Are you trying to figure out, how to sell Canva templates and make money?

People are making big businesses with selling Canva templates. To get started, the first step is to learn how to sell canva templates and make money. Many bloggers are creating canva templates as a side hustle or a part-time activity.

To end the confusion, you don’t have to be a pro at graphic designing skills to sell Canva templates. Anyone with basic designing skills, and creativity can sell Canva templates and make money online.

WHAT IS CANVA?

Canva is a free and paid graphic designing tool for creatives. It’s the perfect tool to create attractive graphics and beautiful templates from scratch. However, the free version is enough for starters to learn and practice.

HOW TO SELL CANVA TEMPLATES ONLINE TO MAKE MONEY?

Here’s a brief process on how to sell canva templates online;

STEP #1. SIGN UP FOR CANVA

To get started, sign up with Canva. It’s a free and paid tool. As a canva free user, you can still design templates but the pro version gives access to unlimited premium tools, elements, and graphics to use. It enhances your skills as a graphic designer and provides you more flexibility to play with creative elements and assets.

If you like using, just upgrade.

Take a tour on Canva to see templates, elements and graphics. There is a huge variety of templates available. From business cards, to youtube thumbnails, you will find beautiful pre-made canva templates. Just go through to get inspiration for your own templates and products.

STEP #2. DECIDE ON CANVA PRODUCTS TO SELL

After you sign up for Canva, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with so many things to do. But, I suggest you assess your skills and realize what kind of products you can sell.

Are you good at designing instagram posts?

Can you design workbooks?

Can you create planner templates?

How about ebook templates on Canva, and ebook cover?

Ask yourself and see what you are good at! Here are 51 best digital product ideas to sell online. These are some great ideas to make passive income and you can make most of these products from Canva.

BE SPECIFIC WITH NICHE, AND PRODUCTS.

When you are starting to create canva templates to sell, you should understand the demand of those templates.

Do people buy if I sell workbooks for coaches?

Should I create templates for business owners, bloggers, coaches, real estate agencies, entrepreneurs, clothing boutiques etc?

A little research goes a long way. The best idea is to take a look on popular platforms like Creative Market, Etsy, Dribble etc.

STEP #3. CREATE YOUR TEMPLATE

When you decide what type of template to create, log into your Canva account. On the Home page, click the Create a design button in the top right. Choose a size for your design from the dropdown list that appears.

For the Brand Kit, I chose the Letterhead option so that buyers could print the Brand Kit on a normal 8.5×11” sheet of paper.

Those who buy your template will be making a copy of the template for their own use. That means any changes they make to their copy will NOT affect your original template design.

STEP #4. GET THE SHAREABLE TEMPLATE LINK FROM CANVA

To get this link, open your template design file. Towards the top right, you’ll see a Share button next to the file name. When you click the Share button, a small menu will appear below where you can choose how to share this template with others.

Click where it says “Share a link to edit” at the bottom. Choose the option “Share a link to use as template.”

Then click “Copy link” and paste the link into whichever mechanism you’re using to deliver the template.

Step #5. INCLUDE THE LINK IN THE DELIVERY OF YOUR PRODUCT

Where you include the link depends on which online shop you’re using.

At some point in the delivery process, you’ll need to provide that shareable template link to your buyers.

If they’re logged into their Canva account, when they click on the link, they’ll view a page like the one pictured here, which tells them to save a copy of the template into their account. Once they’ve saved a copy, they can customize it however they want.

The delivery workflow looks like this:
Buyer purchases an item from your shop.

The shop emails the buyer a confirmation receipt. That email should also include a link to a downloadable PDF. (Depending on which shop you use, how that link is included will vary.)

When the buyer opens the PDF, she should see a message that tells them to click a link in order to access the template. I included a screenshot below of the PDF that I use to deliver the Brand Kit template.

When buyer clicks that link, a new webpage opens. She should see a message telling her to save a copy of the template into her Canva account.

Voila! Buyer can now make changes to her version of the template without affecting your original design.

STEP #6. PROMOTE YOUR TEMPLATE ON MULTIPLE CHANNELS

Once your product is set up in your shop, it’s time to promote your template!

Here are some different ways to let your audience know the template is available:

Email your list that you have a new item added to your shop. Include a link to the product page.

Post on your social media feed and stories that the template is available. Include a product link in the post or add the link to your Instagram bio.

Invest in paid ads to drive cold traffic to your product page.

Write a blog post that highlights the benefits of the template and include a link to the product page at the end. Then create Pinterest pins that point to the blog post.