Is this permissible?

بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم, السلام عليكم

I learned that Dropshipping is haram so the best way to do solve that is to buy inventory

Thing is it would be a risk to buy upfront inventory without knowing if the product will work or not

So I would like to ask if this is permissible:

Basically, just to get a proof of concept , I will show the product and advertise to it normally and then when I get the first sales and know that the product is working I will be refunding those clients.
Then I will buy inventory and sell normally.
(ofc even if the product isn’t working and I get some sales I will be refunding those clients)

Would this be permissible ?

I can’t mention to the customers before they buy that I don’t have inventory or “per-order” as this would not give actual data and wouldn’t know if the product is actually working or not.

Thanks for your efforts always to help,

Salam,

Wa alaykum salaam,

No, what you have described is not acceptable either.

Rather, you should buy the item first to test it. And then you may resell this item on to others.

Allah knows best