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How virtual try-on works at Brilliant Earth

Brilliant Earth lets shoppers preview rings and bands on their own hand through photo upload or a live camera, with skin-tone-aware rendering. Here is how it works, and how your jewelry store can offer the same on-body preview without a custom AR team.

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The quick read

  • Brilliant Earth offers AR ring and band try-on via photo upload or live camera, with skin-tone preview built in.
  • It is a proprietary feature built for Brilliant Earth's own catalog and cannot be lifted onto another store without a comparable custom build.
  • A hosted AI-image widget gives your store the same on-body jewelry try-on, installed with one line of code.
  • Covers rings, necklaces, and earrings, runs in 29 languages, and keeps shopper photos private after processing.

Why on-body beats a flat photo

2.3x
higher conversion for try-on users(eMarketer, 2024)
-35% to -45%
fewer returns in fashion try-on(Focal research summary)
29
languages supported out of the box(Photta)

How Brilliant Earth's virtual try-on works

Brilliant Earth provides AR ring try-on directly on its product pages. Shoppers can either upload a hand photo or use their device camera live to see how a ring or band looks on their own finger. The system also accounts for skin tone, so the metal and stone rendering adapts to look accurate on the shopper's actual hand rather than a generic placeholder.

For a bridal jeweler built on sustainability and ethical sourcing, this level of confidence at the point of selection supports the premium price point: shoppers who can see a ring on their hand before buying need far less reassurance after the fact.

A hand with a diamond ring previewed through Brilliant Earth's AR try-on on a product page
Brilliant Earth try-on adapts to skin tone

The catch: it is built for one catalog

Brilliant Earth's try-on is engineered around its own inventory. Every ring is mapped to the AR renderer, and the skin-tone adaptation layer is tuned for that specific catalog. An independent bridal jeweler cannot adopt the same system without rebuilding it product by product.

The goal, however, is achievable for any jewelry store: give shoppers the confidence of seeing the piece on themselves. A hosted widget using AI-image rendering delivers that outcome, without per-product 3D modelling or a dedicated AR team.

How to add the same try-on to your store

A hosted jewelry try-on widget brings the photo-in, worn-result-out experience to your own product pages, on the web, with no app and no AR build. Photta installs as a single tag:

The shopper taps 'Try it on', uploads a hand or portrait photo, and sees the ring, necklace, or earrings on themselves right in the browser. It covers jewelry and apparel, runs in 29 languages, deletes the shopper's photo after processing, and gives you a branded, dashboard-managed experience from the first install.

A jewelry product page with an on-body ring try-on result from a shopper's uploaded photo
Your store, your own branded ring try-on

Why it pays off for a bridal jeweler

Engagement rings and bands are among the highest-consideration purchases a shopper makes. The gap between a flat product photo and the confidence of seeing the ring on their hand is where most abandonments happen. On-body try-on closes that gap at the exact moment of decision.

Stores that add on-body try-on typically see ring pages convert at higher rates with fewer post-purchase returns, because the shopper chose with visual certainty. On a bridal item with a four-figure price tag, even one avoided return covers months of widget cost.

A chart showing engagement ring conversion rates rising with on-body try-on
On-body preview turns hesitation into purchase

Set it up in minutes

Sign up at business.photta.app and start the free trial (14 days, 30 try-ons). Create a key, choose jewelry, and add your store domain.

Paste the one-line script into your Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, or WooCommerce theme, pick your product image and brand color, and your shoppers can preview rings, necklaces, and earrings on themselves the same way Brilliant Earth's shoppers can. Paid plans start at $49 a month for 500 try-ons after the trial.

What you get with Photta

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Jewelry-tuned AI

Rings on the hand, necklaces on the neckline, earrings on the face, rendered from the shopper's own uploaded photo.

30-second install

One script tag on Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix, Squarespace, or custom HTML. No developer or per-product modelling needed.

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Privacy-first

Shopper photos delete after processing. Results auto-expire. GDPR and CCPA friendly.

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ROI dashboard

See per-product try-on counts, conversion deltas, and projected return savings in real time.

FAQ

Brilliant Earth offers AR ring try-on on its product pages. Shoppers upload a hand photo or use a live camera and see the ring or band on their own finger, with skin-tone-aware rendering so the result looks accurate to their hand.

Try Photta free for 14 days

30 try-ons on the house. Then plans from $49 a month for 500 try-ons. No credit card to start.

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Give your shoppers the Brilliant Earth experience

Add on-body jewelry try-on to your bridal store in 30 seconds and watch ring-page hesitation turn into checkouts.

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