Applies to Cmsmart Boxed Store 2.0.1 (built on Cmsmart Stores 2.0.0), with Cmsmart Stores Blocks 2.1.2 and Cmsmart Product Designer 2.18.3 bundled by Store Setup · Updated October 2026. Screenshots are from a fresh Store Setup v2 install of the Boxed Store on WooCommerce 11.2.1.

In short

  • The Cmsmart Boxed Store is a ready-made WooCommerce storefront for packaging and box printers, with branding, pages, a sample catalogue and a product designer already wired together.
  • Store Setup v2 installs the theme, Cmsmart Stores Blocks and Cmsmart Product Designer in one pass; you then spend the first hour on branding, products, payments, shipping and one test order.
  • It takes a Fullstore (or higher) licence, about an hour of your time, and your own box artwork and shipping rules to replace the sample data.

A buyer who wants a run of mailer boxes does not want to email a PDF and wait for a quote. They want to pick a box style, enter dimensions, see a price for their quantity, and either check out or ask for a quote on a bigger run. Most packaging businesses selling online still bolt a configurator onto a generic theme, or run that process over email — in a custom packaging market Grand View Research values at an estimated $39.7 billion in 2025, that manual gap is expensive at scale.

Cmsmart Boxed Store skips that step: a WooCommerce theme made for a print catalogue, paired with Cmsmart Product Designer so one demo product already has a configurator, printing options and a quote path turned on. This guide covers the first hour after install — branding, the sample catalogue, designer and printing-option setup, payments, shipping, where to watch your numbers, and a test order.

What does running a packaging storefront without a configurator actually cost you?

Every week a packaging store runs on a generic theme with no configurator, staff re-quote the same box sizes by email and buyers abandon carts that show no price. Cmsmart Boxed Store replaces that manual loop with a storefront, configurator and printing options already connected.

  • Manual quoting. Every custom dimension or board stock becomes an email thread instead of an on-page price.
  • Theme-to-plugin mismatch. A generic theme and a bolted-on designer plugin are rarely tested together.
  • Reprints from unapproved artwork. Without an approval step, a print file can reach production before sign-off.
  • Staff time on repeat setup. Pages, menus, payments and shipping get rebuilt from scratch per store.

A rough formula for the manual-quoting cost: (custom-quote requests per month) × (minutes per quote) × (your loaded hourly rate) ÷ 60. Run your own figures before you decide what a self-serve price matrix and quote form are worth.

What could your packaging store look like by tomorrow morning?

Imagine a packaging buyer configuring a mailer box size, seeing a live price for their quantity, and either checking out or sending a quote request for a bulk run — all on your own branded WooCommerce store, with Cmsmart Product Designer and printing options handling the configurator and the math.

Example scenario. A regional packaging converter sets up the Cmsmart Boxed Store on a Friday. By Monday the sample catalogue is swapped for real box SKUs with their own size and board-stock printing options. A buyer configures a box style and quantity, gets an instant price for a small run, and uses the built-in quote request for a larger one — landing in the order list the same afternoon, no separate inbox to check.

Setting this up yourself takes about an hour once the store is installed. If you'd rather have Cmsmart's team configure the box styles, pricing and shipping for you, talk to an ecommerce expert about a guided setup.

How does Cmsmart get a packaging store onto your site in the first place?

Cmsmart Store Setup v2 installs the Boxed Store, Cmsmart Stores Blocks and Cmsmart Product Designer together as one tested bundle, through a one-file installer or a manual theme upload, so theme and product designer start on versions tested against each other.

This guide does not repeat the install itself — the install hub covers both paths in full. Briefly: browse the live demo, pick the Boxed Store in Store Catalogue, then run Store Setup — a one-file installer (about 10 minutes) or a manual theme upload (about 30 minutes). Since 19 October 2026 the installer (kit 2.0.3) publishes a new store live immediately, no "Coming soon" screen to switch off.

The released Cmsmart Boxed Store 2.0.1 content tree installs Cmsmart Product Designer 2.18.3 and Cmsmart Stores Blocks 2.1.2 on parent theme Cmsmart Stores 2.0.0 — the versions you should see fresh. Cmsmart Product Designer 2.18.4, released 22 October 2026, arrives separately through the normal plugin update, not the bundle: open Dashboard → Updates once live and install it when WordPress offers it.

Video walkthrough of downloading Cmsmart Product Designer and getting a WooCommerce store running
Video: How to download Cmsmart Product Designer and kick-start your store (Cmsmart on YouTube)

How do you set up the Cmsmart Boxed Store in the first hour?

After install, Cmsmart Boxed Store needs about an hour of configuration: confirm the bundled versions, set your branding, review the imported pages and sample catalogue, configure Cmsmart Product Designer and printing options on one product, then connect payments, shipping, store address and currency before a test order.

