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Amazon Product Image Checker

Check up to 10 Amazon product photos for resolution, pure-white background, frame fill, centering, blur, clipping, and edge warnings. Free and private in your browser.

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Check up to 10 Amazon product photos

We inspect source resolution, detected background, frame fill, centering, clipping, blur, and possible edge halos. Images stay in your browser.

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Results are advisory. Automated checks cannot confirm every category-specific MAIN-image rule or identify all text, props, logos, and accessories. Review the Amazon guidance used by this checker.

What Actually Gets Amazon Main Images Suppressed

The first image on an Amazon detail page is the MAIN image and appears in search. It has stricter presentation rules than alternate views: the product should be shown clearly on pure white without added text, graphics, watermarks, or confusing props. The checker measures the parts software can estimate and leaves content-policy decisions for manual review.

Why near-white still fails

Amazon specifies RGB(255, 255, 255) for a MAIN-image background. A studio backdrop can look white while its sampled pixels are grey or tinted, and compression can leave a faint fringe around the subject. The repair action flattens the cutout onto an exact white canvas; the checker still marks possible edge halos for review.

The 1000 px zoom threshold

Amazon accepts images from 500 pixels on the longest side but prefers more than 1000 pixels so zoom can be available. Catalog Studio flags sources below 1000 instead of silently inventing detail, and its Amazon recipe exports to a 2000 px square when the source supports it.

If a listing gets suppressed

Suppressed listings drop out of search but stay visible in Seller Central under Manage Inventory, usually with a listing quality alert naming the failed check. Replace the main image with a compliant export, and the listing normally returns after the next review pass. Keep the original photo so you can re-export rather than re-edit a compressed copy.

Square padding without cropping the product

Amazon displays main images in a square window. If your photo is portrait or landscape, padding it to a white square preserves the full product while meeting the display format. Keep the product at 85 percent of the frame after padding: measure against the longer side, not the original crop.

Verify the final file before upload: open the exported JPG, sample the background color with any picker, and confirm 255, 255, 255. That thirty second check is cheaper than a suppression cycle.

Image Requirements

RequirementSpecification
Background ColorPure white RGB(255, 255, 255) required for main image
Resolution500–10,000 px longest side; more than 1000 px preferred for zoom
Accepted FormatsJPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF (JPEG preferred)
Frame FillProduct must occupy at least 85% of the image frame
Watermarks & LogosNo watermarks, logos, or promotional text on main image
Checker Export2000 x 2000 JPG (a quality preset, not an Amazon certification)

Compliance Checklist

Background is pure white (#FFFFFF) with no off-white tint
Longest side is above 1000 px for a zoom-capable source
Product fills 85% or more of the frame
No props, accessories, or packaging visible in main image
Saved as JPEG with minimal compression artifacts

How to Prepare Your Photos

1

Start from your sharpest source photo

Pick a sharp photo above 1000 px on the longest side so the file can support zoom. Larger clean sources give the export more real detail; upscaling a small source does not.

2

Let the Amazon preset do the compliance work

The uploader on this page removes the background, sets an exact RGB(255, 255, 255) white canvas, pads the image to a square, and preselects JPG export, which matches the main image rules.

3

Verify white, then replace the main image

Sample the background with a color picker to confirm pure white, then upload the JPG as the main image in Seller Central and check the listing once Amazon finishes processing it.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

IssueOff-white background (not pure #FFFFFF) causing listing suppression
FixUse Backgroundless to set an exact RGB(255, 255, 255) white background instead of relying on studio lighting.
IssueImage resolution below the preferred 1000 px zoom threshold
FixStart with a higher-resolution source. Amazon accepts files from 500 px on the longest side but prefers more than 1000 px for zoom.
IssueProduct fills less than 85% of the frame leaving excessive white space
FixCrop tightly around the product after background removal, ensuring it occupies at least 85% of the image area.

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