---
title: "Etsy main image checker — free, in your browser | Herofab"
description: "Check a product photo against Etsy's main-image rules: thumbnail crops. Free in your browser; nothing is uploaded."
url: https://herofab.app/tools/etsy-product-photo-checker
language: en
updated: 2026-11-12
---

# Check your photo against Etsy's rules.

Etsy sets rules for the main image that can be measured from the photo: thumbnail crops. Drop a photo to see which ones it meets. It runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

![The brown leather tote alone on a white studio background, front view · Etsy main image checker](https://herofab.app/img/ex/tote-packshot-1100.webp)

Made with Herofab · Packshot studio

## Choose a marketplace and a photo.

Rules come from each marketplace's own help pages, summarised in the [guides](https://herofab.app/guides/) (checked 10 October 2026). Size, file size and format are checked as well.

## What Etsy asks for.

Source: [Etsy Help — Requirements and best practices for images](https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/115015663347-Requirements-and-Best-Practices-for-Images-in-Your-Etsy-Shop) · checked 10 October 2026 · [Read again · 13 October 2026](https://herofab.app/guides/marketplace-image-rule-changes)

- **Main image:** Room to crop to square, portrait and landscape without losing the product
- **Recommended:** A width and height of at least 2,000 pixels
- **First photo:** At least 635 pixels wide and high, or it may show up lower in search; square or landscape
- **File size:** Files over 1 MB may not finish uploading on a slow connection
- **Thumbnails:** Leave enough border to crop to square, portrait and landscape without losing the product
- **Formats:** JPG, GIF, PNG, SVG or HEIC; these are the only image file types supported
- **Transparency:** Animated GIF and transparent PNG files are not supported; transparent parts of an image appear black
- **Colour:** Images are converted to the sRGB colour profile; convert to sRGB before uploading if the colours appear wrong
- **Consistency:** The first listing photo dictates the shape of the photos that follow
- **Orientation:** Among its thumbnail recommendations, the same page advises avoiding square crops and uploading landscape images
- **Where:** Worldwide
- **Etsy image resizer:** 2,000 × 2,000 px — the size Etsy recommends.
- **Herofab:** 2,000 × 2,000 px, the size Etsy recommends

[How each rule is measured.](https://herofab.app/tools/product-photo-checker#h-how)

[Etsy image guide](https://herofab.app/guides/etsy-listing-photo-size) · [Product photo checker](https://herofab.app/tools/product-photo-checker)

## Checkers by marketplace.

[TikTok Shop](https://herofab.app/tools/tiktok-shop-product-photo-checker) · [Kaufland](https://herofab.app/tools/kaufland-product-photo-checker) · [Galaxus](https://herofab.app/tools/galaxus-product-photo-checker) · [Allegro](https://herofab.app/tools/allegro-product-photo-checker) · [Product photo checker](https://herofab.app/tools/product-photo-checker)

## Etsy main images, answered.

**Why does the first photo need room around the product on Etsy?**

Room to crop to square, portrait and landscape without losing the product. The first photo is shown in square, portrait and landscape thumbnails; the checker tests all three centred crops.

**Where do these figures come from?**

From Etsy Help — Requirements and best practices for images, read on 10 October 2026. Marketplaces update their rules; the [official page](https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/115015663347-Requirements-and-Best-Practices-for-Images-in-Your-Etsy-Shop) is the final reference.

**Is my image uploaded?**

No. The file is read and processed inside your browser; nothing is sent to a server.