  1. Confirm the install. Open Appearance → Themes: Cmsmart Boxed Store 2.0.1 active, parent theme Cmsmart Stores 2.0.0 installed alongside it.
  2. Set your branding. Settings → General for your site title; the Site Editor for logo, header and footer — see the customise guide.
  3. Check the imported pages and menus. Pages → All Pages: home, shop, cart, checkout, my account and a few designer pages. Trim what you don't need.
  4. Review the sample catalogue. Products → All Products shows demo data shared across the Cmsmart Stores packaging and print family, not boxes — treat it as placeholder.
  5. Open the Cmsmart Product Designer tab on one product. Its Setting Cmsmart box: Enable Design, pick the design editor layout (Modern recommended), turn on templates, set DPI and dimension unit.
  6. Set printing options and the quote path. In NBD options → Printing Option, enable printing options and edit the set driving box size or board-stock pricing; the Request Quote tab covers runs too large for a fixed price.
  7. Set your store address and currency. WooCommerce → Settings → General holds store address, selling locations and currency — placeholder on a fresh install.
  8. Connect a payment method. WooCommerce → Settings → Payments lists WooCommerce Payments, PayPal and offline payments (see WooCommerce's docs); configure at least one before a real order.
  9. Set up a shipping zone. WooCommerce → Settings → Shipping ships one zone, local pickup only — add what boxed freight needs (WooCommerce's shipping zones guide).
  10. Place one test order end to end. Add a configured product to cart, check out with a test payment method, and confirm the order lands in WooCommerce → Orders with its design and printing choices attached.
Cmsmart Boxed Store 2.0.1 active in Appearance Themes with its Cmsmart Stores parent theme installed
Appearance → Themes: Cmsmart Boxed Store 2.0.1 active, Cmsmart Stores 2.0.0 parent theme installed alongside it.
WooCommerce Products list showing the Cmsmart Boxed Store sample catalogue after demo import
Products → All Products: the sample catalogue the demo import creates, ready to be replaced with your own box SKUs.
Cmsmart Product Designer settings tab on a WooCommerce product, with design editor layout, templates and DPI
A product's Setting Cmsmart box on "Business Postcard A": design editor layout, templates, DPI and dimension unit for the design area.
Cmsmart NBD options tab on a product, with Printing Option, Request Quote, Design Guideline and Printing FAQ
NBD options → Printing Option: where box size and board-stock pricing rules live, with Request Quote for large runs.
WooCommerce General settings showing store address and currency fields
WooCommerce → Settings → General: store address, selling locations and currency.
WooCommerce Payments settings listing WooCommerce Payments, PayPal and offline payment options
WooCommerce → Settings → Payments: connect at least one method before your first real order.
WooCommerce Shipping settings showing a default local pickup zone
WooCommerce → Settings → Shipping: the default zone only offers local pickup until you add your own.

Where do I see my store's numbers?

Cmsmart Product Designer 2.18.3 adds a Cmsmart → Overview page in wp-admin: revenue and order stat cards, a revenue trend chart, top products and recent orders, so a Boxed Store owner checks sales and production load without opening separate WooCommerce reports.

It also gives quick links straight into orders, products, cliparts and settings, so checking the numbers and acting on them happens in the same screen.

Cmsmart Overview admin dashboard with revenue, orders and in-production stat cards, a revenue trend chart and top products
Cmsmart → Overview: revenue, orders and in-production stat cards, a revenue trend chart, top products and quick actions.

What should packaging and box printers change first in the sample data?

Because the Boxed Store ships with the same generic sample catalogue as the rest of the Cmsmart Stores packaging and print family, Cmsmart Product Designer's per-product settings are where a packaging business does its real work: box dimensions, board stock as a printing option, and a quote path for oversized runs.

  • Use dimensions, not just templates, for box variants — set the dimension unit (centimetres on the demo product above) to match how you spec boxes internally.
  • Put board stock and finish on the printing-options axis, not as separate products. A price-matrix-style option (see the Price Matrix guide) keeps one box style as one product with a size-by-quantity price grid.
  • Check the storefront on a phone. The Start Design button sits in a fixed bar at the bottom of the product page, often the first thing a buyer taps.

Cmsmart insight: don't be surprised the sample catalogue shows business cards and postcards instead of boxes — every Cmsmart Stores packaging and print pack ships the same generic demo catalogue. Treat it as a placeholder for pages and category structure, and replace the products before marketing points at the store.

Custom packaging store WooCommerce shop page showing the sample catalogue grid on desktop
The shop page with the sample catalogue — swap these for your own box SKUs before launch.
Cmsmart Product Designer open on a product page with templates, text and layers tools
Cmsmart Product Designer open on the storefront, with Templates, Text, Cliparts and Layers tools.
Boxed Store product page on a phone with a fixed Start Design button and price
The product page on a phone: price and Start Design stay pinned to the bottom of the screen.
Cmsmart Product Designer open on a phone with the mobile design toolbar along the bottom
Tap Start Design and the same template and layer tools open in a mobile toolbar — worth checking on a real phone, since a box buyer is as likely to configure a size from a warehouse floor as a desk.

What's the business value and the KPIs to track once your packaging store is live?

Cmsmart Boxed Store turns box configuration, pricing and quoting into something a buyer does themselves, so the value shows up as fewer manual quotes, consistent per-box-size margins, and fewer reprints from unapproved artwork — each trackable as a KPI against your own baseline, with Cmsmart → Overview as the first place to watch it.

