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Product photo prep, start to finish
Marketplaces rank listings with clean, consistent photos higher — and buyers trust them more. The full prep routine: shoot, clean up, resize to spec, compress without losing the detail that sells.
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Step by step
- Shoot on the cleanest background you have — a plain wall or sheet beats a busy room, and makes any later cutout ten times easier.
- Straighten and crop square (1:1) or 4:5: the ratios marketplaces display best.
- Convert to JPG for photos (or keep PNG if the image has transparency), sRGB colour, longest edge around 2000px.
- Compress to a fast-loading file — aim under 500 KB per photo — and sharpen lightly after resizing, never before.
Tips from people who do this a lot
- Consistency sells: same background, same ratio, same order of shots (front, angle, detail, scale) across every listing.
- Zoom into fabric, stitching and labels at 100% after compressing — that is where cheap compression shows.
- Keep your unedited originals; marketplace specs change, and you cannot un-crop a photo.
FAQ
What size do Etsy/Amazon/eBay want?
All reward zoomable images: 2000px on the longest edge is the safe universal target, JPG, sRGB.
Should product photos have transparent backgrounds?
Only where the marketplace allows it — most want white or lifestyle backgrounds. Transparency is for your own site and design work.
Is this really free?
Yes — every tool on this site is free. A short ad before your download is what pays the server bills, so nothing needs a paywall or an account.