Thanks for asking these questions. Let me try to clarify that for you.
1. If you buy a bundle (Templatemonster template + CMS) you get a discounted price both for the template and CMS. Usually template of that quality costs around $75 and a stand alone CMS costs $199. You get a bundle design plus INTERGRATED CMS for $250.
Please pay attention to the word INTEGRATED here. It means that this template was made specifically for FlashMoto CMS to make sure everything is working smoothly, all elements are scalable etc.
This solution is targeted mostly to end users, who like the layout and the style of the template, buy it, customize a little bit and use.

2. Stand alone version of the CMS is targeted to Flash Developers, Web Designers, Agencies who create their own designs and would like to provide their clients ability to manage content (create new pages, change texts and pictures etc) of flash websites they get from their developers. Nowadays, it is a top notch request – clients want to have a control of their website’s content. We do see that in normal CSS based websites – take a look at the boom of open source CMS like Wordpress, Joomla, Drumal etc.
So if you are a developer and you know how to create dynamic XML flash websites from scratch – this option is for you. You create your website and integrate CMS into it. That makes your life easier and your customers happier.

I hope that helps. I’ll ask somebody from TM to come here and reply to your question about the template change. My opinion – you will have to buy a whole new bundle, because it does not work just a skin for the same website. All designs have their own layouts, elements etc.

This is my confusion…
1) I purchase (CMS + Template) from “Template Monster” for around $250.
2) I purchase (Stand Alone) from “Flashmoto” and I get the “CMS” but what about templates? How much are the templates? If they are still $250, whats the point of buying the “Stand Alone”?

Also “this is more of a Template Monster question” but what if we try the demo and purchase the template, soon after a better template is release… are there any options for this senerio since there is only a few templates available? Lets say NO but later I buy the template for the same website domain as the original template was purchased for “the original Flashmoto website is up and running but now want to update it with a new template”. Is it as easy as… configuring this new template using the content from the original template – yeah not everything might port over but anything would help or would we have to build the site up from scratch again?

Thx

2Andrew
The license does not have an expiration date, it includes all upgrades until the next major release.. So, let’s say you bought FlashMoto CMS v 1.0 so you will get free upgrades to v. 1.1 – 1.9. Once we release FlashMoto CMS v 2.0 and you will want to update it – you will have to pay for update (the same way you pay to switch from once version of Adobe Photoshop to another one). You don’t need to pay if you are happy with your current version. The license never expires for the domain it was issued to.

2Babylon
We do not offer any rebranding options at the moment but it is our feature-request list we plan to release it asap.

Yes, you are right. Our license enables you to use 1 FlashMoto CMS for only 1 project. If you want to use for one more project, you have to purchase the CMS once again.

So I have a question, you seem to have answered it already but I dont seem to quote understand.
If I buy the software, I will only be able to use it for 1 project? Then I would need to buy another license before I could proceed to do any other work?

The price seems to be quote high for a software that needs license for each product, especially if you looking for experience it only or just learn it..