Ecommerce & Products vs Shadow Service
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — ecommerce & products compared with shadow service.
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Both sit under Background Remove, and clients regularly ask which of the two they actually want. The short answer is below; the rest of this page is how to tell, what each costs, and the cases where a project needs both.
What each one is
- Ecommerce & Products Background removal for online store catalogs, consistent across every product so collection pages look uniform.
- Shadow Service Natural, drop and reflection shadows rebuilt to match the original lighting — the detail that stops a cut-out looking pasted onto white.
The numbers
| Ecommerce & Products | Shadow Service | |
|---|---|---|
| Starts at | From $0.39 per image | From $0.49 per image |
| Typical turnaround | — | 12–24 hours |
| Services underneath | 7 | 8 |
How to decide
Go with Ecommerce & Products when
- Budget is the binding constraint: this starts at $0.39 per image against $0.49 per image for shadow service
- The job is specifically apparels, which sits under this one
- The job is specifically cars/automotives, which sits under this one
- The job is specifically foods & beverages, which sits under this one
Go with Shadow Service when
- Budget is the binding constraint: this starts at $0.49 per image against $0.39 per image for ecommerce & products
- The job is specifically basic shadow, which sits under this one
- The job is specifically complex shadow, which sits under this one
- The job is specifically compound shadow, which sits under this one
When a project wants both
Worth knowing: More often than the question implies — the same job frequently touches both, and one team covers them, so moving between them is a conversation rather than a second supplier. If you are not sure which your files need, that is what the free trial is for. The process is the same either way: whichever you pick, the work runs through the same stages and is checked against the same bar. Background Remove sets that out.
Questions we get on this specific choice
Is one of them cheaper?
Ecommerce & Products starts at $0.39 per image and shadow service at $0.49 per image. Complexity and volume move both, and the cheaper unit is not always the cheaper job.
Which is faster?
Much the same, and volume moves the number far more than the choice between these two does.
Can you tell me which one my files need?
Yes, free. Send two or three real files — that judgment is part of the trial rather than something quoted separately.
Can I switch after we start?
Yes. If the files say the other one is the right answer, we re-quote before doing the work rather than after.
Where to go from here
- Ecommerce & Products — what it is, in full, with its own pricing
- Shadow Service — the same for the alternative
- Background Remove pricing — both rates side by side with the US market ranges
- Try it free — 2 images, edited to your brief, and we will tell you which of the two your files need
- Get a quote if the scope is already clear
- Every rate we publish, on one page
