AI Cleaning Products Photography for Etsy

Lighting Glossy Bottles For Etsy's 4:3 Thumbnail

Etsy accepts JPG, PNG and static GIF up to 20MB, wants at least 1000px on the shortest side and recommends 2000px. Work at 2000x2000 or larger, but frame as if the center 4:3 slice is the only thing anyone sees. Tall spray bottles and pump dispensers should sit at around 70 to 80 percent of frame height with clear space left and right, or be shot at a three-quarter angle so the bottle reads diagonally and fills a landscape crop naturally.

For the lighting itself, a large diffused source raking from the side beats a front-on softbox, which stamps a hard bright rectangle across every glossy bottle. Feather the light so highlights become soft vertical strips that describe the curve instead of blowing out the label. Amber and cobalt glass need a light behind or below them or they photograph as opaque black. Wipe fingerprints and water spots before every shot; on glass they enlarge in Etsy's zoom view more than you expect.

Ten Slots, Scale, And Claim-Safe Labels

Etsy gives you ten image slots plus a 5 to 15 second video, and cleaning products need almost all of them. A workable order: 4:3-safe hero of the bottle, straight-on label shot sharp enough to read ingredients, a scale shot with a hand holding the bottle or beside a sink faucet, the product in use mid-spray or dissolving, texture macro of the powder, tablet or bar, the refill or concentrate sachet, a full set or bundle shot, packaging as shipped, and a plain ingredient or scent-note flat lay.

Scale is the number one complaint driver here. Buyers habitually read a photographed 4 oz concentrate as a full-size 32 oz cleaner. Show a hand or a common bathroom fixture rather than relying on the size written in the title.

Watch your text overlays and label crops. Do not photograph or add wording like disinfects, sanitizes or kills 99.9 percent of germs unless the product is EPA registered, and keep watermarks and heavy promotional banners out of the first image.