How-to · Batch ops

How to batch-process 50 products through Apiway in one session

Batch Creation is Apiway's unattended-batch operating mode for catalog work — Shopify weekly drops, Amazon FBA Q4 ramp-ups, and multi-vendor marketplace onboarding. Up to 50 garments per session, sub-batches by template, runs while you do something else.

Time
Difficulty
Intermediate
Cost
1500 credits(~$15.00)
Steps
6

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What you need

  • 50 garment photos (any mix of hanger, flat-lay, mannequin, on-model)
  • Apiway account on Pro tier or above (recommended)

Steps

  1. Open Batch Creation

    From the Creative hub, open the Batch Creation template. The template is the canonical entry-point for catalog operations — multiple sub-flows (Ghost Mannequin, White Studio) can be queued in one batch.

    Open in Apiway

  2. Drag in up to 50 source photos

    Drop your garment photos into the upload area. The cap is 50 per session. The pipeline tolerates a mix of input types within one batch — hanger photos, flat-lays, on-mannequin, on-model — and segments each garment independently.

  3. Pick the workflow for the batch

    Choose Ghost Mannequin for catalog main images, White Studio for on-model PDP shots, or queue both in sequence. For a multi-marketplace operation (US + EU + JP), run White Studio twice with different model demographics.

  4. Set per-batch parameters once

    Pick aspect ratio, resolution, pose set, and (for White Studio) AI model demographic. The settings apply to every garment in the batch — the operating mode is unattended, not click-by-click.

  5. Submit and walk away

    Click Generate. The batch runs in the background — you can close the browser, the work continues server-side. Heavy templates (Ghost Mannequin, AI Photoshoots) run on a dedicated worker pool with 10 parallel containers.

  6. Review in the gallery

    When the batch finishes, every output lands in your gallery, grouped by source garment. Review the full set, re-run any garments where the output needs a different pose or model, and download the approved set as JPG up to 4K.

Common mistakes

  • Mixing aspect ratios mid-batch

    Pick one aspect ratio per batch — Shopify 4:5 OR Amazon 1:1 OR Instagram 9:16 — and run separate batches if you need multiple. Mixing within a batch creates inconsistent thumbnails on the destination grid.

  • Submitting more than 50 garments hoping the cap auto-extends

    The cap is 50 per session by design. For a 100-SKU launch, run two sequential batches — the second one queues automatically while the first is processing. Same throughput, no production-side surprises.

  • Running the batch on the Free or Starter plan

    1,500 credits is below the Starter monthly budget. Pro tier (6,000 credits/month) is the comfort zone for an operator running weekly batches; Studio/Business for higher cadence.

Troubleshooting

  • How long does a 50-garment batch take?

    A 50-garment Ghost Mannequin batch typically completes in 5–10 minutes; a 50-garment White Studio batch with a 4-pose set per SKU runs 15–30 minutes. Heavy templates run on a dedicated worker pool (10 parallel containers, 64GB RAM) so wall-clock time scales sub-linearly with batch size.

  • What happens to garments that failed mid-batch?

    Failed items don't deduct credits — `try_refund_credits` runs server-side on failure. The successful items in the batch are unaffected. Re-submit the failed items individually after fixing the source (e.g. better lighting on the source photo) or with a different template.

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