What is the maximum image file size on Salla?

The Salla Help Center states a maximum of 5 MB per product image. In practice you should compress each image to roughly 200–500 KB — smaller files keep the store fast without visible quality loss at product-page sizes.

How many images can I add to one Salla product?

Salla allows up to 10 images per product, and product videos are added separately as YouTube links. Treat the slots as a sequence: on-model hero, front, back, fabric close-up, detail, then variants.

Does Salla require a white background for product images?

No — Salla publishes no background requirement, unlike Amazon, where the main image must sit on pure white (RGB 255,255,255). On Salla, consistency matters more than color: one background style and one aspect ratio across the catalog reads as a trustworthy store.

What image size looks best on Salla themes?

The official minimum is only 250 × 100 px, but a square 2048 × 2048 px image is the practical standard: sharp on high-density phone screens, clean when the theme crops it into a grid, and comfortably under the 5 MB cap as a compressed JPG.

Can I use AI-generated product photos on my Salla store?

Yes. Salla publishes no rule against AI imagery; the governing principle is that images must truthfully show the product you ship. Rokon preserves the actual garment via multi-image reference — only the model and pose are generated — and runs as a native embedded Salla app.

Salla Product Image Requirements: The Complete Guide (2026)

What are Salla's product image requirements?

Salla accepts product images in PNG, JPEG, JPG, and GIF formats, with a maximum file size of 5 MB per image and up to 10 images per product. The official minimum size is tiny — no smaller than 250 px in height and 100 px in width — and product videos are added as YouTube links, not uploaded files. Those are the platform rules published in the Salla Help Center. The rest of this guide covers the part no help center can document for you: what to put in those 10 slots so the gallery actually sells.

The official specs at a glance

Spec	Salla requirement	Practical target
Formats	PNG, JPEG, JPG, GIF	JPG for photos, PNG for graphics
Max file size	5 MB per image	200–500 KB after compression
Images per product	Up to 10	At least 5, each with a job
Minimum dimensions	250 × 100 px	2048 × 2048 px square
Product video	YouTube link only	One short fit video if available
Alt text	Up to 70 characters	Written for every image

Platform rules change quietly. Before a large catalog upload, confirm the numbers against the current Salla Help Center article on adding product images and videos.

Why the official minimum is not your target

The 250 × 100 px floor exists so the platform can render a thumbnail without breaking. It is not a quality bar. Modern Salla themes display product images edge-to-edge on mobile, and the phone screens common in the Gulf render at high pixel densities — an image that merely clears the minimum looks soft the moment a shopper taps to zoom.

A square 2048 × 2048 px image is the safe working standard: large enough for sharp zoom, small enough to compress well under 1 MB as a JPG with no visible loss. With 70,000+ Saudi stores on Salla, sharpness is one of the few signals a shopper reads in half a second on a category grid.

What each of the 10 slots should do

Most stores upload one supplier photo and stop. The 10 slots are a sales sequence, not a dumping ground:

Slot	Shot	Its job
1	On-model hero	Stop the scroll, show real fit
2	Front, full garment	The truth reference
3	Back view	Cut, drape, closures
4	Fabric close-up	Texture and quality
5	Detail — stitching, buttons, embroidery	Justify the price
6	Second pose or side view	Silhouette in movement
7	Lifestyle context	Let the shopper picture owning it
8–10	Color or variant shots	One per variant, same framing

You do not need all 10 for every product. You do need slots 1–5 for anything you expect to rank and convert.

Theme cropping: the gotcha that ruins good photos

Salla themes crop product thumbnails into whatever grid ratio the theme designer chose — often square, sometimes portrait. Two things go wrong: mixed aspect ratios across a catalog produce a jagged, untrustworthy grid, and tightly framed shots lose heads and hems in the crop.

The fix costs nothing: pick one aspect ratio for the entire catalog (1:1 is the safest default), keep the garment centered with breathing room above and below, and preview the category page on a phone before publishing — that crop, not your original file, is what shoppers judge.

Arabic text on images: handle with care

Baking Arabic text — prices, offers, sizes — into product images is common and almost always a mistake. Thumbnail scaling makes the text unreadable, baked-in prices go stale after the first promotion, and while Salla mirrors the interface for RTL, it does not (and should not) mirror your images. Put the Arabic in the product title, the description, and the 70-character alt text, where it also helps search; keep the image about the garment. If a campaign genuinely needs on-image text — White Friday, for example — keep it large, high-contrast, and away from the edges the theme crops.

What better images change — and what they do not

On-model photography and complete angle coverage measurably lift conversion and cut the guesswork returns that come from photos hiding fit. The economics used to be the blocker: a studio shoot runs $1,000–$10,000 (roughly SAR 4,000–40,000) and takes 2–3 weeks; a freelance photographer charges $300–$500 per product. Rokon generates a photorealistic on-model image from a flat-lay or phone photo in about 30 seconds, at an effective $0.50 per image (about SAR 2) on the Pro plan.

One honest limit: a compliant, complete gallery is necessary but not sufficient. A hero editorial campaign — the kind that defines a brand's season — still favors a physical shoot with a real model. And heavily embellished pieces (dense embroidery, sequins, metallic thread) should be reviewed image-by-image against the original garment before publishing, because fine embellishment is where AI generation earns the least trust on autopilot.

The 5-step workflow: one phone photo to a compliant gallery

Photograph the garment once. A flat-lay or ghost-mannequin shot in even light, plus back and detail shots — Rokon's multi-image reference uses them to preserve stitching, logo, fabric, and silhouette.
Generate on-model images. Install Rokon free from the Salla App Store (a native embedded app). Configure the model — gender, skin tone, age, the Gulf-Arab preset, hijab and modesty controls — and generate up to 8 poses per garment from a 20+ pose library.
Export at the right spec. Square ratio, JPG or PNG, under 5 MB — Rokon outputs up to 4K in JPG, PNG, or WebP at any marketplace ratio.
Fill the slots deliberately. On-model hero first, then front, back, fabric, and detail, then a second pose; keep one ratio across the whole catalog.
Run the checks. Compare each generated image to the real garment (color, stitching, logo), preview the grid crop on mobile, and write alt text under 70 characters for every image.

A compliant, complete gallery for one product now takes minutes instead of weeks. The first 5 generations (150 credits) are free with no credit card, so you can run this workflow on one real product from your catalog and judge the output against the garment on your desk.