Check your photo against Ricardo's rules.
Ricardo sets rules for the main image that can be measured from the photo: background colour and cut-off edges. Drop a photo to see which ones it meets. It runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Choose a marketplace and a photo.
Rules come from each marketplace's own help pages, summarised in the guides (checked 27 September 2026). Size, file size and format are checked as well.
What Ricardo asks for.
Source: Ricardo — Wie beschreibe ich meinen Artikel professionell? · checked 27 September 2026
- Main image
- Light, neutral background (recommended)
- Main image
- The whole product in frame, nothing cut off (recommended)
- Crop
- Ricardo crops pictures to the 4:3 format, so horizontal photos look better in the search results
- Background
- The item in front of a light, neutral background, photographed in daylight without direct sun and with the flash off; a calm, tidy setting with other objects removed
- Main image
- The complete item, filling the picture well and fully visible
- Details
- Different angles and the details that make the difference, such as the brand; scratches, marks and signs of use must be clearly visible
- Product feed
- 1 to 10 image URLs per product, JPG or PNG, a minimum resolution of 700 px and at most 5 MB per image; a changed image is only picked up when its URL changes too
- Not allowed
- Stock images, and watermarks, QR codes, logos or contact details in feed images; in every listing image, any self-promotion or advertising for others, and contact details such as a postal, web or e-mail address
- Rights
- Only images you created yourself or whose use the rights holder has approved; picture and text must not contradict each other
How each rule is measured.
- Background colour
- The background colour is the median of a thin band along all four edges. A pure-white rule passes only when that band is RGB 255, 255, 255; near-white values such as 253 are reported with their exact colour.
- Cut-off edges
- A product whose outline reaches the edge of the frame is reported as cut off, together with the edges it touches.
- Scene photos
- Room and lifestyle photos have no plain background to measure against, so fill, edges and shadow are marked as not measured rather than guessed.
Checkers by marketplace.
Ricardo main images, answered.
What background does Ricardo require for the main image?
Light, neutral background (recommended). The checker reads the background from the edges of the photo and reports its exact RGB value.
Can the product touch the edge of the frame on Ricardo?
The whole product in frame, nothing cut off (recommended). A photo in which the product reaches the edge is reported as cut off.
What size should Ricardo product images be?
Ricardo crops pictures to 4:3; feed images are JPG or PNG, at least 700 px, up to 5 MB, 1–10 per product; the whole item on a light, neutral background.
Where do these figures come from?
From Ricardo — Wie beschreibe ich meinen Artikel professionell?, read on 27 September 2026. Marketplaces update their rules; the official page is the final reference.
Is my image uploaded?
No. The file is read and processed inside your browser; nothing is sent to a server.
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