A product photography service that starts with the photos you already have

What you send and what you get per SKU

A traditional product photography service asks you to ship samples and book a shoot. Catalog Ready works differently. You send the photos of your products that you already have, such as supplier images, old catalog shots or phone pictures with a clear view of the item.

For each SKU you get 4 new images of the same product. The mix is agreed with you in writing before the full order. It can include:

• Studio shots on a clean background
• On-model or in-use images
• Lifestyle scenes that show the product in a real setting
• Styled compositions such as flat lays or workbench scenes

How quality is checked

Professional product photography is only useful if the shopper receives what the photo shows. So every image we make is compared with the original product photo. We look at print, color, shape, markings and small details.

Any image where one of those changed is redone. When it is ready, you get the final selection and approve it. Only approved images count toward your order.

The wrench example above shows the idea. The scene around the tool changes, but the DROP FORGED marking is kept, and every image is checked against the original.

Works for more than apparel

Commercial product photography for a catalog often covers very different goods. We work with any physical product that has a clear photo: apparel, home and kitchen, electronics, tools, machinery and equipment.

The camisole example shows apparel shown on a model and as a flat lay. The milling machine example shows equipment that was photographed outdoors in a yard and now appears in a clean machine shop. Heavy machines are the kind of products that are hard and costly to move into a studio.

Files come back in the sizes your store and marketplaces need, and each file is named by SKU. That makes catalog photography easy to upload and match to your product data.

What it costs and how an order works

Pricing starts at $10 per SKU, with 4 images per SKU. Catalogs start from 100 SKU, so orders start at $1,000. There is no subscription.

Before the full order we make a test set on a few of your own products, so you can judge the result on items you know well. The number of products, the image types and the price are then agreed in writing.

You pick a few of your products and send their photos. We make the test set from them. You review it, and if it fits your store, we agree the number of products, the image types and the price in writing. Then you send photos for the rest of the catalog, we make the images and run the comparison against each original, and you approve the final selection. Approved images are delivered in the sizes you need, named by SKU.

To start, use the form at https://getcatalogready.com/#start or write to hello@getcatalogready.com.

• Send photos you already have, one clear photo per product at minimum
• Review the test set made on a few of your products
• Agree products, image types and price in writing
• Approve the final selection and receive files named by SKU

Who it fits, and when a studio is better

It fits stores that have a catalog of 100 SKU or more and photos that are uneven. Typical cases are supplier images that look different from each other, old shots with cluttered backgrounds, or products that never had on-model or lifestyle images at all.

It also fits owners who want to outsource product photography but cannot spare the time to pack samples, send them out and wait for their return.

If you need an exact new product shot from a physical sample, or a studio session with a live team, a photo studio does that. Our service is built for the case where you already hold photos and want a full catalog of consistent images without logistics.

Catalog Ready can be the outsourced option for the bulk of your catalog, while you keep a studio for a small number of hero products if you wish.

Catalog Ready vs a traditional photo studio