1. No further update at this time. Given that it is the holiday season, an update to the
release status page is not likely until after this period.
2. The default payment gateway is PayPal (with a manual bank transfer option also available). You can also purchase
other payment gateway plugins from the AppThemes marketplace. If the transaction is not completed, then the listing will not be published.
3. No sorry, we don't have any recommendations for this specifically. We don't officially support third party plugins, so unfortunately cannot guarantee what will be compatible with our themes. Thanks.