Add Photos to Your Listing

A listing without photos does not convert. A buyer who cannot see what they are buying defaults to the cheapest option available — because price is the only signal left when everything else is absent.

Your photos are doing a job. They are answering the question the buyer is asking before they ask it: is this real, is this the right part, is this seller worth trusting?

After saving your listing in Lesson 1, you will be taken to the product detail page. Find the Media section and click Edit.

Uploading photos

Click the upload area or drag your image files in. You can upload multiple photos at once. Supported formats are standard image files — JPG and PNG both work. Keep file sizes reasonable; very large files slow down the upload without improving the buyer experience.

Once uploaded, your photos appear as a grid. You can drag to reorder them. The first photo in the sequence becomes the thumbnail — the image buyers see in search results and category pages before they click on your listing.

What to photograph

For a parts listing, photograph the actual part you are selling — not a manufacturer image, not a stock photo from a supplier catalogue. The buyer has already seen the catalogue image. What they want to see is your inventory.

Photos that work:

The part on a clean flat surface with good natural light. Multiple angles if the part has a specific orientation or connector that matters. The part number or brand stamp if it is visible. The packaging if it is sealed and new.

Photos that do not work:

Dark photos taken on a workshop floor. Blurry close-ups. Images with unrelated objects in the frame. Watermarked stock images. A photo of the part installed in a car with no other context.

You do not need a studio or a camera. A phone, a flat surface, and window light is enough. The standard you are aiming for is: can the buyer clearly see what they are buying? If yes, the photo is working.

Thumbnail

The thumbnail is the first image in your grid. This is what appears in search results. Choose the photo that shows the part most clearly from the front, at an angle that makes it immediately recognisable.

If none of your current photos work well as a thumbnail, reorder the grid by dragging the image you want first into the first position.

Click Save when you are done. Your photos are now attached to the listing. Continue to Lesson 3 to publish.