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How to Sell Canva Templates on Fiverr

How to Sell Canva Templates on Fiverr

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If you’re experienced in creating Canva templates, Fiverr is a good market to consider when selling to buyers and other Fiverr users. 

On Fiverr, you’ll find that most people usually sell templates at a price range of $5 to $50 – making the platform a viable side-income venture for your Canva creations. 

Fiverr works on a performance-based exposure for services advertised, so you should only look into this marketplace if you’re willing to expend consistent effort through slow growth. 

In this guide, we’ll cover the following: 

  • Canva template buyer description
  • Canva templates that you can sell on Fiverr
  • A nine-step guide to selling Canva templates on Fiverr
  • The realistic income you can make from selling Canva templates on Fiverr.

Let’s dive in!

Who Buys Canva Templates?

Canva templates are generally bought by people who aren’t as savvy in other graphic design software (such as Adobe Photoshop), outsource the design components of their business, or simply don’t enjoy creating graphic designs themselves. 

Potential clients for Canva templates include other freelancers, businesses, content creators (blogs or other social media), and contractors. On Fiverr, other Fiverr freelancers are also potential clients! 

That’s because freelancers who lack visual graphics skills will otherwise be at a disadvantage when advertising their “Gig” — the service they provide on Fiverr — if it doesn’t have a catchy visual idea of the project (or a “Gig image”)! 

What Kinds of Canva Templates Can You Sell on Fiverr?

It’s important to stress that you cannot sell pre-made Canva templates on Fiverr since these are copyrighted.

Canva (Free or Pro) content can only be used with special permissions. If you want to sell Canva templates, you are allowed to use Free content (not Pro) to create your own templates

The only way to sell a Canva template containing Pro content is if you share a template link that brings users back to the platform.

How to Sell Canva Templates on Fiverr

1. Decide on What You Will Offer

Anything that involves graphic design will have keen buyers on Fiverr. 

This includes postcards, fliers, product packaging, presentations, handouts, posters, social media content, books, and magazine covers — you name it! 

The best way to decide what Canva template to sell depends on the interests you have that align with what clients are willing to pay for. A great way to get started is to discover a niche market audience that fascinates you

2. Build a Small Portfolio

Becoming a successful seller on Fiverr will depend largely on the consistency of high-quality work you provide to clients.

Fiverr creates Buyer accounts by default, so you’ll need to create a classy Seller profile by logging in, clicking your profile picture, and then choosing “Become a Seller”. 

You’ll need to prepare and fill out your personal and professional information such as your full name, description, occupation, and skills so that you appear more trustworthy. 

For your account to be published, you need to complete at least 65% of your seller profile.

Finally, link networking accounts and add account security settings to your profile to give clients a better idea of who you are and what you do. 

3. Create Product Images for Advertising

The Gig images that you could consider selling to other Fiverr workers can also be used to promote your own Canva templates. 

As Fiverr only has 44 different Gig image templates available for download, and there are only a handful of creators offering Gig image design services, your unique, Canva-created images can help you stand out from the crowd.

Build templates in a distinct style to develop your personal brand. This should spread across to your Gig images and provide a snapshot of your best work, especially since you only have up to three images to capture your Gig customer. 

4. Determine Your Price Range

On Fiverr, Gigs cost between $5 and $10,000, and each one can be set with three tiers of pricing (“packages”) to reflect up to three variations you provide.

“Gig Extras” allow you to charge additional fees in exchange for more features like further edits or shorter delivery times. To add Gig Extras, go to your “Gigs” tab, click “Edit”, then the “Pricing” tab, and scroll down to “Add Extra Services”. 

Some ideas for extra services include adding a cover letter or creating infographics. You’ll then choose the extra charge amount, as well as the number of additional days you require to make those changes. 

If you’re looking into selling to other Fiverr freelancers specifically, Gig images are currently being sold for as little as $5 and up to $50 on the platform.

When starting out, it’s best to keep your price on the lower end and then increase as you gain more skills and customer referrals. 

