PolkaDachs.com Launched

Lately I’ve been doing a good amount of soul searching to find out what it is I really want to do in life. I won’t go into detail about that here and promise to get back to it in a future post. It basically boils down to the fact that I need to be involved with technology. I have a huge passion for all things tech and that’s why you’ve seen products such as BlueGPS, Daylite, and GolfTips from me. About the only thing these products have in common are the fact that they’re somewhat tech related. While I continue to search for “the product” I like to fill the void with odds and ends.

With that being said I’d like to share my latest spare-time project: www.polkadachs.com. This concept was dreamed up by my wife and she truly has a creative talent for these types of projects. She’s had every creative idea under the sun and I think she’s found one that will keep her busy for years to come. I decided to build the site for her because it’s been over a year since I’ve done any e-commerce work and I was up for the challenge. The most exciting part for me was doing the site design since I don’t have many opportunities to do this kind of work anymore. Actually, this blog needs a serious facelift and maybe I’ll make that my next project.

The key to the PolkaDachs site was keeping it simple and making the shopping experience as fun as possible. One product that enabled us to do this was a shopping cart system known as x-cart. A huge shout out to my buddy Brent Evans @ Holland Simpson for turning me on to this product. You would not believe the granularity you get when customizing the shopping cart and there are options for EVERYTHING. It’s seriously one of the most affordable/functional shopping cart systems I’ve ever used. Let me also add that the out-of-the-box templates are butt ugly. So be sure to contact a true professional like Brent or myself to get you up and running Customization of this system is definitely a lengthy process.

So please feel free to check it out and let me know what you think. Now that I’ve filled one void with this project I can get back to my next idea…..more on that later!