Pricing Guide
How Much Does Product Photo Editing Cost?
Pinnacle Edits edits product and ecommerce photos for $0.25 to $3.00 per image, depending on the work: colour correction from $0.25, background removal and white-background prep from $0.50, and high-end or creative retouching at $2 to $8. Published agency rate cards start between $0.25 and $0.95 per image and reach $5.00 for the most complex clipping work.
Amazon-ready main images (pure white RGB 255,255,255 background) start at $0.50/image, and bulk catalogues of 50 to 10,000+ images are quoted at a lower effective rate. Most orders are delivered within 24–48 hours.
Comparing services? See photo editing costs across every service.
Key takeaways
- Pinnacle Edits edits product and ecommerce photos for $0.25 to $3.00 per image, against published agency rate cards that start between $0.25 and $0.95 and reach $5.00 for complex clipping work.
- At Pinnacle Edits, colour correction starts at $0.25 per image; background removal and white-background prep from $0.50.
- High-end or creative product retouching runs $2 to $8 per image at Pinnacle Edits.
- Amazon-ready main images, on a pure white RGB 255,255,255 background, start at $0.50 per image at Pinnacle Edits.
- Bulk catalogues of 50 to 10,000+ images are quoted at a lower effective rate and delivered in 24 to 48 hours.
Last reviewed by the Pinnacle Edits editing team.
Product Editing Prices
| Service | Typical Price | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| Colour correction & exposure | from $0.25 / image≈ from £0.18 / image · from €0.21 / image | White balance, brightness, and consistent look across a catalogue |
| Background removal / white background | $0.50 – $3.00 / image≈ £0.37 – £2.20 / image · €0.43 – €2.57 / image | Clean clipping paths, hair and edge preservation, pure white (RGB 255,255,255) |
| Product enhancement & cleanup | $0.50 – $3.00 / image≈ £0.37 – £2.20 / image · €0.43 – €2.57 / image | Dust and scratch removal, colour matching, reflections and shadows |
| Ghost mannequin / neck join | from $1.00 / image≈ from £0.73 / image · from €0.86 / image | Invisible-mannequin effect for apparel and accessories |
| Amazon-ready main image | from $0.50 / image≈ from £0.37 / image · from €0.43 / image | Pure white background and ~85% frame fill per Amazon policy |
| High-end / creative retouching | $2.00 – $8.00 / image≈ £1.47 – £5.88 / image · €1.71 – €6.86 / image | Advanced compositing, jewellery, cosmetics, and hero shots |
| Bulk & recurring catalogues | Quoted individually | Batches from 50 to 10,000+ images at a lower effective rate |
Prices are per image unless noted. Bulk and recurring volumes are quoted individually.
What Product Photo Editing Costs Across the Market
Published prices from freelance marketplaces, agency rate cards and industry sources, so you can see where any quote sits against the going rate.
| Provider | Typical rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Pixelz (editing agency) | from $0.95 / image | Published Professional-plan per-image rate for e-commerce product image editing. (source) |
| EditPictureOnline (editing agency) | $0.29 / image | Published starting rate for product background removal. (source) |
| Pixel Picture Solutions (editing agency) | $0.30 / image (simple product edit), $0.25 – $5.00 / image (clipping path, by complexity) | Published per-image rate table by service and complexity tier. (source) |
| Pinnacle Edits | $0.25 – $3.00 / image | Background removal, colour correction and retouching for e-commerce catalogues. |
Market figures were last verified on 2026-08-18. Rates change; follow the source links for current pricing.
Three Ways Editing Is Priced
The same work can look cheap or expensive depending purely on how it is billed. Comparing prices means comparing models first.
Per image
You pay a fixed rate for each photo edited.
Cheaper for irregular work and small batches, where you would not use up a package.
Per package
A flat fee covers a gallery up to a set image count.
Best value once a single job passes roughly 300–400 images — the effective per-image rate drops sharply.
Monthly retainer
A dedicated editor works to your style for an agreed monthly fee.
Breaks even against per-image pricing at steady high volume, and buys consistency plus reserved capacity in peak season.
A Worked Example
A 200-SKU apparel catalogue for Amazon: background removal to pure white, plus ghost mannequin on half the range.
Volume pricing applies above 500 images. Additional marketplace-specific crops are quoted per variant.
What Moves the Price Up or Down
- Clipping complexity
- A simple rectangular product clips cheaply. Hair, fur, mesh, chains and transparent glass need manual masking and sit at the top of the range.
- Background treatment
- Pure white marketplace backgrounds are the base service. Lifestyle composites and reflections or shadows cost more because they are built rather than removed.
- Catalogue size
- Per-image rates drop steeply with volume. A 2,000-SKU catalogue is priced far below the same work ordered fifty images at a time.
- Marketplace rules
- Amazon, eBay and Shopify each specify frame fill, resolution and background differently. Producing several compliant variants per SKU multiplies the per-product cost.
- Model retouching
- Apparel on a model adds skin and garment retouching on top of the base edit. Ghost mannequin work is a separate line item.
- Turnaround
- Standard catalogue work runs 24–48 hours. Launch deadlines needing same-day delivery carry a rush premium.
What Affects the Price?
- Complexity of the cut-out. Simple boxes cost less than products with hair, fur, glass, or fine detail that need manual clipping paths.
- Retouching depth. Basic colour and cleanup is cheapest; jewellery, cosmetics, and hero compositing are skilled work priced higher.
- Marketplace compliance. Amazon, Shopify, and eBay each have image rules; preparing compliant main images adds a small per-image cost.
- Add-ons. Natural shadows, reflections, and ghost-mannequin effects are billed on top of the base edit.
- Volume. Higher recurring catalogue volumes lower the effective per-image cost.
Product Editing
Cost Questions
How much does product photo editing cost per image?
Pinnacle Edits charges $0.25 to $3.00 per image: colour correction from $0.25, background removal and white-background prep from $0.50, and high-end or creative retouching at $2 to $8. Published agency rate cards for the same work start between $0.25 and $0.95 per image.
What are product photo editing prices per image?
Published agency starting rates for product editing run between $0.25 and $0.95 per image depending on the provider, and one provider’s clipping-path table reaches $5 per image at its most complex tier — so the sourced spread is roughly $0.25 to $5, though the two ends of it come from a single rate card rather than from broad agreement across providers. Pinnacle Edits’ own rates run from $0.25 per image for colour correction and $0.50 for background removal, up to $8 for high-end creative retouching — our starting rate is at or below every agency’s starting rate in that comparison.
How much does background removal cost?
Background removal — including clean clipping paths and pure white (RGB 255,255,255) backgrounds — costs $0.50 to $3.00 per image at Pinnacle Edits, depending on the complexity of the product edges.
How much does it cost to make images Amazon-ready?
Amazon-ready main images with a pure white background and ~85% frame fill start at $0.50 per image. Bulk catalogues are quoted at a lower effective rate.
Do you offer discounts for bulk ecommerce catalogues?
Yes. Batches from 50 to 10,000+ images are quoted individually, and higher recurring volumes lower the effective per-image cost.
How fast is product photo editing delivered?
Most product editing orders are delivered within 24–48 hours, with rush turnaround available on request.
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