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Zalando image requirements

What Zalando rejects and recommends in a product photo, and how Photos.sh checks a photo against it and fixes it in one step.

Create account Checked 2026-11-06

The rules

A photo that breaks a rule marked rejected is refused or suppressed; a recommended one is advice. The photo check measures each of them on your photo.

  • Rejected Shaped 1:1.4 — Zalando needs a 1:1.44 (width:height) image.
  • Rejected At least 762 × 1,100 px
  • Rejected In JPEG
  • Rejected At most 20 MB a file
  • Rejected Sharp, not blurred — Zalando rejects blurry images.
  • Rejected No added text, logos, watermarks or borders — No text overlays (other than measurements) or watermarks.
  • Recommended At least 1,801 × 2,600 px — Zalando recommends 1801 x 2600 px.
  • Recommended The product fills at least 70% of the frame — Zalando recommends the product cover about 80% of the frame.
Check by eye
  • No visible mannequins in mandatory packshots and model views.
  • No packaging, except for accessories, jewellery, electronics and beauty.
  • Zalando turns white packshot backgrounds light grey automatically.
The fix makes
1,801 × 2,600 px, JPEG, the product cut out onto white, filling 80% of the frame, under 20 MB. Added text is painted out where the marketplace forbids it, and a photo under its minimum size is upscaled.
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In the API

Check a photo against Zalando’s rules, or fix it and get the photo back. One credit a photo. API reference

curl -X POST "https://api.photos.sh/v1/check?marketplace=zalando" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PHOTOS_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: image/jpeg" \
  --data-binary @photo.jpg
curl -X POST "https://api.photos.sh/v1/fix?marketplace=zalando" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PHOTOS_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: image/jpeg" \
  --data-binary @photo.jpg \
  -o fixed.jpg

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