Hi,
Yes, that is correct. If you don't buy the template with "developer license" you will not be eligible to get free updates. As you might know, once a new Virtuemart version is released (which happens very often these days), lots of things are changed, especially in "shopping cart" page. If we didn't touch the shopping cart page, then we would say "you will get updates for lifetime". But it would be tricky because; an update won't be necessary at all (unless there is a bug reported in other sections).
The updates are not all about "making VM Templates compatible to new version of Virtuemart". That's not the only case. We are also putting more features and functionalists to our VM Template from time to time (usually once a month a new thing is being implemented). For example; last month 1-page checkout page was integrated to our both VM Templates, which is worth to be sold separately as an extension/plugin for almost half of Template's price. Since we have only two VM2 Templates so far and we are planing to develop NO more in the near feature, we are trying to make them as perfect as they could be.
If you have any difficulties or your find out a bug somewhere (it doesn't matter you have bought the VM Template with Developer license or not) that bug or the problem will be solved by us for free. (our DEMO is taken as reference). If that bug is a known issue and has been fixed already in the new Template version, then you will get the same patch to fix your issue. Understand? Restricted update is the case for only "getting new features" and "compatibility with new VM versions situations".
Think about these 2 possibilities;
- If you are a developer, and you are planing to use our VM Templates in multiple websites you are going to design... the price is fair enough. No doubt about it!.
- If you are an individual who are opening a Virtuemart store for the first and the last time. After your web store is ready to go; why would you update your Virtuemart in the future? You know what they say: "if it is not broken, don't fix it". So you won't need an update for our VM Template as well.
Make sense?
Oh by the way; recently we have started offering an "upgrade" option through this link:
https://www.flexiblewebdesign.com/Premium-Support/Upgrade-Your-OrderSo if you buy the VM Template for "Single Domain+No future" option for $69, any time in the future; by paying additional $69 you can upgrade your order to "Multiple Domains+Free Updates" option.