BenefitHow it shows upKPI to track
Storefront, pages and catalogue built inLess time building navigation from scratchDays from install to first live product
Product Designer on the product pageBuyers configure box size and options themselvesOrders with no manual quote email
Price matrix per box styleConsistent margin across size/quantity tiersAverage order value by box-size tier
Request Quote path for large runsOversized runs reach you as a structured quoteQuote-to-order conversion rate
Approved-artwork lockDesigns lock once a buyer approves the proofReprint rate from post-approval changes
Cmsmart → Overview dashboardRevenue, orders and production load in one screenOrders in production vs. shipped per week

ROI worksheet (use your own numbers):

  • Hours saved on setup = (hours to build pages/menus/catalogue by hand) − (hours on this first-hour checklist)
  • Monthly quoting time saved = (custom quotes per month) × (minutes per quote) × (loaded hourly rate) ÷ 60
  • Reprint cost avoided = (reprints per month from unapproved art today) × (average cost per reprint)
Cmsmart Boxed Store vs a generic WooCommerce theme
Cmsmart Boxed StoreGeneric WooCommerce theme
Starting pointStorefront, pages and catalogue imported by Store Setup v2Pages and catalogue built by hand
Product configuratorProduct Designer tab built into the product edit screenA separate plugin, matched to the theme yourself
Box size / stock pricingPrinting Options and price matrix on the same productUsually variable products or a separate plugin
Large-run quotesRequest Quote tab next to printing optionsA contact-form workaround, disconnected from the catalogue
Print outputPrint-ready PDF generated to match the order automaticallyDepends on whichever plugin you add
Version compatibilityTheme, Blocks and Product Designer tested togetherTheme and designer updates can drift apart

What can Cmsmart build on top of the Boxed Store as your packaging business grows?

Beyond what Store Setup v2 gives you, Cmsmart builds custom development for packaging needs — die-line templates, ERP/MIS-connected pricing, B2B account pricing and reorder flows — scoped to how your business actually quotes and produces work.

  • Die-line and structural templates. Real structural dielines, not flat print templates, aren't part of the core product designer today — Cmsmart builds that into the design area as custom development.
  • ERP/MIS-connected pricing. When cost-plus pricing lives in an MIS or ERP system, Cmsmart connects the store's pricing to it instead of duplicating the logic in WooCommerce.
  • B2B account pricing and reorder. Repeat buyers on negotiated pricing, with saved specs to reorder in a couple of clicks.

Cmsmart's delivery approach: discovery, a solution design you approve, build sprints, QA, launch, support — see the project case studies.

Plan my packaging store build or see the print shop preset installation service if you'd rather have Cmsmart do the first-hour setup for you.

Why work with Cmsmart on a custom packaging store WooCommerce project?

Cmsmart has run ecommerce and web-to-print projects as a Netbase division since 2012, with 6,300+ client projects and 1,800+ live stores, so setting up the Boxed Store builds on print-specific delivery experience, not a brand-new plugin.

  • 4,600+ client projects delivered since 2012, across 80+ countries.
  • 1,800+ live stores running today.
  • Rated 4.2 on Trustpilot (404 reviews) as of this writing.

"Was searching for an optimal solution for our printing business and came across Cmsmart. [Their team] helped figure out different plans and went out of their way to support me." — Viswam Digital, Trustpilot

See related work on Cmsmart's project case studies, the full Product Designer user guides, or see all Cmsmart Stores if packaging isn't your only line.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use my own products instead of the sample catalogue?

Yes. The sample catalogue is placeholder data — not boxes — so unpublish or edit those products and add your own box SKUs with Cmsmart Product Designer and printing options configured.

Which Cmsmart plan activates the Boxed Store?

The Boxed Store is free to set up and runs with sample data; a Fullstore licence (or higher — B2B or Marketplace) activates it for a live domain. Current plans are on Cmsmart's pricing page.

Can I change the colours, logo and header without touching code?

Yes — the Site Editor's Styles panel controls colours, typography and header layout store-wide. The customise guide covers header variants and plugins.

Does the store open with a "Coming soon" page while I set it up?

Not since 19 October 2026: installer kit 2.0.3 publishes a new store live immediately, no "Coming soon" screen to switch off.

Can customers get a quote instead of an instant price for large box runs?

Yes — the NBD options panel also has a Request Quote tab per product, so oversized or non-standard runs reach you as a structured quote rather than a fixed checkout price.

How do I pay securely?

Contracts and payments go to the company, Netbase JSC: plans are paid through PayPal; services are invoiced by Netbase JSC under a written proposal and paid by bank transfer to Netbase JSC's company account or by PayPal Business. Cmsmart (Cmsmart Ecommerce) is the ecommerce brand of Netbase JSC, a company based in Hanoi, Vietnam.

How do I contact Cmsmart or get a quote?

Message the Cmsmart team on WhatsApp at +84 937 869 689 or email project@cmsmart.net; the contact page at cmsmart.net/contact lists every channel, and Request a quote (cmsmart.net/project-proposal) sends a project brief. Customers with a licence open a ticket from the dashboard.

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