Zola’s browser extension encourages the copying of a retailer’s products, including product pictures (which are often copyrighted), prices, and descriptions.
The Zola browser extension allows a registrant to copy product data from an indie store’s website and place it on a Zola registry. The store paid money to load this picture and product content its website, and Zola software is copying it without permission. Zola will then likely use this copied data to receive orders and bypass the retailer. The retailer will not likely receive the order yet its name and pictures were used to facilitate it.
A Zola registry showing a product copied from an indie store's website.
A registrants can allow a gift giver to purchase at the indie store but this is not recommened by Zola. Zola recommends the gift giver bypass the retailer and buy from Zola. Zola adds different barriers that make it slower and more difficult for the registrant to withdraw funds and spend them at the indie store.
Here we see a gift giver using product data created by an indie store and copied by Zola to conduct a checkout. The gift giver is using the indie store's data to checkout on Zola. The indie store didn't give Zola permission to use the picture or data.