PayPal brings payment links to Canva's 265 million

PayPal has added Payment Links to Canva, making the feature available to Canva's 265 million monthly users worldwide.

The integration lets users turn designs into checkout points by adding a payment link or QR code to digital or printed content. Available directly within Canva, it is aimed at creators, entrepreneurs and small businesses that want to accept payments without sending customers to a separate website.

Users can generate a PayPal-hosted payment page and add product images, descriptions and pricing. Checkout supports PayPal, with Venmo available in the United States and PayPal Pay Later offered in eligible markets.

The service can be used across social platforms, email, messaging apps and in-person sales. Sellers can also accept payments in multiple currencies and reach buyers in about 200 markets.

The move reflects a broader shift in online commerce, as transactions increasingly happen inside content feeds, conversations and communities rather than on standalone eCommerce sites. PayPal cited market forecasts showing global social commerce sales are expected to exceed USD $1 trillion by 2028.

For many creators, the challenge has been the gap between promotion and purchase. Selling through social posts, digital marketing materials or printed designs has often required a separate storefront, external checkout page or additional eCommerce software.

By embedding payments into Canva's design workflow, the two companies aim to remove that extra step. A flyer, post, brochure or other design can then serve as a direct route to payment.

“Today's entrepreneurs are no longer only building traditional storefronts-they are creating profitable businesses in real time through social content, online communities, and direct conversations,” said Taira Hall, Senior Vice President and Head of SMB Commercial at PayPal.

“By pairing PayPal's trusted global payment infrastructure with Canva's creative workflow, we're reducing the friction between inspiration and income and meeting them at point of need. With PayPal integrated directly in Canva, creators can move seamlessly from creating to getting paid,” Hall added.

Canva presented the launch as a response to growing demand from users who want to earn directly from what they already publish and share. Its platform is widely used for social media graphics, presentations, marketing assets and printed materials, making payment integration across those formats a notable commercial addition.

Payment features inside design tools also reflect a wider race among software platforms to keep users within a single workflow for longer. Rather than pushing creators to export content and complete transactions elsewhere, platforms are increasingly folding commerce into the tools where content originates.

That approach may appeal particularly to sole traders and microbusinesses, which often rely on lightweight digital tools rather than full online shops. A consultant sharing a service menu, a market trader printing a QR-enabled poster, or a creator posting a product graphic to social media can use the same design asset as a direct path to purchase.

“We're seeing an explosion of creators who want to earn directly from the content they're already sharing, but until now, that's often meant sending people off to another website,” said Emily MacDonald, Head of Revenue Platform at Canva.

“Whether someone's launching their first product, booking their next clients, or selling at a weekend market, having PayPal Payment Links right inside Canva means you can go from a bold idea to getting paid in just a few clicks, without ever leaving their design,” MacDonald said.

The product also includes trackable receipts, transaction reporting and PayPal's fraud protection tools as part of the payment flow.

The Payment Links app is available globally through the Canva Marketplace.