Switch from Lumise to Cmsmart

Lumise is a trademark of its owner. Cmsmart is not affiliated with or endorsed by Lumise.

Who this service is for

WooCommerce store owners and print shops that sell personalised products with Lumise and want approval, quotes and print-ready PDFs in the same plugin. According to its website, Lumise is a product designer for WooCommerce and WordPress with 300 DPI print files and pricing per printing technology (source: lumise.com, accessed 4 Oct 2026). If Lumise already fits how you sell, staying is a valid choice, and the assessment will tell you so.

The Cmsmart plugin has been in active development since 2016; version 2.17.0 was released on 2 Oct 2026. Our comparison guide, Lumise alternative for WooCommerce, sets the published facts side by side.

What moves and what is rebuilt

The designer 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 options and a price matrix with quantity breaks.
• Print output: Premium exports PDF print files that match the order, including custom sizes (2.17.0); check a sample against your printer's spec.
• Artwork review: Accept or Decline on the order, with an email to the customer; approved artwork is locked on the server (2.17.0).
• 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.
• A 30-day free trial from your Cmsmart dashboard.

How the switch works

1. Free assessment. You share a product list, screenshots or exports of your current settings 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. Lumise 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; Lumise 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 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. 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.