Add a watermark to your listing photos

A watermark makes it harder for other sellers to lift your photos and reuse them on their own listings. DashVue’s image editor can stamp a text watermark across your gallery photos in a few clicks. This article covers how to add one, the position and style options, and the one limit you should know before you start.

Where to find it

Open the image editor at Images → Listing for the item you’re working on, then select the Watermark tab. This is the same editor used for cropping, background removal and other photo touch ups, so you can apply a watermark alongside any other edits before saving.

Adding a text watermark

1. Open the listing’s photos in the image editor and select a photo from the gallery.
2. Switch to the Watermark tab.
3. Type the text you want to appear, for example your shop name or username.
4. Choose a position: tiled (repeats the text across the whole photo), centre (one instance in the middle), or corner (one instance tucked into a corner, out of the way of the product).
5. Adjust the opacity so the watermark is visible but doesn’t obscure the item, and pick a colour that shows up against your background.
6. Save the photo. Repeat for any other photos in the listing you want watermarked.

Choosing a position and style

Tiled watermarks are the hardest to crop or clone out, which makes them the strongest deterrent if photo theft is your main concern. Centre and corner placements are less intrusive and suit photos where you want the watermark visible but not dominating the shot. Lower the opacity if the text feels too heavy over a busy background image, and pick a colour with enough contrast to stay legible on both light and dark parts of the photo.

Honest limits

Beyond that limit, the watermark is applied directly to the saved photo file, so review each photo after saving to make sure the text sits where you expect before you publish the listing.