diff --git a/src/app/features/store/pages/store-home-page/store-home-page.component.html b/src/app/features/store/pages/store-home-page/store-home-page.component.html
index 625108a..d62e95a 100644
--- a/src/app/features/store/pages/store-home-page/store-home-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/features/store/pages/store-home-page/store-home-page.component.html
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
       class="store-home__main-carousel"
       [images]="mainCarouselImages"
       ariaLabel="Imágenes destacadas de la tienda"
+      (firstImageReady)="mainCarouselReady.set(true)"
     />
   }
 }
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
         [groupLayout]="group.group_layout"
         [items]="group.items"
         [loading]="isGroupLoading(group.id)"
+        [loadImages]="!hasMainCarouselImages() || mainCarouselReady()"
         (buy)="onBuyProduct($event)"
         (addToCart)="onAddToCart($event)"
         (pageChange)="onPageChange(group.id, $event)"
diff --git a/src/app/features/store/pages/store-home-page/store-home-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/features/store/pages/store-home-page/store-home-page.component.spec.ts
index 7dd6171..b5218ad 100644
--- a/src/app/features/store/pages/store-home-page/store-home-page.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/store/pages/store-home-page/store-home-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -176,7 +176,14 @@ describe('StoreHomePageComponent', () => {
     expect(element.firstElementChild).toBe(carousel);
     expect(images).toHaveLength(2);
     expect(images?.[0].getAttribute('src')).toBe(mainCarouselImages[0]);
+    expect(images?.[1].getAttribute('src')).toBeNull();
+    expect(element.querySelectorAll('app-product-column-with-image img')).toHaveLength(0);
+
+    images?.[0].dispatchEvent(new Event('load'));
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
     expect(images?.[1].getAttribute('src')).toBe(mainCarouselImages[1]);
+    expect(element.querySelectorAll('app-product-column-with-image img')).toHaveLength(1);
 
     fixture.destroy();
   });
diff --git a/src/app/features/store/pages/store-home-page/store-home-page.component.ts b/src/app/features/store/pages/store-home-page/store-home-page.component.ts
index cdfce5f..02cc320 100644
--- a/src/app/features/store/pages/store-home-page/store-home-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/store/pages/store-home-page/store-home-page.component.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   Component,
   OnDestroy,
   OnInit,
+  computed,
   inject,
   signal,
 } from '@angular/core';
@@ -53,6 +54,10 @@ export class StoreHomePageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   protected readonly loading = signal(false);
   protected readonly loadingGroupIds = signal<ReadonlySet<number>>(new Set());
   protected readonly error = signal<string | null>(null);
+  protected readonly mainCarouselReady = signal(false);
+  protected readonly hasMainCarouselImages = computed(
+    () => (this.tenant()?.main_carousel_images?.length ?? 0) > 0,
+  );
 
   private catalogRequestSubscription: Subscription | null = null;
   private readonly groupRequestSubscriptions = new Map<number, Subscription>();
diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/main-carousel/main-carousel.component.html b/src/app/shared/components/main-carousel/main-carousel.component.html
index 1998a4d..98b315c 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/components/main-carousel/main-carousel.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/components/main-carousel/main-carousel.component.html
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@
       <img
         class="main-carousel__image"
         [class.main-carousel__image--active]="index === activeIndex()"
-        [src]="image"
+        [attr.src]="imageSource(image, index)"
         [alt]="imageAlt(index)"
         [attr.aria-hidden]="index === activeIndex() ? null : 'true'"
-        [attr.loading]="index === 0 ? 'eager' : 'lazy'"
+        loading="eager"
+        [attr.fetchpriority]="index === activeIndex() ? 'high' : 'low'"
         draggable="false"
+        (load)="handleImageLoad(index)"
+        (error)="handleImageError(index)"
       />
     }
   </div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/main-carousel/main-carousel.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/components/main-carousel/main-carousel.component.spec.ts
index 667a851..af77618 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/components/main-carousel/main-carousel.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/components/main-carousel/main-carousel.component.spec.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,29 @@ describe('MainCarouselComponent', () => {
     expect(images[0].classList).toContain('main-carousel__image--active');
   });
 
+  it('carga las imágenes secuencialmente y prioriza la imagen visible', () => {
+    const images = fixture.nativeElement.querySelectorAll(
+      '.main-carousel__image',
+    ) as NodeListOf<HTMLImageElement>;
+
+    expect(images[0].getAttribute('src')).toBe('/images/one.webp');
+    expect(images[0].getAttribute('fetchpriority')).toBe('high');
+    expect(images[1].getAttribute('src')).toBeNull();
+    expect(images[2].getAttribute('src')).toBeNull();
+
+    images[0].dispatchEvent(new Event('load'));
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    expect(images[1].getAttribute('src')).toBe('/images/two.webp');
+    expect(images[1].getAttribute('fetchpriority')).toBe('low');
+    expect(images[2].getAttribute('src')).toBeNull();
+
+    images[1].dispatchEvent(new Event('load'));
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    expect(images[2].getAttribute('src')).toBe('/images/three.webp');
+  });
+
   it('avanza automáticamente entre las imágenes', () => {
     fixture.destroy();
     vi.useFakeTimers();
@@ -48,10 +71,18 @@ describe('MainCarouselComponent', () => {
     try {
       fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestHostComponent);
       fixture.detectChanges();
+      const images = fixture.nativeElement.querySelectorAll(
+        '.main-carousel__image',
+      ) as NodeListOf<HTMLImageElement>;
+
+      images[0].dispatchEvent(new Event('load'));
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      images[1].dispatchEvent(new Event('load'));
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(1000);
       fixture.detectChanges();
 
