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Etsy Product Photo Checker

A buyer decides whether to click from a thumbnail a few centimeters wide, and most photo problems are visible at that size.

Nothing is uploaded. It runs in your browser, so your files never leave your machine — and it stays free.

Part of the Maker Toolkit: twenty-three tools that share one shop profile and one product list, so what you set up here is already known everywhere else.

Maker Toolkit v1.0 · August 2026

How it works

Etsy Product Photo Checker, step by step

It reads each listing photo against Etsy’s own guidance on size, shape and file type, then checks light, focus, color and how much room the product takes up. It shows how your first photo crops in Etsy’s square, portrait and landscape thumbnails, and saves Etsy-ready copies. Every photo stays on your computer.

  1. Drop the photos for one listingIn the order you plan to upload them. JPEG, PNG or WebP, up to 20.
  2. Read the fixes firstEach finding comes with one line on what to do about it.
  3. Check the first photo’s cropsSee it in all three thumbnail shapes, with the product outlined so you can tell if anything gets cut.
  4. Download Etsy-ready copiessRGB JPEGs at 2000 px on the short side, under 1 MB where the photo allows, numbered in upload order.

Why it is built this way

The decisions behind it

Etsy’s numbers, not guessesThe 2000 px recommendation, the 635 px first-photo minimum and the 20-photo limit come from Etsy’s own help pages. Anything that is our advice is worded as advice.
Built for the first photoIt holds the photo that shows up in search to stricter rules, because that one decides whether anyone clicks.
Honest about what it isIt reads light, focus and framing. It cannot judge your product, and a deliberately moody shot can fool it. It says so on the page.

Questions

Etsy Product Photo Checker — common questions

What size should Etsy listing photos be?

Etsy recommends at least 2000 px on both width and height, and says the first photo needs at least 635 px on each side or the listing can show up lower in search. A phone photo at 4032 x 3024 is plenty. The checker saves copies at 2000 px on the short side and never upscales a smaller photo, because that adds pixels, not detail.

What shape should my first Etsy photo be?

Landscape or square, per Etsy, and the rest of the gallery takes its shape from it. Etsy crops the first photo into square, portrait and landscape thumbnails without publishing the ratios. In October 2026, etsy.com search served 4:5 portrait and roughly 5:4 landscape thumbnails, so leave room around the product and fine-tune with Adjust Thumbnail.

How many photos can an Etsy listing have?

Up to 20 photos and 2 videos of 5 to 15 seconds each. The checker counts your slots and gives a short shot list to fill them: a scale shot, a detail close-up, the product in use, a personalization example, and the back or packaging.

Why does my product photo show a black background on Etsy?

It is a PNG with transparency. Etsy displays transparent areas as black. Etsy also accepts only JPG, PNG, GIF, SVG and HEIC, so a WebP will not go up. The checker flags both and saves sRGB JPEG copies on white, kept under the 1 MB that Etsy says uploads reliably on a slow connection.

Next in the workflow

What most makers open after this

These are not a list of everything. They are the tools this one hands off to, and they already know what you did here.

FreeEtsy Listing CheckerPaste a listing and find out what Etsy will refuse, what its current guidance would change, and exactly what to do about each one.FreeCutout StudioRemove the background and walk away with everything the print or the laser needs, at real size.FreeListing Prompt BuilderGive the AI you already pay for your real facts, and get a listing that sounds like your shop instead of everyone else’s.

Free, and staying free

This one costs nothing. No account, no limits, no watermark.

Eighteen of the twenty-three tools are free for good. If you want the generators that design the product, and the planner that tells you whether the batch fits your week, that is what the Hub is for.

See what the Hub adds