REJECTION · META CATALOG

Meta Catalog: Image rejected

Error message
The product image was rejected

What's happening

Meta's image policy rejects watermarks (in some placements), pixelated images, images with too much text overlay (e.g. >20% text per Meta's old "20% rule"), or copyrighted material. The 20% text rule is no longer enforced as a hard reject but still degrades distribution.

Affected fields:image_link

Manual fix

Edit each affected product image to reduce text coverage, re-export, re-upload, wait for Meta to re-fetch.

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