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iPhones save photos as HEIC, which many listing sites reject. SelfShot reads HEIC, rotates it upright, and exports JPG at the size your marketplace needs. All in your browser.
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HEIC is Apple's photo format. It saves space on your phone but trips up older upload forms. SelfShot decodes HEIC on your device and writes a clean JPG, with the orientation baked in so nothing comes out sideways.
Convert a whole camera roll at once and, if you like, size the output for Etsy, eBay, Amazon, or Poshmark in the same step.
HEIC, sometimes called HEIF, is the photo format Apple uses on iPhones by default. It saves space on your phone by compressing photos more efficiently than JPG. The trade-off is compatibility: many older upload forms and some marketplaces only accept JPG or PNG, so a HEIC file is rejected or simply will not select.
Converting to JPG fixes this. SelfShot decodes the HEIC on your device and writes a standard JPG that any listing site accepts.
Phone photos store an orientation tag rather than always rotating the pixels, so a photo can look upright on your phone but appear sideways once it is uploaded somewhere that ignores the tag. SelfShot bakes the correct orientation directly into the pixels when it converts, so your exported JPG is upright everywhere.
If you also pick a marketplace, the same step sizes the photo to that preset, so you go from a sideways HEIC to a JPG ready to upload. The marketplace still decides whether to accept the listing.
You can convert many photos at once. Drop the batch, and SelfShot reads each HEIC and exports a JPG, with an optional marketplace size applied. You download a ZIP of the converted files.
Your photos are never uploaded. The conversion runs in your browser, so it is free, there is no per-image limit on how many you convert, and your images stay on your device. If you also size for marketplaces, the free tool covers up to two per batch.
Current output values. They help prepare a listing photo. They do not decide whether a marketplace accepts it.
These rows are SelfShot output presets, designed around commonly published marketplace guidance. Requirements can vary by category and change over time. SelfShot cannot guarantee marketplace approval.
| Marketplace | Output size | Format | File size | Background |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etsy | 2000x2000 | JPG | under 1 MB | Pad to white by default |
| eBay | 1600x1600 | JPG | up to 12 MB | Pad to white by default |
| Amazon | 2000x2000 | JPG | up to 10 MB | Pad to white, check 255,255,255 |
| Poshmark | 1200x1200 | JPG | up to 5 MB | Pad to white by default |
| Poshmark cover 3:4 | 1200x1600 | JPG | up to 5 MB | Pad to white by default |
| Mercari | 1280x1280 | JPG | up to 10 MB | Pad to white by default |
| Depop | 1280x1280 | JPG | up to 8 MB | Pad to white by default |
| Facebook Marketplace | 1200x1200 | JPG | up to 8 MB | Pad to white by default |
| Shopify | 2048x2048 | JPG | up to 20 MB | Pad to white by default |
Add a whole batch by drag and drop, file picker, or paste. iPhone HEIC files are read and rotated upright for you.

Choose Etsy, eBay, Amazon, or Poshmark. The free tool lets you pick up to two marketplaces per batch. SelfShot sizes each photo to that preset, either padding to white or cropping to fill, and compresses toward that preset's file-size cap.

Get a ZIP with correctly named files, one folder per marketplace when you cross-list. Nothing is uploaded.

HEIC is Apple's photo format. Many upload forms only accept JPG, so the file is rejected.
No. Your photos are processed in your browser and never uploaded. SelfShot has no copy of them.
Yes. Convert a whole batch and, if you like, size them for a marketplace at the same time.
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