[Online Michael]

We're looking to purchase a one page checkout for our store but we are very cautious about encrypted code that may one day get in the way of future modifications/enhancements to the checkout. While we understand the need for software protection, what is likely to happen when one day Mercury Minds decides to close shop? It could leave many store owners high and dry with little or no alternative but to ditch the checkout module for another checkout module and wear the cost of doing so.

I don't expect Mercury Minds, or any other 3rd party developer, to remain in business forever (just in the event I may want to do something different to the checkout), however, I would like to have some ability to make necessary changes to the checkout without worrying about the developers' very existence and their encrypted code.

So my question is this; What flexibility do we have, as store owners, to change and modify the operations, as well as the look and feel, of the one page checkout without having to rely on Mercury Minds to carry out those changes for us? And if we need to employ a 3rd party developer to make those changes, are there likely to be issues that could prevent them from successfully carrying out their work?

I'm sorry for the long-winded statement/question but I need to know what I'm getting myself into, not just in the short term but in the long term as well.