How to Create Product Images from a CSV File

Why CSV-driven image generation?

Every ecommerce brand already lives in spreadsheets. Your product catalogue, your inventory system, your SKU database — these are CSV files at heart. CSV-driven image generation meets your team where they already work, rather than requiring a new interface or technical integration.

The advantages over manual image generation (uploading one product at a time) are significant:

• Speed: Submit 500 products in the time it takes to manually upload 5
• Consistency: Centralize style instructions in one document instead of repeating them per image
• Traceability: Track generation status, approval state, and export paths in the same file
• Delegation: Any team member who can edit a spreadsheet can manage the photography workflow

For brands with large catalogues or frequent product launches, CSV-driven generation is the difference between photography being a bottleneck and it being an automated process.

Structuring your CSV file

A well-structured CSV for image generation needs the following columns:

Optional columns for advanced users:

• background_color: Hex code for background override
• angle: Primary angle (front, 34, overhead, detail)
• campaign_tag: For grouping outputs by campaign or season

You don't need all columns for basic use. A minimal CSV with just SKU, source image URL, and style preset is enough to get started.

Uploading and processing in Sellable

Sellable's bulk processing pipeline accepts CSV uploads directly:

1. 1.Prepare your CSV: Use the template above. Ensure all source image URLs are publicly accessible or uploaded to Sellable's media library.

1. 1.Upload the CSV: In the Sellable dashboard, navigate to Bulk Processing → CSV Import. Upload your file.

1. 1.Map columns: The interface guides you through mapping your CSV columns to Sellable's processing fields. This takes 2 minutes for a well-structured CSV.

1. 1.Review the queue: Sellable displays a preview of all jobs before processing. Review for any obvious errors (missing images, invalid presets).

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1. 1.Submit: Start processing. Sellable processes jobs in parallel, so 500 products might complete in 30–60 minutes depending on queue depth.

Pro tip: Start with a test CSV of 10–20 SKUs to validate your column mapping and style preset before submitting your full catalogue.

Handling outputs and errors

After processing, Sellable provides a results CSV that mirrors your input with additional columns:

• status: success, error, or pending_review
• output_url_1, output_url_2, output_url_3: URLs to generated images
• error_message: Description of any generation failure
• review_flag: Automatically flagged if confidence score is below threshold

Download the results CSV and filter by status. Errors (typically 2–5% of jobs) usually stem from low-quality source images or invalid URLs. Fix the source and resubmit those rows.

For bulk review, Sellable also provides a gallery view where you can approve or reject batches of images quickly — more efficient than reviewing through the CSV alone.

Connecting to Shopify and WooCommerce

The complete automation chain — from CSV to published product listing — works like this:

Both platforms support up to 8 product images per listing, mapped by column position in the import CSV. With a bit of spreadsheet work, the entire pipeline from source image to published listing is achievable in an afternoon.

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