Product photos vs. QC photos
Every image on this site is a seller listing photo. None of them are warehouse inspection photos. The difference matters more than it first looks.
The two kinds of image
A product photo is what the seller put on the marketplace listing. It was taken once, usually in good lighting, often of a sample rather than the specific unit you will receive. It is marketing material. Every image in this directory is this kind.
A QC photo — a warehouse inspection photo — is taken by the agent after your specific item physically arrives at their facility. It shows that unit, with whatever variation, defect or difference it actually has. You only ever see these after you have bought something.
How to tell them apart
- Listing photos are usually styled: clean background, model shots, consistent lighting, sometimes a flat-lay mockup of the graphic.
- Inspection photos are usually plain: the item on a warehouse floor or table, uneven lighting, often with a tag, label or measuring tape in frame.
- If a set of images is perfectly consistent in colour and framing, you are almost certainly looking at seller material.
This site does not display a “QC available” badge on any item, because the source listings carry no inspection evidence tied to a specific unit. An absence of a badge here means no evidence was found — not that inspection is unavailable on the agent platform.
What to actually look at in a listing photo
- Colour consistency across images. If the same garment looks noticeably different between two photos, the real colour is uncertain and you should treat the listing description as the weaker signal.
- Whether the graphic is a mockup. A print that sits perfectly flat with no fabric distortion is often a digital mockup rather than a photograph of the printed item.
- What is actually included. Accessory and set listings frequently show more in the photo than the listing sells.
- Hardware and stitching detail. On jackets especially, these are the parts that will look different in inspection photos later. Note what the listing claims now so you have something to compare against.
What an inspection photo still cannot tell you
Even a real warehouse photo is a photo. It will not tell you fabric weight, how something drapes on a body, whether a colour is accurate under different light, or how it will hold up after washing. It confirms that a specific item arrived and roughly what it looks like. That is genuinely useful, and it is also the limit.
On this site specifically
Images are served from the same URLs that the source listing references. If an image fails to load, the card shows an explicit “Image unavailable” state — a different product’s photo is never substituted in its place. You can always open the listing on HaulSpreadsheet to see the images in their original context.