Amazon Is Full of Rubbish: One Simple Tip to Spot the Duds

2 Aug 2025

Over the past few months, I’ve noticed a number of Amazon sellers using blatantly fake product shots. They’re not even trying to make them look realistic. A reverse image search reveals they’ve simply taken stock photos and pasted what is presumably a real photo of their product into them, with no regard for how the angle, lighting, or shadows appear.

This must surely be the best way to tell if a product is rubbish, rather than relying on the (probably also fake) reviews.