Use Photoroom to create and publish Shopify product listings as drafts. Nothing goes live until you’re ready.
When creating a new listing, you can:
Upload or generate product images
Use AI to create titles, descriptions, filenames, and alt text
Add images to product variants
Publish listings to Shopify as drafts
Once the product is in Shopify, you can add pricing, stock, and other details before making it live.
Steps (Web App)
Follow these steps to create a product listing and publish it as a draft.
Note: This article does not cover editing the product images. See Edit Product Catalog images (Web App).
Stage 1: Create a product listing
Log in to Photoroom at app.photoroom.com.
Select the Space that's connected to your store.
Select Shopify products.
Select Add product.
Add product images.
You can:
Upload new images (added to your Space Assets)
Select existing Assets
Use a saved Design
Generate images with AI Tools (for example, Virtual Model)
Select the images you want and then select Create product.
Photoroom creates a draft product in Shopify and opens the AI Shot List.
Stage 2: Use AI Shot List to add more product images
Use AI Shot List to generate additional product images, such as studio, model, and lifestyle shots.
Choose a shot type, for example, Back or Lifestyle.
Select a product image to use as the starting point.
You can use the image you added in Stage 1 or select the plus + icon to add a different image.
Select Generate.
Each generation uses AI credits.
Repeat until you have at least 6 images per listing (recommended).
When finished, select X to close the AI Shot List.
Note: You can also add images manually, see Add images to a Product Catalog listing (Web App).
Stage 3: Review the title and description
Review the title and description generated by Photoroom.
Select Title & description in the Shopify sidebar.
If the sidebar is hidden, select Shopify to open it.
Review the content. You can:
Edit the title, SKU, and description manually.
Select Generate to create AI text for a single field.
Select Generate all to create AI text for all fields at once (except SKU).
Select the back arrow next to Title & description to return to the Shopify settings.
Stage 4: Review the SEO and metadata
Review the image filenames and alt text generated by Photoroom.
Select SEO & metadata.
Review the content. You can:
Edit the text manually.
Select Generate to create AI text for a single field.
Select Generate all to create AI text for all fields at once.
Select the back arrow next to SEO & metadata to return to the Shopify settings.
Stage 5: Add images for any variants [optional]
If your product has variants (for example, different colors), you can assign images to each one.
Select Variants in the Shopify sidebar.
Select the image icon next to a variant.
Add an image for the variant.
Repeat for each remaining variant.
When finished, select the back arrow next to Variants to return to the Shopify sidebar.
Note: You can only create and delete variants in Shopify.
Stage 6: Publish to Shopify
To publish to Shopify:
Select Listing score in the Shopify sidebar.
Follow the suggestions to improve your listing.
Select Publish changes.
Your product is published to Shopify as a draft.
To learn more about the Listing Score, see Listing score for Product Catalog.
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