Google Shopping image requirements, including AI images
Google Merchant Center wants product images of about 1500×1500 px or larger, under 64 megapixels and 16 MB, with no promotional overlays, watermarks, added logos or borders. AI-generated images must keep metadata that marks them as AI-made, such as the IPTC DigitalSourceType value TrainedAlgorithmicMedia.
Google Shopping requirements
| Recommended size | About 1500×1500 px or larger |
|---|---|
| Minimum | 500×500 px for all products from 31 January 2027; check Merchant Center for the current minimum before then |
| Maximum | 64 megapixels and 16 MB |
| Formats | JPEG, WebP, PNG, non-animated GIF, BMP or TIFF |
| Framing | The product fills about 75–90% of the image |
- Not allowed in product images: promotional text or overlays (prices, calls to action, shipping offers), watermarks, barcodes, logos added after the shoot, placeholders, generic mockups and borders.
- Additional images go in additional_image_link; lifestyle images in lifestyle_image_link.
- Products not sold with the item must not appear in the main image.
AI-generated images: AI-generated product images must carry AI metadata (IPTC DigitalSourceType: TrainedAlgorithmicMedia), and that tag must not be removed. ppl.studio doesn't write it into exports today: add it with a tool such as ExifTool before you upload.
Platforms change these specs and some vary by category or country: check Google Shopping's own help pages before a large upload, or run your files through the image spec checker.
Packs for Google Shopping
E-commerce Product Listings
A hero plus lifestyle photos exported at marketplace sizes; use the lifestyle shots in lifestyle_image_link.
You get: 7–9 photos · 1:1 · 4:5 · 2048² · ~45 min / SKU
How it worksProduct Feed Carousel
Reads your Merchant Center feed to make social carousels from the same products.
You get: 4–12 slides · 9:16 · 1080p · ~2 min / carousel
How it worksWhat it costs
ppl.studio is $1.99 a week, and your first 10 photos are free with no card. Photos and videos generate on your own Google Gemini API key, so Google bills the model usage directly at its rates; a few video packs can also use a fal key. There is no per-pack fee and no usage-rights fee: every image and video comes with full commercial rights. See pricing.
Questions
Can I use AI images in Google Shopping?+
Yes, if they show the product accurately and carry AI metadata (the IPTC DigitalSourceType tag). Don't strip it, and add it if your tool doesn't write it.
Can my main image have text or a badge?+
No. Promotional overlays, watermarks, added logos and borders are not allowed in product images.
Where do lifestyle images go?+
In the lifestyle_image_link attribute, with extra product views in additional_image_link.
Further reading
Make a UGC video for Google Shopping.
Paste your product URL: Creator UGC Video writes the script, picks a persona and renders a 9:16 ad with captions in about ten minutes.
Other platforms
Shopify
2048×2048 squares, a full PDP shot list, and the pack that makes it.
Amazon
Pure-white mains, lifestyle secondaries and A+ Content, made to spec.
TikTok Shop
A real main image, AI lifestyle in later slots, and video that meets Shop rules.
Etsy
2000 px photos, the real item first, AI scenes for scale and gifting.
WooCommerce
Theme-set sizes, a shot list per product, variation images and setup.
Meta Ads
1:1, 4:5 and 9:16 creative with safe zones, and AI disclosure rules.
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