Before One Caribbean United, there was CaribbeanFlags.com
It is still trading today — and it is where all of this began.
Why it started
Caribbean people living abroad had almost nowhere to buy the things that made home feel close. A flag for a window. A keychain for a set of keys. Something to wear on Independence Day, thousands of miles from the island it belonged to.
CaribbeanFlags.com was built to close that gap, and its own stated purpose has never narrowed: to provide the online Caribbean community with merchandise relating to Caribbean islands, their flags, and other Caribbean information.
What it sold, and who it served
The range reached past flags almost immediately. The October 2001 site already carried t-shirts, auto accessories, necklaces, keychains, pins and stickers alongside the flags, and by 2006 the catalogue was reported at more than 900 products spanning apparel, accessories, custom work and cultural merchandise.
The customers were individuals and households across the diaspora, and also organisations — a 2006 profile reported a customer history including colleges, churches, government institutions and major companies. Students and Caribbean Student's Associations were named as a customer group on the site itself as early as 2001.
From flags to Caribbean culture
Selling a national flag turns out to be a cultural act, not a retail one. Questions about flag etiquette, national symbols, independence dates and island history came with the orders, so the company began publishing alongside the store — writing about flags, symbols, history and Caribbean identity.
That editorial archive is being read back now as source material for refreshed articles, national-day features and flag histories. It is not being republished unchecked: a piece written in the 2010s about a national symbol has to be verified against the present before it goes out again.
Still here
CaribbeanFlags.com is owned and operated by Caribbean United, LLC and is part of a network of Caribbean websites. It is still trading, across roughly forty country categories spanning the Caribbean, Central America, South America and North America.
One Caribbean United is not a replacement for it. It is the next thing built on top of it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CaribbeanFlags.com still open?
Yes. It is owned and operated by Caribbean United, LLC and is still trading.
Where do the 2006 figures come from?
They are figures the company reported to South Florida Caribbean News for a 2006 profile, preserved by that publication. They are historical reported figures, not audited accounts, and we present them as such.
Why are some of the photographs missing?
Because we would rather show a gap than fill it with something invented. Original site captures, product photography and catalogue artwork are being recovered and reviewed before anything is published.