---
title: "Mercado Livre main image checker — free, in your browser | Herofab"
description: "Check a product photo against Mercado Livre's main-image rules: product fill and square format. Free in your browser; nothing is uploaded."
url: https://herofab.app/tools/mercado-livre-product-photo-checker
language: en
updated: 2026-11-06
---

# Check your photo against Mercado Livre's rules.

Mercado Livre sets rules for the main image that can be measured from the photo: product fill and square format. 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 · Mercado Livre 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 Mercado Livre asks for.

Source: [Mercado Livre Central de Vendedores — Fotos de qualidade](https://vendedores.mercadolivre.com.br/nota/fotos-de-qualidade-o-segredo-para-se-destacar-e-vender-mais) · checked 10 October 2026 · [Read again · 13 October 2026](https://herofab.app/guides/marketplace-image-rule-changes)

- **Main image:** The product fills about 95% of the image Square image, width equal to height
- **Size:** At least 500 pixels on the longest side; [1,200 × 1,200](https://herofab.app/tools/resize-image-to-1200x1200) recommended so buyers can zoom
- **Shape:** Width and height equal — square or close to it; the product fills about 95% of the image
- **Background:** White is still required for technology, beauty, health and supermarket; elsewhere light, contextual backgrounds are recommended
- **Not allowed:** Watermarks, and several products in one photo
- **Added elements:** Avoid adding your company's logos, purchase or delivery instructions, QR codes, text unrelated to the product, borders and contact details
- **Marketplace labels:** Avoid labels or indications that only Mercado Livre can assign, such as "Mais vendido", "Full", "MercadoLíder" or "Oferta relâmpago" banners
- **Extra images:** Show the product from different angles, in context and with its packaging only from the second photo onwards
- **Where:** Brazil
- **Mercado Livre image resizer:** 1,200 × 1,200 px — the size Mercado Livre recommends so buyers can zoom.
- **Herofab:** 1,200 × 1,200 px, the size Mercado Livre recommends

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

[Mercado Livre image guide](https://herofab.app/guides/mercado-livre-product-photos) · [Mercado Livre image resizer](https://herofab.app/tools/mercado-livre-image-resizer) · [Product photos for Mercado Livre](https://herofab.app/tools/product-photos-for-mercado-livre) · [Brazil](https://herofab.app/guides/countries/brazil) · [Product photo checker](https://herofab.app/tools/product-photo-checker)

## Checkers by marketplace.

[Faire](https://herofab.app/tools/faire-product-photo-checker) · [Shopee](https://herofab.app/tools/shopee-product-photo-checker) · [Hood.de](https://herofab.app/tools/hood-de-product-photo-checker) · [Ricardo](https://herofab.app/tools/ricardo-product-photo-checker) · [Tokopedia](https://herofab.app/tools/tokopedia-product-photo-checker) · [Product photo checker](https://herofab.app/tools/product-photo-checker)

## Mercado Livre main images, answered.

**How much of the image must the product fill on Mercado Livre?**

The product fills about 95% of the image. The checker measures the product on its longest axis and reports the percentage.

**Does Mercado Livre require square images?**

Square image, width equal to height. The checker compares the width and height in pixels.

**Where do these figures come from?**

From Mercado Livre Central de Vendedores — Fotos de qualidade, read on 10 October 2026. Marketplaces update their rules; the [official page](https://vendedores.mercadolivre.com.br/nota/fotos-de-qualidade-o-segredo-para-se-destacar-e-vender-mais) is the final reference.

**Is my image uploaded?**

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