AI eBay Listing Photos

eBay keeps its picture rules short. Every listing needs at least one photo, and photos must be at least 500 pixels on the longest side. eBay recommends about 1,600 by 1,600 pixels, says 1:1 and 16:9 photos look best in listings and search, and lets you add up to 24 photos, each up to 12 MB, as JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, WEBP, HEIC or AVIF. The first photo is the main photo, shown next to your title in search results.

The prohibitions matter more than the sizes. eBay does not allow photos that misrepresent the item, placeholder images, stock photos for used, damaged or defective items, added borders, added text, artwork or marketing material, or watermarks of any kind, including ownership marks. Breaking the policy can get a listing or photo removed, and eBay can also warn, restrict or suspend the account.

We last checked eBay's picture policy and its photo guide in October 2026; both are linked at the bottom of this page. eBay's own photo tools already swap backgrounds for white or for AI-generated scenes, so editing is not the problem. Accuracy is: a photo has to show the item, in the condition the buyer will receive it.

A new, unused item in its original form looks like every other one of its kind, so a clean, generated scene around your photo of it misleads no one. Edit it onto white for the main photo, add a lifestyle shot and a scale shot, and you have a listing that looks like a store.

A used, refurbished, vintage or collectible item is one of a kind, and its photos are the condition report. eBay prohibits photos that do not show an item's actual condition, and it bans stock photos for used, damaged or defective items. An AI image of a used item, even one built from your own photo, is a new picture: the model redraws what it sees, and it can smooth a scratch, sharpen worn print, straighten a bent corner or change a serial number. A buyer who receives the real thing can fairly say it is not as pictured.

So for anything pre-owned, keep the item itself out of every model. Upscaling counts too: the Image Enhancer adds new fine detail as it enlarges, which is what you want for a new product and exactly what you do not want on a worn surface. Shoot condition photos at full resolution instead.

• New and unused: edits and scenes are fine.
• Used or vintage: only the background, and only with a mask.
• Never regenerate or upscale a condition photo.
• Photograph serial numbers and labels for real.

A masked edit is the honest way to clean a background. Open Inpaint, add your photo and tap Background, which selects everything behind the item in one tap. Describe what belongs there, such as "a plain white backdrop with a soft shadow under the item", and the model repaints only the masked area. The item, its scuffs and its exact colors stay as you shot them. Check the edges where the mask meets the item, and widen or erase the mask and run it again if a halo shows.

For a new item you can also do it as a prompt edit, with Mango 3 and the instruction to keep the item exactly as it is. The model rebuilds the scene and the item together, which gives cleaner edges around glass and hair-thin parts, at the cost of redrawing the item. The AI background changer page compares the two methods in more depth. eBay calls white backgrounds generally best and suggests a darker one for shiny items such as jewelry.

On eBay the photos that win are the ones that answer a buyer's questions before they ask. Use your 24 slots: the main photo of the whole item on a clean background, then every side, the top and the base, the label or model number, the inside or the box contents, and close-ups of every flaw. eBay's own advice is to show flaws up close and to add a coin or a ruler when size is not obvious.

For new stock, the later slots can sell the item: a photo of it in use, a scale shot in a hand or beside a familiar object, and a detail of the material. Make these from your own photo of the item, and keep them in the 1:1 or 16:9 frames eBay says look best.

• Main photo: the whole item, clean background.
• Every side, the base and the label.
• Each flaw in its own close-up.
• A coin or ruler for size.
• Square or 16:9 frames.

If you also sell on Amazon, do not reuse your Amazon infographics here. eBay does not allow added text, artwork or marketing material on photos, and it does not allow borders or watermarks of any kind. Put the features in the item specifics and the description, and keep every photo a photo. An Amazon gallery and an eBay gallery are different sets; the AI Amazon product images page covers the Amazon side.

The same goes for skills. In Claude, Codex or Cursor, Mage's Marketplace Listing Images skill lists eBay among its marketplaces, with eBay's own main-image rules. Use it for the photos of new stock and skip its text cards, which belong on Amazon, not eBay. The skills are free on the Mage skills page, and each image they make runs on Gems at the listed price.