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,
.webpby default,.jpg,.png,.avifon request - Categories:
apparel,shoes,bags,electronics,audio,womenswear -
fit=coverorcontain,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.
Top comments (2)
The stable seed across angles is the part storefront mockups usually miss. One thing I'd test is whether the gallery keeps the same product identity when size and format vary as well as angle, e.g. the same seed at 300x300 WebP and 1200x1500 JPEG. That's easy to overlook when a theme requests thumbnails and zoom images through different URL builders.
Yes, the seed preserves the photo instance regardless of changes to size or format, including in crop mode