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オンラインショップで買えるようにしてはいる

Would be grateful if someone could explain this part of the statement :

買えるようにしてはいる

Thanks
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オンラインショップで買えるようにしてはいる
> オンラインショップで買えるようにしてはいる
>
> (literally) [Someone] has made it possible to buy it in the online shop, at
> least.
>
> (At least,) It's been made available in the online shop (although you cannot
> buy it here and now).

Here's the breakdown:

  * 買う: to buy (it)
  * 買 **える** : can buy it
  * 買える **ようにする** : to make sure one can buy it; to make it possible to buy it
  * 買えるように **している** : have made it possible to buy it
  * 買えるようにして **は** いる: have made it possible to buy it, at least

This [ようにする](https://jlptsensei.com/learn-japanese-
grammar/%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B-you-ni-
suru-%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%82%8B-meaning/)
means "to make sure that ～", "to set up so that ～", etc. This は is a contrast
marker, which [can be translated as "at
least"](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/29438/5010). This している refers to
the [continuation of the
state](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/3122/5010).
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