diff --git a/backend/app/Models/Product.php b/backend/app/Models/Product.php
index fe1aa62..29eedde 100644
--- a/backend/app/Models/Product.php
+++ b/backend/app/Models/Product.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class Product extends Model
         'sku',
         'short_description',
         'description',
+        'thumbnail_path',
         'price',
         'stock_quantity',
         'active',
diff --git a/backend/database/factories/ProductFactory.php b/backend/database/factories/ProductFactory.php
index 5de72fc..9ff0e16 100644
--- a/backend/database/factories/ProductFactory.php
+++ b/backend/database/factories/ProductFactory.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class ProductFactory extends Factory
             'sku' => strtoupper(fake()->bothify('SKU-#####??')),
             'short_description' => fake()->optional()->sentence(),
             'description' => fake()->paragraphs(2, true),
+            'thumbnail_path' => null,
             'price' => fake()->randomFloat(2, 10, 10000),
             'stock_quantity' => fake()->numberBetween(0, 5000),
             'active' => fake()->boolean(90),
diff --git a/backend/database/migrations/2026_04_29_000001_add_thumbnail_path_to_products_table.php b/backend/database/migrations/2026_04_29_000001_add_thumbnail_path_to_products_table.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43a180f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/database/migrations/2026_04_29_000001_add_thumbnail_path_to_products_table.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('products', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->string('thumbnail_path')->nullable()->after('description');
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('products', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('thumbnail_path');
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/backend/database/seeders/ProductSeeder.php b/backend/database/seeders/ProductSeeder.php
index b646408..e227014 100644
--- a/backend/database/seeders/ProductSeeder.php
+++ b/backend/database/seeders/ProductSeeder.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use App\Models\Category;
 use App\Models\Product;
 use Illuminate\Database\Console\Seeds\WithoutModelEvents;
 use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
 class ProductSeeder extends Seeder
@@ -531,6 +532,7 @@ class ProductSeeder extends Seeder
                     'slug' => Str::slug($product['name'].'-'.$product['sku']),
                     'short_description' => $product['short'],
                     'description' => $product['description'],
+                    'thumbnail_path' => "products/thumbnails/{$product['sku']}.png",
                     'price' => $product['price'],
                     'stock_quantity' => $product['stock'],
                     'active' => true,