How to Make Money Using Canva
Canva is a graphic design software with a ton of pre-designed templates and images you can use for free. While using the free version of Canva is great and all, creating your own designs from scratch and charging for them is even better. If you’re thinking about starting a side gig or small business using Canva to make money, keep reading!
This blog post will teach you everything you need to know about monetizing your brand using Canva.
If you
think this sounds too good to be true, that’s because it probably is. Even
though there are several ways to make money with Canva, they’re not all
lucrative. In this blog post, we’ll go over how you can use Canva to monetize
your brand in order to make some cash—not give it away for free.
Canva is free to use
There are a few ways to make money with Canva, but the first thing you need to know is that you don’t have to pay for Canva. The entire platform is 100% free to use, and will always be free to use. You don’t have to pay any subscription fees, and you won’t be charged any hidden fees either. Canva is free to use because they make their money in other ways.
Canva will also show you “sponsored” images and templates that you can use in your designs. While it doesn’t cost you anything, it does mean Canva is building a revenue stream off of your brand and designs. So what does this mean for you? Well, the fact that you don’t have to pay for Canva means that you’re not putting any money into your business at all.
This means that you won’t be
making any money from your designs until you monetize them using one of the methods
below.
Create and sell branded templates
The first way to monetize your brand using Canva is by creating and selling branded templates. A template is basically a design that you can use over and over again for different purposes. You can create templates for images, social media posts, business cards, and a whole lot more.
The best part about templates is that people can buy them again and again, making them an excellent source of recurring revenue. Templates are great, but they’re not the only thing you can sell.
You can also sell:
Design packs -
A collection of images, templates, and logos
Content -
Blog posts, eBooks, and more
Services -
Services such as graphic design, business consulting, etc.
With all
of these options, you aren’t limited to selling just one thing. You can create
and sell several different designs, images, content pieces, and more, depending
on how much time you have to work.
Create and sell branded images
The second way to monetize your brand using Canva is by creating and selling branded images. Similar to templates, you can create images and sell them on Canva or through a website. Images are great for social media posts and blog posts, as well as for use on your website.
Uploading images to websites like Etsy and Pinterest, as well as using them on Instagram, can really help bring in customers and sales. Like templates, images also have a variety of uses. They can be used in blog posts and articles, pinned on Pinterest, shared on social media, and more.
You can create images that are
related to your chosen niche and offer them for sale. You can also create a
“stock” library of images that you can use in multiple ways and with a variety
of themes and topics.
Creating eBooks and courses
The third way to monetize your brand using Canva is by creating eBooks and courses. An eBook is a digital book that you can sell in digital form on platforms such as Amazon and Gumroad. You can also host your eBook on your website and sell it as a digital product.
Perhaps the best part about creating eBooks and courses is that you can sell them one time and keep getting paid forever! Once you create your eBook or course, you can keep selling it indefinitely, making more and more money every time someone buys it.
If you have a special skill or expertise that you'd like to teach others, this is a great way to monetize your brand. You can use Canva to create your own visual course and sell it as an eBook or online course.
Visual learners will
love the addition of visuals, and you can even make extra money by selling the
images as stock photos or stickers.
The best way to monetize your brand using Canva is to create
and sell branded templates, images, and eBooks/courses. Using these methods,
you can create products that you can use again and again, every time you design
a new social media or blog post. You can also create digital products that you
can sell again and again, without having to create new designs or images—which
is a huge time saver! The great thing about these methods is that you don’t
have to put a ton of work into them in order to make sales. You can create as
many templates and courses as you’d like, and they will sell over and over
again as long as they’re relevant and helpful. Once you’ve created them,
they’re ready to sell as often as you’d like.