5. Publish Your Service Listing on Fiverr

Sometimes, a Gig requires you to complete a Skills Test before you’re allowed to publish it. 

After doing this, go ahead and check that you’ve chosen your Gig title, category, service type, and search tags before clicking “Save & Continue”. Note that some Gig categories may also ask for Gig Metadata.

To get a better picture of what exactly your clients want out of their Canva templates, you have the option of setting buyer requirements which they may (or must) answer. To finalize this field, click “Add”, then “Save & Continue”.

Fiverr automatically posts your Gig on the Fiverr Marketplace. However, if you’re a vetted Fiverr Business freelancer, you’re allowed to share your Gig to both the standard and the Fiverr Business Marketplace – extending your reach to potential clients. 

6. Make Your Services Available for Purchase

Once your Gig is published, check that everything looks good by searching for it using the title or specific words you used to describe it. 

Each day, the position of your Gig on the Fiverr marketplace will change based on your performance in a certain amount of time. 

Now that your Gig is out there on Fiverr, all you have to do is wait for clients to come to you! 

Here’s a pro tip: Gigs with videos have improved performance compared to standalone Gig images!

7. Promote Your Listing on Social Media Platforms

Social media is a powerful way to boost sales by building up a community that want to support you by purchasing your product. 

It seems time-consuming at first – until you realize that there are about 4.6 billion social media users who actively consume content! Users, on average, go on Facebook the most, followed by YouTube, then WhatsApp, and Instagram. 

Social commerce, the selling of products or services through social media platforms, is estimated to see global sales of up to about $1.3 billion in 2023 alone. 

With increasing engagement, it’s a great idea to choose between two platforms if you want to take advantage of social media (especially as more people are drawn in by perfectly curated content and ads).

For instance, Instagram allows you to utilize “Shoppable Posts” where people engage with tags in your social media posts and stories. 

These tags will show your Canva template description and price with a convenient “Checkout” button for potential customers. 

8. Secure Your First Client

Once you’ve completed all the steps above, you may want to use per-item tags to increase visibility to relevant clients. 

To tag your gallery, go to “Manage Gigs”, click “Gig Edit”, then “Gallery”, and add tags for each item with the “Add Tags to This Sample” button. 

Responsiveness is also an important factor that clients will note when interacting with you for an order. You can use “Quick Response” templates or create your own responses for your inbox or Order page. 

After the customer has taken the first step, it’s now over to you! Keep them updated in regard to their order requirements, as well as when you will send drafts and the final Canva template. 

Be prompt with delivery and follow up afterward for complete customer satisfaction!

9. Update Your Service Listing as You Take On More Clients

The more Canva templates you sell, the more data you’ll have to make decisions about what works and draws people in. 

You can analyze your performance through four general measures: response rate, on-time deliveries, your general efficiency (measured by your rate of order completion), and average seller rating. 

If your Gigs aren’t gaining as much traction as you’d wished, experiment with changes in price, Gig images and titles, and social media conversions. 

You may also have to narrow down your niche or cut out a social media platform that has low sales despite your increased efforts. 

How Much Money Can You Make by Selling Canva Templates on Fiverr

How much you earn with Canva templates relies heavily on your respective skill set. 

To give you an idea of how much you can earn, one blogger with about 30 Canva templates on their profile makes an average north of $2,000 per month! 

They accrued this large monthly average revenue by selling on their blog, Creative Market, and Etsy. Now, that’s a great passive income stream!

More specifically to Fiverr, clients seem to pay between $5 and $50 and will gladly shell out more for fully edited and customized Canva templates (with additional fees for special edits or branding). 

Buyers place orders for fixed gigs and custom order options, and if they like you enough, you can even offer them lucrative long-term client subscriptions. 

In Conclusion

Selling Canva templates on Fiverr isn’t difficult as long as you have original content. 

What will likely be a side income at first has a lot of potential to eventually replace your full-time job!

This possibility becomes all the more likely if you carefully identify your target market, provide excellent customer service, and continue tailoring your templates to match what your customers need. Happy selling!