Resize images for eBay

eBay accepts photos from 500 pixels on the longest side, but the number that matters is 1600. At 1600 pixels or larger on the longest side, eBay turns on its zoom feature, which lets buyers magnify details. Listings without zoom look lower quality next to competitors, so 1600 by 1600 is the size to aim for.

SelfShot squares your photos to 1600 by 1600 and keeps each file well under eBay's 12 megabyte limit. Square is also how eBay displays and crops images in search, so squaring them yourself keeps the framing you intended.

eBay shows search results in a square grid and crops non-square photos to fit. If your product is near the edge of a wide or tall photo, the crop can cut it off. Squaring the photo first puts your product in the center of a 1:1 frame, so what you see is what buyers see.

If your original is wider or taller than square, SelfShot pads the short side rather than cropping, so the whole product stays in frame.

eBay recommends a clean, plain background but does not require pure white, so SelfShot defaults to padding to white rather than forcing a background change. This squares the photo and gives it a tidy white border without risking a bad automatic cutout.

If you prefer to keep a lifestyle or in-use background, you can. The point of SelfShot on eBay is correct sizing and square framing so your listing photos are sharp and zoomable.