: Should I use mockups instead of photos to display my products on the web? I have a website for "regalos frikis", the problem is that I do not have product photos, so I have to use mockups.

@Miguel516

Arguments against mockups: they look unrealistic.

But actually, badly or too much shoped pictures does too (you know those t-shirts photos where t-shirt is #000000 black everywhere).

So argument for using mockups:


Save time (you don't need to organize photoshoots and have prepared items)
Save money (you don't have to pay for model, photographer, any equipment, and preparing photos)
Whole process can be automated (which of course relate to points 1 and 2) but give your photos an unified looks. Think of it as a site identity. What will attract the customer is the design on the item not the fact that the product is slightly crooked, darker, framed differently.


If you are afraid of "unrealisticness" just use a source file the best real photo. The warping on the cup? Incorporate it into your mockup file.
Even car photos are mocked up. From the fake "on the road" photos to session photos.

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