Jerseys: pre-purchase judging points

For jerseys the two failures that come up most are these: tag size that does not correspond to the chest measurement printed on the same listing, and crest embroidery that pulls the surrounding fabric into a visible pucker. Both are decided by photographs a seller can take before dispatch, which is why the points below start where they do.

Jerseys are light and usually bought in multiples, so the quantity tier and the per-unit freight step dominate the maths.

For jerseys, 6 distinct things have to be visible in the set a seller sends — beginning with the storefront's first two grid pages, captured on the same day as the listing you were sent, plus the same pages revisited later in the week:

• the storefront's first two grid pages, captured on the same day as the listing you were sent, plus the same pages revisited later in the week
• three listing titles from the same storefront, copied out in full as text rather than screenshotted, with the date each was read
• the first photograph of each of the three listings, opened at full size and placed side by side
• one flat-lay photo per shirt with both shoulder seams, the placket and the chest mark in frame, and a tape measure laid along the hem
• the flat-lay photo from step 1, with the three measuring points marked on screen at the left end, the centre and the right end of the block
• one photo taken square to the chest with the whole shirt width in frame, so the placket, the mark and the crest can be compared on one line

Asking for that set in one message is what the photo request wording is for. When a seller skips one of these shots, the gap surfaces first at storefront structure: one product family or a mixed shelf?, which is why that point sits at the top of the list above. What each angle can and cannot show is set out on the photo limits page.

Jerseys are light and usually bought in multiples, so the quantity tier and the per-unit freight step dominate the maths.

3 gauges cover this category, listed beside this column with the date each parameter set was last read. On jerseys orders the line that moves first is jerseys are light and usually bought in multiples.