Should I use 'Thesis' theme?

I didn't know anything about coding before I bought Thesis and I still don't, not much anyway, but I get by pretty easily.

I know enough to make a half decent looking site and it's quite easy to customise your site with Thesis. As with most things there is a bit of a learning curve and some trial and error but there's plenty of help and tutorials online for Thesis users.

I can't compare it to other paid themes as i haven't used any but I have thought about it. I don't need to buy any other theme really at the moment because I've got to know Thesis and like using it. I normally use the Easy Thesis skin with it.

As someone who's not very techy and started out knowing nothing about Wordpress and coding I can give you my opinion.

I wasted a TON of time at the start trying to figure out how to tweak different things in Wordpress. If I could go back, I would have invested the little bit of money to have someone set up a site in a premium theme (whether Thesis or Genesis or one of the biggies). I would have it set up in a way that looks good for pretty much any niche, with just the header needing to change.

Then, I would just use the same theme and set up over and over. I would also pay someone the little it costs to have a header made for each site. Unless you're already good at this type of thing, your time is best spent in the money-making parts of the business. You'll earn a profit faster.

That said, I still think it is important to do a few tutorials in Wordpress (if you haven't already) and learn some very basic html code and how to navigate around your theme.