What image size should I use for Shopify?

Any generous square works for most themes; what matters far more is that every product uses the SAME ratio, since the collection grid crops to one shape.

Why do my products look different sizes in the grid?

Almost always mixed aspect ratios and inconsistent margins in the source files. The theme is cropping to a fixed frame and your images are not filling it consistently.

Should I use transparent PNG or white JPEG?

Transparent is safer long-term because it survives a theme change to a dark or tinted background. A flattened white file becomes a visible rectangle the moment the page is not white.

Do big images slow my store down?

Shopify serves responsive sizes, but oversized originals still cost you on mobile. Export at a sensible weight rather than the maximum available.

Can I mix lifestyle and white background images?

Yes, and you should — just keep the FIRST image consistent across the catalogue, since that is the one the grid shows.

How many photos should each product have?

Enough to answer the questions that otherwise become returns: scale, material detail, and how it looks in use. The number matters less than which questions they answer.

Will this match my existing catalogue?

It matches whatever background and framing you pick, so choose a recipe that matches your existing best products and apply it consistently from there.

Is the free generation really free?

Yes. One per day, watermarked and capped at 1024px. Signing up gives you 20 credits and clean full-resolution files with full commercial rights.

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How it works

1. Upload your product
Start from whatever you have. Consistency across the store matters more here than any individual photo.
2. Pick the Shopify preset
It targets a square canvas and a neutral field, which is what most themes crop to without damage.
3. Generate and download
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Why this is worth getting right

Shopify is the opposite problem to a marketplace: nobody is going to reject your image, which means every failure is silent and permanent until you notice it yourself. The constraint that actually bites is the theme. Collection pages render products in a fixed grid, and that grid crops whatever you upload to a single aspect ratio, so a store mixing square, portrait and landscape source images produces a grid where some products float small in the frame and others are cropped through. It never looks like a photography problem to the owner — it looks like the theme is broken. Background consistency is the second silent killer. A store where half the catalogue sits on pure white and half on warm grey reads as unfinished even when every individual photo is good, and because products are added over months the drift happens gradually enough that nobody catches it. Then there is the choice between a transparent PNG and a flattened white JPEG, which only matters until someone switches the theme to a dark or tinted background, at which point every white-matted image announces itself as a white rectangle. File weight is the last one and the most commercial: Shopify serves responsive images, but an enormous original still costs load time on mobile, and store speed is tied directly to conversion. The discipline that fixes all four is boring and effective — pick one canvas ratio, one background, one export recipe, and apply it to every product from now on rather than to the next photoshoot only.

Tips that actually help

Pick one aspect ratio for the entire catalogue and stay with it, because the collection grid crops everything to a single shape regardless of what you upload.
Standardise the background across every product before adding new ones, since a half-white half-grey catalogue reads as unfinished even when each photo is fine.
Prefer a transparent export if there is any chance you will move to a dark or tinted theme later, as white-matted images become visible rectangles the moment you do.
Leave consistent breathing room around the product so items of different proportions still look like a set in the grid.
Export at a sensible file weight rather than the largest possible, because store speed on mobile is tied directly to conversion.

Who uses this

New store launches: A first catalogue assembled from supplier photos is almost never visually consistent, and the grid is where that shows up first.
Catalogue clean-ups: Stores that grew product by product accumulate background drift. Regenerating on one background is the cheapest way to make the store look designed.
Theme migrations: A new theme often crops to a different ratio, which can quietly ruin a catalogue that looked fine on the old one.
Dropshipping and reselling: Supplier images arrive in every conceivable style, and unifying them is what separates a store that looks like a brand from one that does not.

자주 묻는 질문

What image size should I use for Shopify?: Any generous square works for most themes; what matters far more is that every product uses the SAME ratio, since the collection grid crops to one shape.
Why do my products look different sizes in the grid?: Almost always mixed aspect ratios and inconsistent margins in the source files. The theme is cropping to a fixed frame and your images are not filling it consistently.
Should I use transparent PNG or white JPEG?: Transparent is safer long-term because it survives a theme change to a dark or tinted background. A flattened white file becomes a visible rectangle the moment the page is not white.
Do big images slow my store down?: Shopify serves responsive sizes, but oversized originals still cost you on mobile. Export at a sensible weight rather than the maximum available.
Can I mix lifestyle and white background images?: Yes, and you should — just keep the FIRST image consistent across the catalogue, since that is the one the grid shows.
How many photos should each product have?: Enough to answer the questions that otherwise become returns: scale, material detail, and how it looks in use. The number matters less than which questions they answer.
Will this match my existing catalogue?: It matches whatever background and framing you pick, so choose a recipe that matches your existing best products and apply it consistently from there.
Is the free generation really free?: Yes. One per day, watermarked and capped at 1024px. Signing up gives you 20 credits and clean full-resolution files with full commercial rights.

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