With automatic image improvements, you can allow Merchant Centre to apply changes to your product images so that they meet our requirements and to improve the overall quality of your images. Automatic image improvements are turned off by default, but you can turn them on in your Merchant Centre settings.
In this article
- Quick answers
- How Merchant Centre improves your product images
- Turn automatic image improvements on or off
Quick answers
How do automatic image improvements work with products that contain promotional overlays in the image?
Promotional text and similar elements that cover the product aren't allowed on images, so your product will be disapproved by Merchant Centre. If you turn on automatic image improvements, Merchant Centre will try to fix these images by removing any text, watermark, overlay or logo detected in the image. If successful, the image will be replaced and the product will be approved. If you're not satisfied with the image, upload a new image without the promotional overlay.
How do I check if my image has been improved?
You can view which images have been improved by checking the 'Needs attention' tab in your Merchant Centre account. Look for the title 'Improved image quality [image_link]' in the 'Issue' column of the table. On the product detail pages of affected products, you can view the improved image and the originally uploaded image.
How Merchant Centre improves your product images
- In this example, the original version of the image included a promotional overlay. The product was disapproved because it didn't meet our image requirements.
- After turning on automatic image improvements, the promotional overlay was removed and the product was approved again.
| Original image | Improved image |
Turn automatic image improvements on or off
- In your Merchant Centre account, go to Products and shop.
- Select Products and go to the Automations tab.
- From the 'Automations' page, choose the specific automation that you want to change. This could be automatic updates for price, availability, condition and image improvements.
- Select View details and toggle the updates to turn on or off.