What is the ruling on selling through electronic sites, where the seller displays products before acquiring them, requests the amount to be transferred in advance from the customer, and then she herself makes the purchase and shipment?
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This transaction is unclear, but if the merchant has bought the clothes and taken possession of them, she may sell them for any price. However, if she has not taken possession of them, then, according to the majority of scholars, she is not permitted to sell them. And if the merchant does not buy the clothes but rather displays them to customers, she is not allowed to take an increase over the company's price except as a commission (brokerage fee).
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