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Selling on Amazon is permissible. Buying goods, holding them, and reselling at a profit is the most basic form of lawful trade, and using a marketplace platform with fulfilment services does not change that. The conditions are the ordinary conditions of any sale: you must own or have the right to sell the goods, describe them accurately, sell products that are themselves permissible, and deal honestly with buyers. Amazon's FBA model fits comfortably because you buy inventory and ship it to a warehouse - you own it. The models that need more care are dropshipping variants where you list items you have not acquired, and any arrangement where you are selling something you do not yet possess.
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No. Islam does not cap profit margins. Buying at one price and selling at a higher one is the essence of permissible trade, and the margin reflects your sourcing effort, capital risk, storage and the convenience you provide. What is prohibited is not a high margin but a price obtained through deception, or exploiting a person's distress in a situation of genuine necessity.
No. You purchased the inventory and it is yours; Amazon holds it as a warehousing and fulfilment provider on your behalf. Storing your goods with a third party does not transfer ownership, and paying for storage and shipping is an ordinary service contract. This is why FBA is the cleanest of the Amazon models from an Islamic perspective.
Yes on the ownership question, since you buy the goods and own them before listing. Two things keep it clean. Describe the item and its condition accurately rather than implying it came from an authorised distributor if it did not. And respect the terms you bought under - if a store sets a purchase limit, buying around it is a matter of keeping to the agreed terms of your own purchase.
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