NEW! Square's Photo Studio App allows you to sell and update your items quickly and easily

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Sellers, 

We’re so excited to announce the release of Photo Studio by Square. This stand alone app is available for IOS now in the App Store. Photo Studio by Square makes it easy to take professional-looking product photos in just a few simple steps. Snap a picture, select a style preset, edit the background color and shadow style, then choose to sell the item online with a checkout link or add it to your Square item catalog.   

How can sellers take photos with the Photo Studio by Square app?

1. Download the Photo Studio by Square App on IOS from the Apple App Store.
2. Open the Photo Studio app and center your item within the camera frame. 
3. When you're happy with the item position, hold the phone steady and watch the yellow and white stabilizer icon below. When the indicator turns yellow, it’s ready!
4. Tap the shutter button to capture the image, then tap Save to keep it or Retake to try again.

Customize image backgrounds

Photo Studio by Square instantly removes the background from pictures to allow for custom background styles. You can choose a preset style and optionally customize the color or use a transparent background.

1. Tap on a background tile to preview it with your picture, then tap Edit to change the color. Note that the Edit option is not available if you select the transparent background tile.
2. On the edit screen, choose from our color palette or use the eyedropper to pick a custom color. You can also enter your own color code for more precise color selection.
3. When you’ve selected a background, tap Next.

Sell!

Once you’ve taken a picture, and customized the item, you can create, sell, and update  items directly from the Photo Studio by Square. 

Create an online checkout link for the item or add it to you Square item catalog to sell online or in person:

1. Tap Sell Now or Add to Square to get started.
2. Log in to your Square account or choose the signup option to create a Square account.
3. Follow the prompts to finish setting up your online checkout link or catalog item.
4. Tap New Session to take and style another photo.

Thank you so much to our testers who helped us get ready for this launch. We couldn’t have done it without you. @JamesSandbar @vinesandrushes @GourmetOnWheels @BeChewzy @ryanwanner

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[GourmetOnWheels]

@kellyj selling the item you photographed on Square works only for set prices, not for prices by the pound. That is a big ommision.

René

[kellyj]

@GourmetOnWheels 

Thanks Rene, it's sounds like you may have discovered a bug if you hadn't tested and found that in the Test Flight version. We'll get a ticket filed and look into it.

[TCSlaguna]

Very cool app! We will definitely be using this to take photos of our crystals and geodes for our online store.

[HC_Charlie]

Thank you! i just started trying this out a few days ago and so far it works great! Very quick and easy to put an image with some of my listings. Can't wait to use it more. (One thing I did notice, and I just might not have figured it out yet, is that I can only do one photo per listing. If I want more I just save it to my camera roll and then add it later when I go online.)

Love the innovation Square...keep it up! Thanks again!

[SolidPhoto1974]

I sell my creative photographic prints and celebrity photos I've taken over the last 47 years.  I'd be interested to see if this will work with my efforts to promote sales.

[londontea]

I love this new app! I used to upload my pictures to Canva and use their background removal tool, but that was a multistep process and it was such a hassle. Then I switched to a lightbox but that is also a lot of work: I always put off taking photos because I didn't want to get the lightbox out, find product, and pose it. With Square Photo Studio I can take a picture of a product whenever I feel like it and upload it to the item in Square immediately. This feels like such a little feature yet it has a big impact. I can be very lazy sometimes and anything that makes it easy for me to take good product photos is a huge win. 

[Fallon]

This sounds interesting.  Do you have plans to launch a version for Android users?

[Knowtifyd]

brilliant!

[dasap1234]

This is great! Thank you Square!

[Archie1]

its a shame it doesnt work on android.  i would have used it

[sheepy_weepy]

Hello- there's a serious problem with the app

Use using an ipad pro and we're able to use the app but when we hit the button to load the image to square, it does it but also deletes the sku number, sales tax preference, stock, and category type. We're having to just save it to the device which is fine, but it's not fine that all my information was just wiped.

Please fix this, asap.

[johnobc]

@sheepy_weepy can you let me know if you're running the most recent version of the app? This issue was fixed with version 1.0.1

[LittleJuiceCo]

what are the plans for an Android OS release???

[MAXSDELI]

While I've used a few times during the testing phase and it works well, I don't always have a use for it as my food items usually require the background intact. I have used it to photograph some beverages and add my own background. Not my best use of the app but you get the point.

[emy4events]

can it be used on Androids

[Djnightshadow]

@emy4events They do not have a android version yet. Hopefully soon. 

[AdamB]

@MAXSDELI That's actually a great use of the app! I could see that really working well for someone depending on their branding.

[Twiggy]

I loved this - past tense..... as we could use imagery from our library.  Our product is too large to fit nicely in the the specified area and it took us an anon to understand that flying saucer image was a spirit level.  It's fanatastic for items 25cm or less on a table at eye level but the new version - as great as it is - can't take a photo of something large. 

[CustombyTodd]

How about Android, please?

[CaraFidgets]

This seems like a great app but it is only available for Apple users. I primarily use Android, currently a Samsung S22, so I can't take full advantage of all that Square has to offer my business. 

[wickedmystics]

Where is the app accessibility for an Android? So disappointing. 

[Serenova]

This was announced in 2021, it's now 2023, when are you going to bring the same capability to Android? There's plenty of us out there, and we'd love to be able to do this without having to go buy an Apple product to do so!

[ReneesGreetings]

It's 3 years later and no Android equivalent. Come on Square, you've dropped the ball on this one...