Amazon + PixelPanda API

Background Removal API for Amazon

Amazon requires pure white backgrounds on main product images. Automate compliance for your entire catalog — $0.029 per image.

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Compliance

Amazon image requirements

Pure white background (RGB 255,255,255)

Amazon's main image MUST have a pure white background. Not off-white, not light gray — pure white. The API gives you a transparent PNG that you composite onto white.

Product fills 85%+ of frame

Amazon wants the product to fill at least 85% of the image area. After background removal, use Pillow or Sharp to auto-crop and pad to the right dimensions.

No watermarks, logos, or text

The main image should show only the product. Use our text removal API to strip any watermarks or supplier logos before uploading.

The API call

One API call per product image

Send your product photo. Get a transparent PNG back. Place it on a white background for Amazon compliance.

curl -X POST https://pixelpanda.ai/api/v1/remove-background   -H "Authorization: Bearer pk_live_your_api_key"   -F "file=@product.jpg"

# Response:
# {
#   "success": true,
#   "image_url": "https://pub-xxx.r2.dev/results/abc123.png",
#   "credits_remaining": 199
# }

The API returns a transparent PNG. Place it on a white canvas for Amazon's pure white requirement. See Python examples for the complete workflow including white background compositing.

Cost

Cost for Amazon sellers

ASINs	Cost	Time
50 ASINs	$1.25	~3 minutes
200 ASINs	$10.00	~12 minutes
1,000 ASINs	$25.00	~1 hour
5,000 ASINs	$125.00	~5 hours

Compare: hiring a freelancer to edit product photos costs $2-5 per image. The API is 100x cheaper and runs 24/7.

FAQ

Common questions

Yes. The API removes the background and returns a transparent PNG. Composite onto a pure white (#FFFFFF) background to meet Amazon's main image requirements. See the Python script above for the complete workflow.

Yes. Export your product images, loop through them with the script above. 1,000 ASINs costs $25 and takes about an hour.

See the Python script above. Open with PIL/Pillow, create a white canvas, paste the transparent image, save as JPEG. Five lines of code.

The API removes the background from whatever is in the image. For multi-product images, it will keep all foreground objects and remove the background behind all of them.

Manual editing: $2-5 per image (freelancer). PixelPanda API: $0.029 per image. That's 80-200x cheaper. A catalog of 1,000 ASINs costs $25 vs $2,000-5,000 for manual editing.

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Automate background removal for Amazon

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