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by mminer237 1951 days ago
Almost all companies will sell the Bitcoin as soon as it's paid, yes, most without ever touching it themselves. It's just like using a credit card as far as they're concerned. See this chart from BitPay on how they work: https://support.bitpay.com/hc/article_attachments/3600338995...

Remember that every actual Bitcoin transaction requires, on average, paying a $17 transaction fee to pay all the miners and the electricity they used in processing the transaction, so you don't want to actually be sending it between people often.