Free product photo placeholders for e-commerce mockups (one URL, several angles)

Slava Chekanovsky — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:41:30 +0000

Every time I build a storefront demo, the product grid is either gray boxes or the same Unsplash photo repeated twelve times. Neither looks like a shop, and clients judge the layout by the pictures anyway.

So I made a small free service: real-looking product photos served from a URL at any size, with every item shot from several angles. One seed is one product, angle walks around it, so a product page gets a gallery whose shots belong together.

Product placeholder, front angle (https://img.loomhelix.com/seed/sku-1024/600x750)
Same product, second angle (https://img.loomhelix.com/seed/sku-1024/600x750?angle=2)

What it does:

Any size in the path, .webp by default, .jpg, .png, .avif on request
Categories: apparel, shoes, bags, electronics, audio, womenswear
fit=cover or contain, blur, grayscale, bg=hex, dpr=2
No API key, no signup, no attribution

The photos are generated for this catalog, so there is no stock license behind them and nothing stops working when the mockup turns into a paid theme.

Builder, catalog and full URL reference: https://loomhelix.com/placeholder

Feedback welcome, especially which product categories you would want next.

DEV Community: Slava Chekanovsky

Free product photo placeholders for e-commerce mockups (one URL, several angles)