Manage product images and videos

For each product, you can upload multiple images and videos, rearrange their order, and control how each is used. If you have a large quantity of images to manage, you may prefer to import them as a batch, rather than upload each one individually. For more information, see Import product images.

If you plan to upload large images for viewing on the Product Details page, you may want to consider setting a maximum pixel size (width and height) and automatically resize the files at upload. There is an option to enable automatic resizing of larger image files as you upload. For more information, see Product image resizing.

Update the product images

Upload an image

For the best compatibility, it is recommended to upload all product images with the sRGB color profile. All other color profiles are automatically converted to the sRGB color profile during the product image upload, which could cause color inconsistency in the uploaded image.

The image file name length, including extension, cannot exceed 90 characters.

To upload an image, do one of the following:

Rearrange images

To change the order of images in the gallery, click the Sort (   ) icon at the bottom of the image tile and drag the image to a different position in the Images And Videos box.

Delete an image

To remove an image from the gallery, click the Delete (   ) icon in the upper-right corner of the image tile and click Save.

Set image details

Click the image that you want to open in detail view and do any of the following:

To close detail view, click the Close (  ) icon in the upper-right corner.

When complete, click Save.

Enter alt text

Image Alt text is referenced by screen readers to improve web accessibility and by search engines when indexing the site. Some browsers display the Alt text on mouseover. Alt text can be several words long and include carefully selected key words.

In the Alt Text box, enter a brief description of the image.

Assign roles

By default, all roles are assigned to the first image that is uploaded to the product. To reassign a role to another image, do the following:

In the Role box, choose the role that you want to assign to the image.

When you return to the Images and Videos section, the currently assigned roles appear below each image.

Hide an image

To exclude an image from the thumbnail gallery, select the Hidden checkbox and click Save.

Image roles

Watermarks

If you go to the expense of creating your own original product images, there is not much you can do to prevent unscrupulous competitors from stealing them with the click of a mouse. However, you can make them a less attractive target by placing a watermark on each image to identify them as your property. A watermark file can be either a JPG (JPEG), GIF, or PNG image. Both GIF and PNG file types support transparent layers, which can be used to give the watermark a transparent background.

The watermark used for the small image in the following example is a black logo with a transparent background and saved as a PNG file with the following settings:

Add watermarks to product images

Delete a watermark