-      const images = fixture.nativeElement.querySelectorAll('.main-carousel__image');
       expect(images[1].classList).toContain('main-carousel__image--active');
     } finally {
       fixture.destroy();
diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/main-carousel/main-carousel.component.ts b/src/app/shared/components/main-carousel/main-carousel.component.ts
index 4c10deb..581b827 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/components/main-carousel/main-carousel.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/components/main-carousel/main-carousel.component.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import {
   ChangeDetectionStrategy,
   Component,
   PLATFORM_ID,
+  WritableSignal,
   computed,
   effect,
   inject,
   input,
+  output,
   signal,
 } from '@angular/core';
 import { isPlatformBrowser } from '@angular/common';
@@ -20,11 +22,15 @@ export class MainCarouselComponent {
   private readonly platformId = inject(PLATFORM_ID);
   private readonly requestedIndex = signal(0);
   private readonly paused = signal(false);
+  private readonly loadedIndexes = signal<ReadonlySet<number>>(new Set());
+  private readonly settledIndexes = signal<ReadonlySet<number>>(new Set());
+  private firstImageReadyEmitted = false;
 
   readonly images = input.required<readonly string[]>();
   readonly imageAlts = input<readonly string[]>([]);
   readonly autoSlideInterval = input(5000);
   readonly ariaLabel = input('Imágenes destacadas');
+  readonly firstImageReady = output<void>();
 
   protected readonly activeIndex = computed(() => {
     const imageCount = this.images().length;
@@ -32,8 +38,27 @@ export class MainCarouselComponent {
     return imageCount ? this.requestedIndex() % imageCount : 0;
   });
   protected readonly hasMultipleImages = computed(() => this.images().length > 1);
+  protected readonly sequentialLoadIndex = computed(() => {
+    const settledIndexes = this.settledIndexes();
+
+    for (let index = 0; index < this.images().length; index += 1) {
+      if (!settledIndexes.has(index)) {
+        return index;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return -1;
+  });
 
   constructor() {
+    effect(() => {
+      this.images();
+      this.requestedIndex.set(0);
+      this.loadedIndexes.set(new Set());
+      this.settledIndexes.set(new Set());
+      this.firstImageReadyEmitted = false;
+    });
+
     effect(() => {
       const imageCount = this.images().length;
       const interval = Math.max(this.autoSlideInterval(), 1000);
@@ -44,7 +69,11 @@ export class MainCarouselComponent {
 
       const timer = window.setInterval(() => {
         if (!this.paused()) {
-          this.requestedIndex.update((index) => (index + 1) % imageCount);
+          this.requestedIndex.update((index) => {
+            const nextIndex = (index + 1) % imageCount;
+
+            return this.loadedIndexes().has(nextIndex) ? nextIndex : index;
+          });
         }
       }, interval);
 
@@ -62,6 +91,27 @@ export class MainCarouselComponent {
     this.paused.set(paused);
   }
 
+  protected imageSource(image: string, index: number): string | null {
+    const shouldLoad =
+      this.loadedIndexes().has(index) ||
+      index === this.sequentialLoadIndex() ||
+      index === this.activeIndex();
+
+    return shouldLoad ? image : null;
+  }
+
+  protected handleImageLoad(index: number): void {
+    this.updateIndexSet(this.loadedIndexes, index, true);
+    this.updateIndexSet(this.settledIndexes, index, true);
+    this.notifyFirstImageReady(index);
+  }
+
+  protected handleImageError(index: number): void {
+    this.updateIndexSet(this.loadedIndexes, index, false);
+    this.updateIndexSet(this.settledIndexes, index, true);
+    this.notifyFirstImageReady(index);
+  }
+
   protected handleKeydown(event: KeyboardEvent): void {
     if (!this.hasMultipleImages()) {
       return;
@@ -83,4 +133,26 @@ export class MainCarouselComponent {
   protected imageAlt(index: number): string {
     return this.imageAlts()[index] || `Imagen destacada ${index + 1}`;
   }
+
+  private updateIndexSet(
+    target: WritableSignal<ReadonlySet<number>>,
+    index: number,
+    present: boolean,
+  ): void {
+    target.update((current) => {
+      const updated = new Set(current);
+      present ? updated.add(index) : updated.delete(index);
+
+      return updated;
+    });
+  }
+
+  private notifyFirstImageReady(index: number): void {
+    if (index !== 0 || this.firstImageReadyEmitted) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.firstImageReadyEmitted = true;
+    this.firstImageReady.emit();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/product-list/product-list.component.html b/src/app/shared/components/product-list/product-list.component.html
index e4ad662..1c09a32 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/components/product-list/product-list.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/components/product-list/product-list.component.html
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
       }
       @default {
         <app-product-column-with-image
-          [imageUrl]="item.image ?? null"
+          [imageUrl]="loadImages() ? (item.image ?? null) : null"
           [title]="item.nombre"
           [originalPrice]="price(item)"
-          [imagePriority]="index < 4"
+          [imagePriority]="loadImages() && index < 4"
           (buy)="buy.emit(item)"
         />
       }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/product-list/product-list.component.ts b/src/app/shared/components/product-list/product-list.component.ts
index 4f97f77..1a79478 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/components/product-list/product-list.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/components/product-list/product-list.component.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export class ProductListComponent {
   readonly groupLayout = input.required<CatalogGroupLayout>();
   readonly items = input.required<CatalogFeaturedItems>();
   readonly loading = input(false);
+  readonly loadImages = input(true);
 
   readonly buy = output<ProductListItem>();
   readonly addToCart = output<ProductListCartEvent>();