If there was the slightest chance that people wanted to use my mediocre images then I would probably invest in the time and equipment. I've dabbled with raw a few times but to be honest I can't be bothered with the fiddling around. I did like the way DXO optics software would process on default settings and would allow you to tweak if needed. I felt it was not worth the £100 if there was not any payback to be gained. I tend to use RAW only for tricky shots and 99% of them are too tricky for RAW and get trashed anyway.
If you have a market then sure use RAW, make backups and catologue them. In the last year I've only had one person ask to use a bird image which was printed in a leaflet 1.5" x 1" for which I received a £5 donation. So at that rate it is not worth the time and effort.
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