"Worthwhile", I don't know. I guess it depends on what your product is supposed to do.
My product is http://smallpayroll.ca, it's a do it yourself payroll site made for people who don't know anything about payroll. I freely admit it looks like crap. But of the handful of people that have tried it out and paid for it, I haven't heard "this looks like crap". What I hear is "this product makes my life so much easier"
Could I get more conversions with a better design? Maybe... But I know for my product it's not preventing me from getting paying customers.
(As an aside, I've often thought there should be a place for people like us to find designers that know how to work with applications instead of just designing web pages.)
Your site strikes me as in the "good enough" category. The design isn't anything special, either good or bad. This means that there is nothing bad about the design to bring your product down and I think it also means that the law of diminishing returns may apply to putting resources into making the design better.
My product is http://smallpayroll.ca, it's a do it yourself payroll site made for people who don't know anything about payroll. I freely admit it looks like crap. But of the handful of people that have tried it out and paid for it, I haven't heard "this looks like crap". What I hear is "this product makes my life so much easier"
Could I get more conversions with a better design? Maybe... But I know for my product it's not preventing me from getting paying customers.
(As an aside, I've often thought there should be a place for people like us to find designers that know how to work with applications instead of just designing web pages.)