Try it on your own photo
See the crop before the feed applies it.
- Upload any listing photo and see the 3:4 the feed would show.
- No account, no credits, nothing to install.
- Works on photos you have already posted.
Safe zone
Survive the crop the feed applies without asking.
Depop renders search results at 3:4. A photo that looks right in your camera roll can lose a sleeve, a hem, or half a shoe in the grid. Safe zone reframing centers the item in that crop and fills the space around it.
Before, as shot
After reframing
The dashed line is the safe area the crop always keeps
The invisible crop
Your photo is fine. The thumbnail is the problem.
Sellers check their listing on the listing page, where the photo looks correct, and never see the version buyers actually scroll past. In search the image is cropped to 3:4 from the center, and a shoe, a hem, or both sleeves can be outside that box.
Centred in the crop
The item is repositioned so the part that matters sits inside the 3:4 the feed keeps.
Space filled, not padded
The surrounding surface is extended to match the shot instead of a flat color band.
Check before you post
The crop preview tool shows the exact thumbnail a buyer sees, on any photo you have.
Why it costs sales
A clipped
thumbnail
reads as careless.
Buyers scrolling a grid do not stop to work out what an item is. If half of it is missing, they move on, and you never learn that the photo was the reason.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Why 3:4 specifically?
That is the aspect ratio Depop renders listing images at in search. A photo that is squarer or wider than 3:4 gets center-cropped to fit, and whatever falls outside is simply not shown.
What fills the space around the item?
The studio extends the surface the item is already sitting on, so the added area matches the shot rather than sitting on a pasted-in block of color.
Can I check a photo before I list it?
Yes. The crop preview tool takes any photo and shows you the exact 3:4 the feed would display. It is free and needs no account.
Does this help outside Depop?
Partly. Every marketplace crops thumbnails to some ratio, so an item centered with room around it survives more of them. The 3:4 target itself is Depop specific.
Safe zone
See exactly what the feed cuts.
Check one of your own photos against the 3:4 crop first.