Switch from Fancy Product Designer to Cmsmart

Fancy Product Designer is a trademark of its owner. Cmsmart is not affiliated with or endorsed by radykal GmbH or Fancy Product Designer.

Who this service is for

WooCommerce store owners and print shops that sell personalised products with FPD and want a product designer that is still being developed and supported. FPD's publisher says existing licences keep running, but development, services and support have moved to its new platform, Chamevo, and its Genius export and AI services went offline on 1 June 2026 (source: Chamevo blog, 9 Jan 2026, accessed 30 Sep 2026).

You have two honest options: move to Chamevo, the publisher's own path, or move to another WooCommerce product designer. This page covers the second option with Cmsmart. The Cmsmart plugin has been in active development since 2016; version 2.16.1 was released on 28 Sep 2026. If FPD still does everything you need and you do not depend on the retired services, staying put for now is a valid choice, and the assessment will tell you so.

What moves and what is rebuilt

FPD runs inside WooCommerce, so most of your store data never has to move.

What the Cmsmart plugin gives you after the switch

• Designer tools: text (including curved text), clipart, customer photo uploads, layers, shapes, QR codes and freehand drawing, on desktop and mobile.
• A template library that customers can start from.
• Print output: Premium exports PDF print files; check a sample against your printer's spec.
• Artwork review: approve or decline designs, with an email to the customer.
• AI Print-QA (Preflight) (2.10.0): checks uploaded artwork for resolution, colour mode, fonts, bleed and transparency.
• AI on your licence (2.12): Background Remover, Upscale and Preflight run on your Cmsmart licence and tokens.
• AI access controls (2.15): choose who can use AI tools: everyone, signed-in members or paying customers.
• Quotes area (2.12): customers get a Quotes section in My Account.
• A 30-day free trial from your Cmsmart dashboard.

How the switch works

1. Free assessment. You share FPD settings exports or screenshots, a product list and admin access to a staging copy; we send a written assessment.
2. Staging set-up. We install the Cmsmart plugin on a staging copy. FPD stays active on live products.
3. Rebuild. Product set-ups, templates, fonts and clipart, starting with your best sellers.
4. Price and print check. We test prices and compare sample print files with your print specs.
5. Your review (UAT). You place test orders on staging and sign off.
6. Go-live. Products switch over in batches; FPD is turned off on the products we have moved.
7. Aftercare. Support runs through tickets in your Cmsmart dashboard; ongoing maintenance is available.

What you provide

• Admin access to a staging copy of your store, or permission to create one.
• A list of the FPD products to move, in order of priority.
• Original template, clipart and font files, and confirmation that your font licences allow web use.
• Your printer's file specs: size, bleed, colour mode and file type.
• Pricing rules, plus two or three sample orders to use as test cases.
• One contact person who can review and approve each batch.

We use the minimum access we need, work on staging and delete copies of your data after handover.

Why Cmsmart

Cmsmart Ecommerce: B2B and custom WooCommerce commerce solutions, by Netbase JSC since 2012. 500+ custom ecommerce projects since 2012, 4,600+ delivered projects and clients in 80+ countries; the plugin has had 50 releases since 2016. Every project runs in your Cmsmart dashboard, with tickets, tasks, milestones and invoices in one place.

As of Sep 2026. Source: WorkSuite project records, Netbase portfolio library; plugin release history.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you import my Fancy Product Designer templates automatically?

No. There is no automatic importer between FPD and Cmsmart. We rebuild templates in Cmsmart from your original files. Even FPD's publisher moves customers to Chamevo by recreating products, not by importing them.

Will I lose my WooCommerce orders or customers?

No. Orders, customers and products are WooCommerce data and stay in your database when you change the product designer plugin. We work on a staging copy first and take a backup before go-live.

What happens to designs on past orders?

Order records stay in WooCommerce. Before we turn FPD off, we export any print files you still need from open orders. Cmsmart cannot open old FPD designs for editing, so reorders of old designs need to be set up again.

Can I run FPD and Cmsmart side by side during the move?

Yes, on staging and then product by product. Each product should use only one designer, so we switch products over in batches.

Do my URLs and SEO change?

Your WooCommerce product URLs stay the same, because we do not recreate the products. If anything has to change, we set up 301 redirects. We cannot promise rankings.

How much does it cost?

The assessment is free. The migration is quoted after the assessment, based on how many products and templates you have. The plugin licence is priced on the pricing page.

Should I move to Chamevo instead?

It may be the right choice if you want to stay with FPD's publisher. Choose Cmsmart if you want a WooCommerce plugin with a web-to-print workflow and a team that can build and maintain your store.

Next step

Switch to Cmsmart — free migration assessment. Send a short request and we reply with a written assessment. It is free and there is no obligation. Request your free assessment → Or start a 30-day free trial from your dashboard.