Google Merchant Center Product Images Minimum Size Will Be 500x500 Pixels

Google sent retired an email to Google Merchant Center advertisers and users that the minimum size for merchandise images is going up to 500 x 500 pixels starting connected January 31, 2027. Google recommends astatine slightest 1500x1500 pixels aliases above, but the minimum size request is 500x500, which, successful my opinion, is measurement excessively small.

Google besides updated the help documentation pinch a large announcement that reads:

We precocious announced caller image size requirements of astatine slightest 500 x 500 pixels for each products opening January 31, 2027. However, to guarantee champion capacity successful each listing formats, we urge that you supply images 1500x1500 pixels aliases above.

Here is simply a screenshot of the apical of that page:

If you person images smaller than 500 × 500 pixels, you will spot the informing "Image excessively small" aliases "Image excessively mini owed to upcoming argumentation changes" successful your Merchant Center account.

Here is simply a screenshot of the email (thanks PPC News Feed and Arpan Banerjee ):

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