gratuity to a third or two-thirds. Federal Decree-Law 33/2021 dropped that rule. One AED 9,000 basic salary worked under both laws, plus what the notice period and unpaid leave still do to the number.https://one36ty.com/blog/digital-product-page-what-first-screen-answers/https://one36ty.com/blog/digital-product-page-what-first-screen-answers/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400CreateDigital products are files or access a buyer receives after paying: ebooks, templates, prompt libraries, music licences. Nothing ships, so the page does the selling, and its first screen has to say who it is for, what arrives, the format and the price.https://one36ty.com/blog/background-music-cafe-gym-salon-commercial-licence/https://one36ty.com/blog/background-music-cafe-gym-salon-commercial-licence/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400SoundA cafe that plays music to customers usually needs a public-performance licence; in the UK that is TheMusicLicence from PPL PRS. A $9.99 Commercial track licence covers the cafe's promo video, not its speakers. Where each stops, and five questions to ask.https://one36ty.com/blog/uae-gratuity-basic-salary-vs-total-package/https://one36ty.com/blog/uae-gratuity-basic-salary-vs-total-package/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400MoneyUAE gratuity is 21 days of the last basic salary per year for the first five years and 30 days per year after, capped at two years' wage. Allowances and commission are left out, so one AED 10,000 package can pay AED 65,000 or AED 26,000 after eight years.https://one36ty.com/blog/ai-wedding-video-style-prompts-what-style-controls/https://one36ty.com/blog/ai-wedding-video-style-prompts-what-style-controls/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400CreateWhat an AI wedding-video style prompt actually fixes (the decor, the light, the order of shots) and what it cannot (faces, a real venue, a ceremony, big camera moves), with the checklist that keeps twelve clips reading as one room.https://one36ty.com/blog/read-bedtime-story-at-childs-breathing-pace/https://one36ty.com/blog/read-bedtime-story-at-childs-breathing-pace/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400SleepHow to read a bedtime story for kids so it settles them: start at the child's own breathing, read one breath per page, let each out-breath grow a little longer, and stop after one story. A page-by-page method with Whale Song Lullaby, and the nights to skip it.https://one36ty.com/blog/content-id-claim-licensed-track-what-to-send/https://one36ty.com/blog/content-id-claim-licensed-track-what-to-send/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0400SoundA Content ID claim is a software match, not a copyright strike. On a licensed track it is answered with a dispute citing the certificate: title, licensee, tier, date, order number. The claimant then has 30 days to respond, and 7 for an appeal.https://one36ty.com/blog/how-to-price-a-first-digital-product/https://one36ty.com/blog/how-to-price-a-first-digital-product/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0400CreateDigital products are things made once and sold as a file or link: templates, ebooks, prompt libraries, licences. What a first one keeps at $3.99, $9 and $19 after Gumroad's 10% + $0.50 fee, and who buys at each price.https://one36ty.com/blog/20-minute-wind-down-routine-toddler-ends-in-book/https://one36ty.com/blog/20-minute-wind-down-routine-toddler-ends-in-book/Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0400SleepA twenty-minute bedtime routine for a two-to-five-year-old, worked minute by minute: lights down, a short wash, teeth, one slow book, the same goodnight words. Why the order holds better than the length, and where the screen goes off, with NHS and AAP guidance.https://one36ty.com/blog/exclusive-music-licence-199-what-you-actually-buy/https://one36ty.com/blog/exclusive-music-licence-199-what-you-actually-buy/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0400SoundAn Exclusive buyout costs the same as twenty Commercial licences. What "the track leaves the catalogue" does and does not undo, the three uses where exclusivity earns its price, and a five-point check before paying it.https://one36ty.com/blog/arabic-ugc-prompts-gulf-dialect-vs-fusha/https://one36ty.com/blog/arabic-ugc-prompts-gulf-dialect-vs-fusha/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0400CreateA good Arabic UGC prompt names the dialect and spells out how each line sounds. One skincare hook in Gulf, Egyptian and Fusha shows what changes: the verb, the word for air conditioning, the shape of the sentence, and why a transliteration line keeps the actor off a newsreader voice.https://one36ty.com/blog/uk-statutory-redundancy-pay-age-bands-20-year-cap/https://one36ty.com/blog/uk-statutory-redundancy-pay-age-bands-20-year-cap/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0400MoneyHow a UK redundancy pay calculator works it out: half, one or one-and-a-half weeks' pay per full year by age, the last 20 years only, weekly pay capped at £751 from 6 April 2026, so a maximum of £22,530. Worked on one salary.https://one36ty.com/blog/use-track-monetised-youtube-video-non-exclusive-licence/https://one36ty.com/blog/use-track-monetised-youtube-video-non-exclusive-licence/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0400SoundA YouTube channel with ads switched on is not a hobby film any more. What the Personal and Commercial tiers say about a monetised upload, what "non-exclusive" means once the track is in your edit, and the five-day rule that decides who keeps the ad money during a claim.https://one36ty.com/blog/selling-one-page-websites-local-businesses-whatsapp/https://one36ty.com/blog/selling-one-page-websites-local-businesses-whatsapp/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0400CreateThe whole Local Client Sites loop in order: the qualifying filter, the ten-minute demo, the opener that is a live link, the two follow-ups, the six-item intake, the 24-hour handover, and why the monthly care fee is the real business.https://one36ty.com/blog/personal-vs-commercial-music-licence-wedding-video/https://one36ty.com/blog/personal-vs-commercial-music-licence-wedding-video/Sun, 20 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0400SoundMusic for a wedding video needs a Personal licence ($3.99) for a family film nobody is paid for, and a Commercial licence ($9.99) once a videographer is hired or a venue uses the clip to sell. Plus what the certificate does in a YouTube Content ID dispute.https://one36ty.com/blog/cloud-blanket-tuck-in-bedtime-story-checklist/https://one36ty.com/blog/cloud-blanket-tuck-in-bedtime-story-checklist/Sun, 20 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0400SleepThe Cloud Blanket tucks a village in one roof at a time. How to read it as a tuck-in routine for a child who keeps standing up, what to name as each thing goes to sleep, and why "last page, lights off" holds better than "one more".https://one36ty.com/blog/how-uae-gratuity-is-calculated-21-30-days/https://one36ty.com/blog/how-uae-gratuity-is-calculated-21-30-days/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0400MoneyUAE gratuity is calculated on the last basic salary: 21 days' pay for each of the first five years, 30 days for each year after, capped at two years' wage. Worked on AED 10,000 basic over seven and a half years, with the three common mistakes.https://one36ty.com/blog/7-day-digital-product-launch-day-by-day/https://one36ty.com/blog/7-day-digital-product-launch-day-by-day/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0400CreateDigital products are things made once and sold as downloads or access: templates, guides, prompt libraries, music licences. Here is a seven-day launch calendar for one, why day four slips, what to cut, and Gumroad's ten-products-a-day limit.https://one36ty.com/blog/the-longest-yawn-pass-it-on-bedtime-story/https://one36ty.com/blog/the-longest-yawn-pass-it-on-bedtime-story/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0400SleepThere is no official clock time for a 2 year old's bedtime: sleep experts recommend 11 to 14 hours a day, naps included, so count back from wake-up. Why a predictable last story like The Longest Yawn helps, and how to read it slower on each page.