Resizable Products are a type of Customizable Product that allow customers to adjust the size and proportions of an item, making them ideal for posters, canvases, banners, wooden boards, stickers, packaging, or any decorated product that requires variable dimensions.
How to set it up
When you add a new customizable product — either by importing a product from your store or by starting from scratch — you’ll find a switch in the top-right corner of your back-office panel. This switch lets you change from the standard setup to the Resizable Product setup.
Once enabled, you’ll access a dedicated editor. The most important section is the first one: Product.
Here you can configure three main settings:
These define how many sides the product has (front, front & back, etc.), what shape it should have (rectangle, square, circle, oval, …), and the size range the customer can work within.
1. Sides
When setting up a Resizable Product, you can choose how many sides it has. The available options are:
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One Side
The simplest option, allowing customers to resize (and customize) just a single side of your product. Examples include a canvas, a sign, or a sticker. -
Front and Back
With this option, both sides are synchronized in size (though the design can be customized independently on each side). This setup is ideal for products that will be personalized on both the front and back, so customers can add different designs to each side while the dimensions remain consistent. Examples: banners, advertising flags, hang tags, or business cards. -
Multiple (independent) Sides
Choose this option for products with more than two sides that are independent in both size and design. Each side can be resized individually by the customer. Example: wallpapers for a room, where each wall (side) has different dimensions. -
Multiple Sides with Same Size
This option is for products with more than two sides that always maintain the same size. Each side can have a different design, but resizing one side applies the same dimensions to all sides.
2. Shape
In this step, you only need to choose the basic shape of your product:
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Rectangular – The product has straight edges and four sides.
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Circular – The product has a circular shape with no corners.
At this stage, you don’t need to worry about whether a rectangle is vertical or horizontal, a square vs. rectangle, or a circle vs. oval. Any further adjustments to proportions or measurements will be handled in the next step. The key point here is simple: does your product have four sides, or is it circular?
3. Measurements
This is where you define how the resize function behaves and set the rules for which custom sizes your customers can choose. There are three main modes:
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Independent Width & Height Limits
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Set separate minimum and maximum values for width and height. Each dimension follows its own independent restrictions.
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Customers can resize each side freely within the limits you set.
Example: if you set width min/max 10–100 cm and height min/max 20–200 cm, the customer can choose any width between 10 and 100 cm and any height between 20 and 200 cm independently.-
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Keep Aspect Ratio (optional): if enabled, the product cannot change shape while resizing. Adjusting one side will automatically adjust the other proportionally. Use this if you want to prevent a rectangle from becoming a square or a circle from becoming an oval.
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Flexible Limits
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This mode allows more complex resizing rules: instead of fixed min/max for width and height individually, you set a general minimum that both sides must respect and a first maximum for either side.
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When one side reaches the first maximum, the other side can only adjust within the remaining allowed range (value set for Maximum – Other side).
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This ensures that neither side can exceed a certain size, regardless of which dimension is being changed first.
Example:
Product wiht Min10 cm, Max 100 cm and Max other side 500 cm;
If the customer increases height to 100 cm, they cannot go higher. They can either decrease that side or adjust the width between 10 and 500 cm. If they reduce the height below 100 cm, both sides become flexible again, with the limits applied according to the general rules.
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Total Area Limit
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Set minimum and maximum values for the total area of the product in cm².
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Width and height can scale freely as long as the combined area stays within the defined limits.
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Useful when you don’t want to restrict linear dimensions but want to control the overall size of the product.
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3.1 Step Adjustments
- Determines the minimum increment by which the customer can change a dimension.
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a product with min/max 10–100 cm and step adjustment set to 1 allows customers to select sizes like 12 × 86 cm. Setting step to 10 would allow only increments of 10 (10, 20, 30…). -
You can also use decimal steps (0.1, 0.01) for finer adjustments in millimeters or hundredths of a millimeter.
IMPORTANT
Resizable products cannot have variants. The product must be created as a simple product. If you want to offer different options to your customers (like predefined sizes), you can simulate variants using Pre-set Options. Learn more.
Check this video to see the preview of a Resizable product inside Zakeke.
If you don't see this UI, it means you're using our previous version. You can switch from your Zakeke back-office > User Interface settings, but if you don't see the option to switch, contact us at help@zakeke.com.
Next Steps & Additional Options
Once you’ve configured Sides, Shape, and Measurements, your resizable product is technically ready to go live.
If you want to launch it immediately, you’re all set!
Otherwise, there are additional options you can configure to enhance the product experience:
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Background and Border: customize the background color or pattern and set borders for your product. Learn more.
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Multi-Canvas: allow multiple canvases or areas to be customized within the same product. Learn more.
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3D Preview: enable a 3D preview for customers to see their design in real time. Learn more.
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Pre-set Options: offer pre-configured size presets for easier selection by customers. Learn more.
These options are optional but can help provide a richer, more flexible experience for your customers.