AI-designed catalog images for Meta Advantage+ ads.
Most catalog ads on Meta still use the raw photo from the product page. That's leaving CTR on the table. Emberfeed lets you design one image template that renders every product on-demand with prices, badges, brand elements, and AI-cut backgrounds — without redesigning a single image by hand.
Why catalog ad creative matters
Meta's Advantage+ catalog ads (formerly DPA — Dynamic Product Ads) automatically pick which product to show each user based on their browsing signal. The creative itself comes from your feed'sg:image_linkfield — Meta uses that image, with optional overlays.
Brands that ship branded, on-message catalog images consistently outperform brands that use raw product photos. Marpipe, Cropink, and Confect have all built businesses on this premise. The problem: their tools cost €100–500/month and target enterprise. Emberfeed brings the same capability — AI-designed templates per product — at ~€20/month.
Static product images vs. dynamic templates
Staticmeans whatever's in your product feed's image_link field gets shown to users. Same image for everyone, no overlays, no brand consistency across SKUs.
Dynamic means Emberfeed rewrites the image_linkURL to point at our renderer, which composites your template with this specific product's data. The user sees a polished, on-brand image. Meta sees a normal image URL — they don't care it's generated server-side.
What you can put in a template
- Price overlays — automatically updated when your prices change. Show original + sale price together for discount-heavy catalogs.
- Badges — "Sale", "New", "Bestseller", conditionally shown based on feed fields like sale_price, custom_label_0, or stock level.
- Brand frame — a consistent border, gradient, or texture wrapping every product so your ads are recognisable in feed.
- Logo — placed once in the template, applied across every product without manual placement per SKU.
- AI-cut backgrounds — remove cluttered photo backgrounds for fashion/jewelry catalogs. Built in, no external service.
- Multi-image layouts — show 4 angles of the same product, lifestyle + studio shot side by side, or before/after compositions.
Meta's image specs (and what trips you up)
- →Recommended size: 1024×1024+ for Advantage+ (Meta upscales aggressively below that).
- →Aspect ratio: 1:1 square is the safest default — works in feed, Stories crops, Reels crops, and the Shop tab.
- →Promotional overlays: Meta restricts overlays in some placements (specifically the catalog product image used in some Reels formats). Test before scaling — Emberfeed's validation catches placements that won't accept your template.
- →File size: Keep under 8 MB. Emberfeed compresses to JPEG at sane quality so this is rarely a problem.
- →Required feed fields: id, title, description, availability, condition, price, link, image_link, brand. Emberfeed's validator checks every product against this list before you ship.
Why this costs €20 and not €200+
Cropink's entry tier is $39/month (≤100 products) and scales up from there. Marpipe runs from $199/month (Startup) to $999+/month (Enterprise). Confect publishes $299 / $499 / $999 tiers. None of them combine feed editing with AI-designed image templates per product — most expect you to hand-design each layout in their GUI.
Emberfeed is built around three constraints: (1) AI does the initial layout from a description, (2) one tool covers feed editing AND image generation, (3) pricing matches small e-shops and one-off campaign tests. Result: ~€20/month per feed. First 6 months free up to 1,000 products.
Ship better Meta catalog ads this week.
Free for 6 months on one feed up to 1,000 products. No credit card. Connect your XML feed, design a template with AI, paste the new URL into Meta Commerce Manager.