Yes. You can set up packages and choose what options are visible, how long the subscription will last and the price of the package. Towards the end of the subscription period your customer will be sent an email reminder to pay a renewal fee. Once the subscription end date is reached, if your customer has not renewed their subscription the business will simply return to the basic (free but limited) package. You may then wish to remove the business or allow it to remain in the free package. Customers who have renewed their subscription online will automatically have their subscription renewed once their current one expires. Customers who pay via bank transfer (if you have selected this as a payment method) will require you to manually confirm that a subscription has been updated prior to the subscription end date.

Yes - one of the greatest components of WPBDP is it's ability to be sculpted to fit your website design. Through the use of template pages and CSS files you can modify the way the front end pages look.
Customised templates will not be overwritten when newer versions of the plugin are released, and our update checker will let you know if any of your template files may be out of date - at which point you may wish to compare the code of that template withe the most recent one.

Check out http://www.wpbusinessdirectorypro.com/tutorial/ for more information.

There is a scaled down version of the plugin which you are welcome to use for free. You can download this at any time from http://www.wpbusinessdirectorypro.com/

YES - We've made it easy to develop your own WP Business Directory Pro theme but it requires HTML and CSS skills. We welcome designers who wish to make their own custom themse and either give them away for free (that would be really nice), or sell them for a reasonable price.
If you have developed your own theme please let us know and if it's downloadable we'll add a link to it.