Photo Storage
Store the photos of your items in RestocksAIO, link them to a unit, a product or a group, label them, and use them in your eBay, Shopify, Vinted and Wallapop listings.
Photo storage keeps the photos of your items online. You link each photo to a unit, a product or a group. The Publish Composer then uses the photos in your listings.
Premium includes photo storage. Each account has 20 GB. It is in the macOS app and the new Windows app.
Where to find it
| Place | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Inventory → Photos | The Photo library with every stored photo. |
| A unit in Inventory | The Photos card with two strips: This unit and Product photos. |
| Settings → Other → Photo Storage | The storage that you use, and Manage photos. Manage photos opens the Photo library. |
Photos you can upload
RestocksAIO checks each file before the upload:
- The file must be a JPG, PNG or WebP photo.
- The file must be 20 MB or less.
- Each side must have at least 400 px.
- The photo must have 50 megapixels or less.
- On macOS, RestocksAIO converts a HEIC photo to JPG. On Windows, save a HEIC photo as JPG first.
The service converts each photo to JPEG. The conversion removes the camera and location data (EXIF) from the file. The stored photo has a long side of at most 2,048 px.
Each stored photo has a public address on media.restock.gg. Anyone who has the address can open the photo. The addresses are long and random, and RestocksAIO does not publish a list of them. Do not store photos that show personal data, such as addresses or shipping labels.
Links: unit, product and group
RestocksAIO stores a photo one time. You can link the photo to many targets. Each link has its own position and its own cover.
| Target | Use |
|---|---|
| Unit | Photos of the real pair, for example its condition and its defects. |
| Product | Photos that every unit of the style code shows, in all sizes. |
| Group | Your own collections, for example "Store shots". |
A target holds at most 24 photos. The storage quota counts each photo one time, also when it has many links.
Add photos to a unit or a product
- Open a unit in Inventory.
- Find the Photos card.
- Click Add photos of this unit, or Add photos of this product.
- Select the files.
The This unit strip shows the number of photos, for example "This unit · 3 of 24". The Product photos strip shows how many units share the product photos. A unit without a style code has no product strip.
On each photo:
- Click Make this the cover to make it the first photo.
- Click Move left or Move right to change the order.
- Click Labels to add or remove labels.
- Click Remove from this unit or Remove from this product. The photo stays in the library.
The Photo library
Open Inventory → Photos.
- Places and groups, on the left, filters the photos: All photos, Not linked, or one of your groups.
- The Label filter shows Any label, or one label.
- The Product filter shows the photos of one style code.
- Clear resets the filters.
- Click Load more to show more photos. Click Refresh to read the list again.
Select one or more photos. Then use one of these actions:
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Link to product | Links the photos to the style code that you type. |
| Link to unit | Links the photos to one unit. Type its #id, name or size. |
| Add to group | Adds the photos to the group that you choose. |
| Add label / Remove label | Changes the labels of the photos. |
| Delete | Deletes the photos. |
| Select none | Clears the selection. |
The copy button on a photo copies its public address.
Delete removes the photos from every unit, product and group. Their addresses no longer open. A listing that uses them can show a missing picture.
Groups
- Type a name in Group name.
- Click New. The group shows on the left.
Rename gives the selected group the name in Group name. The delete button beside it deletes the selected group only. Its photos stay in the library.
Upload photos in the library
- Click Upload photos.
- Select the files.
RestocksAIO links the new photos in this order:
- To the group that you selected on the left.
- Else, to the product in the Product filter.
- Else, to the product whose style code is in the file name. For example, "dd1391_100 front.jpg" goes to DD1391-100.
- Else, the photos are not linked.
Labels
A photo can have at most 10 labels.
- Preset labels: front, back, side, top, sole, detail, box, tag, defect, receipt, packaging, lifestyle.
- Your own labels: 1 to 32 characters. Use letters, digits, spaces,
_or-.
Photos in your listings
The Publish Composer shows your stored photos first, before every other photo source. For each offer, it uses the photos of the first unit, then the product photos. RestocksAIO uses a photo that is in both strips one time.
In each strip, the photos come in this order:
- The cover.
- The labels front, side, back, sole, top, detail, box, tag and lifestyle, in this order.
- Photos without one of these labels.
- Photos with the defect label.
Photos with the receipt or packaging label are not ticked. Tick them to add them to the listing. A photo with the defect label is always included.
Vinted and Wallapop: own photos only
Vinted and Wallapop receive only your own photos: stored photos and photo files from your computer. RestocksAIO never sends catalogue pictures, marketplace pictures or pasted picture addresses to these sites.
When a unit has no own photo, the Publish Composer blocks the channel. For example, it shows "Vinted needs your own photos. Add photos to this unit or product in Photo storage." The other channels still publish. eBay and Shopify can still use catalogue pictures.
Photos from the phone scanner
After a barcode scan on your phone, you can take labelled photos of the pair. The photos go to photo storage with a preset label and a link to the product. See Mobile Barcode Scanner.
Photos of sold items
When you sell a unit, RestocksAIO tells the photo service about the sale. If RestocksAIO cannot reach the service, it tries again at the next start.
A photo expires 180 days after the last sale when both of these conditions are true:
- You sold every unit that has a link to the photo.
- The photo has no product link and no group link.
Product photos and group photos do not expire.
About 2 minutes after the app starts, RestocksAIO checks for photos that expire in the next 14 days. If it finds some, it shows Photos of sold items expire soon.
- Click Keep 180 more days to renew the photos.
- Click Not now to keep the expiry date.
The service deletes expired photos.
Limits
| Limit | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 20 GB for each account |
| Photos for each unit, product or group | 24 |
| Labels for each photo | 10 |
| Uploads | 300 each hour and 2,000 each day |
| Rejected files | After 20 rejected files in one day, uploads stop until a review |
Without an active Premium plan, the Photo library opens in a limited mode. You can see, unlink and delete your stored photos. You cannot upload photos or add links, labels or groups.
What you must not store
Do not upload, store or share content that:
- is illegal, for example child sexual abuse material. RestocksAIO reports this material to the authorities.
- you do not have the right to use, such as photos taken by another person without permission.
- shows personal data of other people, such as names, addresses or shipping labels, without a legal basis.
- is not related to the items that you sell, or is violent, sexual, hateful or false.
Cloudflare checks the images on media.restock.gg against lists of known child sexual abuse material. A match blocks the image.
Report a photo
Anyone can report a stored photo:
- Use the form at restock.gg/report.
- Or send an email to abuse@restock.gg.
The team reviews each report. It can remove a photo or stop photo uploads on an account. The owner of the account gets the reason and the steps to contest the decision.
Messages
| Message | What to do |
|---|---|
| Your photo storage is full. Delete photos that you do not need, then try again. | Delete photos in the Photo library. |
| This item already has 24 photos, the limit. | Remove a photo from the unit, product or group first. |
| … is a HEIC photo. Windows cannot convert it here. Save it as JPG first, then add it again. | Save the photo as JPG, then add it again. |
| Too many photo requests. Wait a minute, then try again. | Wait one minute. |
| Photo uploads are suspended on this account. Contact abuse@restock.gg. | Send an email to abuse@restock.gg. |