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eBay image requirements
Last checked against the platform’s documentation: August 2026
The short answer
- Size
- Minimum 500px on the longest side. 1,600×1,600px is a zoom RECOMMENDATION, not a requirement
- Background
- White/light grey background recommended (not strict)
- Shape
- Square 1:1 is recommended, not required
- Not allowed
- Banned on ALL photos: "Photos with added borders; Photos with added text, artwork or marketing material; Watermarks of any type."
What eBay requires
Everything in this section is published by eBay. Each line is marked as a rule or as advice, because the two are not the same thing when you are deciding what to do.
Size and shape
Minimum 500px on the longest side. 1,600×1,600px is a zoom RECOMMENDATION, not a requirementRequired
Square 1:1 is recommended, not requiredRecommended
Background
White/light grey background recommended (not strict)Recommended
What the photo may and may not show
Banned on ALL photos: "Photos with added borders; Photos with added text, artwork or marketing material; Watermarks of any type."Required
“Photos with added borders; Photos with added text, artwork or marketing material; Watermarks of any type.”
— eBay’s own wording Stock photos: new items only. Pre-owned must be actual photos.Required
Pre-owned vehicles must show the actual itemRequired
These are the rules. We build to them.
Upload one photo and get back a set sized, framed and backgrounded to exactly what is on this page. No studio, no measuring, no rejected listing.
Ready-made eBay packs, built from these rules:
- Product Shot1 image
- Showcase3 images