Great listing images help you convert shoppers to buyers. Follow these recommendations to optimise your listing images:
Image orientation
The first photo in a listing should be horizontal (landscape) or square. This ensures that the centre focal point of the image appears in the cropped thumbnail views.
Your first listing photo also dictates the shape of the photos that follow. Uploading the same shape photos for all listing photos will create a more cohesive browsing experience.
Image rotation
Osbisy auto-rotates listing photos, but keep in mind that this depends on information included by your camera in the image file.
If your listing images are still uploading sideways, try using a photo editing service to rotate your images, or retake the photo while holding the camera in a different position. Remember that the orientation of your subject matter should match the orientation of the camera.
Listing image thumbnails
Make sure that your thumbnail images have enough of a border that they can be cropped to a square thumbnail without losing some of the product.
Our recommendations are:
- Crop your images using Osbisy’s crop tool to ensure accurate framing of your item. Using an uncropped image may result in inaccuracies on the final thumbnail.
- Try to capture images of your item further back then you think you’ll need. This will give you the ability to crop in without losing parts of your item.
- Avoid square crops. Upload horizontal or landscape images.
- Use an aspect ratio of 4:3.
For more detailed information, learn about Trouble Uploading Images.
Tips for listing images
Take your original picture from a far enough vantage point where you can see the entire product with extra negative space around your product.
Taking horizontally oriented picture means you’re able to use more of the available space within the thumbnail frame. Vertical images will require more information to be cropped out.
Use the placement tool when adding images to your listings to perform fine-tuning adjustments on what appears within your thumbnail on your listing.
Your final image will most likely be cropped down from the original image that was initially created. Confirming the image was produced at the highest resolution would be advised to meet the minimum suggested size for listing images.
