How to make money online with CANVA TEMPLATES in 2024 💰🚀

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Kate walks through creating and selling Canva templates from start to finish, framing them as create-once, sell-on-repeat instant downloads for passive income. Step one is market research on Etsy: start with ‘Canva template’, narrow using predictive phrases, then study first-page listings with Bestseller or Etsy’s Pick badges to see what pages or content they include, and optionally ask ChatGPT for page ideas — her example narrows to a coaching workbook template. Step two is deciding style elements: limit the design to at most four colors and two to three font pairings for a cohesive minimalist, boho, retro or other vibe. Step three is creating in Canva at the needed size — US Letter 8.5 x 11 inch for the workbook — building a title page, about page and further pages, filtering Elements and fonts to free only so buyers without Canva Pro do not hit watermarks, and noting sizes for consistent icons. Next she grabs Share > Template Link, creates a deliverable ‘read me’ PDF with branding, what buyers can customize and step-by-step instructions, embeds the template link into clickable text, and downloads it as PDF Standard with Flatten PDF unchecked. She then creates listing mockups using Canva frames, sourcing mockups from Creative Market, Etsy or Creative Fabrica, exports template pages as JPEGs, drags them into the mockup frames, and downloads each mockup separately. Finally she creates the Etsy listing as a digital, finished product instant download, uploads the mockups, writes an SEO-aware title, and uploads the deliverable PDF — Etsy allows up to five files — then publishes.

Key takeaways

• Validate a template idea on Etsy by studying Bestseller/Etsy’s Pick listings and their included pages before building
• Keep style cohesive with at most four colors and two to three fonts, and use only free elements/fonts for buyer templates
• Never sell the raw design: deliver a PDF readme with the Canva template link embedded, exported with Flatten PDF unchecked
• Create listing images by dropping exported template pages into frame-based mockups sourced from Creative Market, Etsy or Creative Fabrica
• Set the Etsy listing as a digital instant download in the creation year and upload only the deliverable PDF as the buyer file

Episode details: published October 10, 2023 · 15:42 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kate Hayes’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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