Photo & Content Rules

• Use photos of your actual work, or a clearly described representative example.
• Don't use stolen images or someone else's photos.
• Don't use misleading stock photography for a real product listing.
• Don't include another company's branding in a way that suggests their item is yours.

• Watch the background for house numbers, mail, screens, or documents.
• Get permission before photographing people who can be identified.
• Please don't photograph children without their guardian's permission.

• Use daylight — near a window, or outside in the shade.
• Use a clean, uncluttered background.
• Fill most of the frame with the item.
• Take one full-product photo and one close-up.
• Show size or scale when it might be unclear.
• Skip heavy filters — show the real color and texture.

• Use one wide, horizontal photo for the top of your page.
• Show your garden, stand, workshop, sewing area, bee yard, or display.
• Keep private information out of the background.

You don't need perfect photos to finish your application. You can skip photos for now and add them later — a tasteful placeholder stands in until you do.