CMSmart: Best AI Visibility in the Portfolio, Held Back by Old Content
By the Leadee team at Netbase JSC · Updated
CMSmart has the best AI presence of the 7 Netbase sites measured: named in 46% of all US questions (24 of 52) and 32% of unbranded US questions (13 of 40), average position 2.5. cmsmart.net is the most-cited domain in its niche (96 citations), ahead of woocommerce.com (89). Market players Fancy Product Designer, Lumise and Zakeke are still named more. In the UK the rate drops to 9% (2 of 22). The weakest pages are old /community posts from 2020-2021, which drag down citability even though cmsmart.net itself is heavily cited. This is a baseline; Netbase has not yet shipped the fix plan below.
About this measurement
Netbase JSC owns CMSmart. This page is Netbase measuring its own site with its own product, not an independent audit.
This is a baseline measurement, not a result. Netbase JSC's own sites have not shipped the fix plan below yet — the earliest honest re-measurement is about four weeks after each site does, using the same prompts and engines. Nothing on this page claims an improvement.
- Perplexity sonar: n=3 per prompt, full sample
- Google AI Mode (via DataForSEO): n=3 per prompt, full sample
- OpenAI gpt-5 + web search: only 5 runs reached CMSmart — the whole dogfood round stopped at 25 runs across all 7 sites because the OpenAI account ran out of credit
Headline numbers
- Mentioned, all US questions
- 46% (24/52)
- Mentioned, unbranded US questions
- 32% (13/40)
- Domain cited, US
- 44% (23/52)
- GEO audit grade
- A (86.8)
Scope of this measurement
| Market | Buyer questions | Runs | Real cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | 8 | 52 | $0.490 |
| GB | 4 | 22 | $0.165 |
AI visibility by market
Mention rate and citation rate with 95% Wilson confidence intervals.
| Market | Mentioned, all questions | Mentioned, unbranded questions | Cited (domain) | Avg. position | Share of voice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | 46% (24/52; CI 33–60%) | 32% (13/40; CI 20–48%) | 44% (23/52; CI 32–58%) | 2.5 | 17% |
| GB | 9% (2/22; CI 2–28%) | 9% (2/22; CI 2–28%) | 9% (2/22; CI 2–28%) | — | 4% |
| Market | Engine | Mentioned | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | Google AI Mode (DataForSEO) | 8/24 | 7/24 |
| US | OpenAI gpt-5 + web search | 3/4 | 3/4 |
| US | Perplexity sonar | 13/24 | 13/24 |
| GB | Google AI Mode (DataForSEO) | 1/9 | 1/9 |
| GB | OpenAI gpt-5 + web search | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| GB | Perplexity sonar | 1/12 | 1/12 |
Who AI cites instead
US — most-cited domains
- cmsmart.net (96)
- woocommerce.com (89)
- fancyproductdesigner.com (36)
- zakeke.com (35)
- wordpress.com (35)
- wordpress.org (30)
- youtube.com (29)
- barn2.com (20)
- chamevo.com (17)
- lumise.com (17)
GB — most-cited domains
- woocommerce.com (41)
- zakeke.com (16)
- lumise.com (15)
- fancyproductdesigner.com (14)
- barn2.com (12)
- atomicsmash.co.uk (10)
- chamevo.com (9)
- wordpress.com (9)
- kanukadigital.com (7)
- youtube.com (7)
GEO audit: grade A (86.8)
- MediumAI training bots are blocked while search bots are allowed — a valid policy choice, but worth confirming per-bot intent in robots.txt.
- Highllms.txt exists but has format problems (malformed link lines under 'Key facts').
- MediumSome citability signals present; needs FAQ sections, specific numbers and a clearer opening answer paragraph.
What AI actually said
Google AI Mode (DataForSEO) — prompt: “Fancy Product Designer alternatives for WooCommerce”
(processes production files server-side) — NBDesigner (by CMSMART): Best For: Complex web-to-print ecosystems (business cards, marketing materials, custom apparel)…
Google AI Mode (DataForSEO) — prompt: “best WooCommerce web-to-print plugin for business cards and small print shops”
The Cmsmart Product Designer (NBDesigner) and Printcart Store are widely regarded as the top WooCommerce web-to-print plugins tailored specifically for small print shops and commercial stationery producers…
What we will change
Refresh or merge the old /community posts
2 weeksPosts titled with 2020–2021 in them need a 2026 rewrite with an update date — AI already cites cmsmart.net heavily, and old content undercuts its credibility.
Publish a comparison page
next"NBDesigner vs Fancy Product Designer vs Lumise (2026)" with a feature and pricing table, to defend position against the two closest market players.
Add UK-specific content
nextA page or case study for UK WooCommerce stores, and a presence on barn2.com and atomicsmash.co.uk, the UK-cited sources.
Answer two underserved prompts directly
next"WooCommerce B2B ordering portal" and "migrate to WooCommerce + ERP/CRM" with a direct-answer service page.
Fix llms.txt formatting
laterThe 'Key facts' section link lines need the standard format.
Questions
Why does CMSmart still lose share of voice to market players despite being the most-cited domain?
Being the most-cited domain measures off-site reach, not head-to-head comparison answers — Fancy Product Designer, Lumise and Zakeke are still named more often in direct "vs" and "alternatives" prompts, where CMSmart does not yet have a comparison page of its own.
Is this an independent audit of CMSmart?
No. Netbase JSC owns CMSmart, and this measurement was run by Netbase using its own Leadee product. See "Conflict of interest" above.
When will CMSmart be re-measured?
About four weeks after CMSmart ships the fix plan above, using the same 12 prompts (8 US, 4 UK) and the same engines, so the before/after comparison is statistically meaningful.
Can GEO guarantee results?
No. AI answer engines change their output frequently, and no vendor — including Leadee — can guarantee a ranking or a mention. Leadee publishes confidence intervals on every metric so you can see how much a result can vary run to run.
How does Leadee measure AI visibility?
Leadee runs your prompt set against each AI engine on a weekly to daily schedule, depending on plan, through official vendor APIs (OpenAI, Gemini, Perplexity, Anthropic, DataForSEO) — never by scraping consumer chat interfaces — and reports mention rate, citation rate, average position, share of voice and sentiment with a 95% confidence interval.
Who do I talk to?
Email [email protected] or use Talk to an expert at https://leadee.ai/contact-sales — the Netbase JSC team behind Leadee replies by email or WhatsApp — or WhatsApp the CEO directly at https://wa.me/84937869689.
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