Through the years
Twenty-five years of Caribbean websites, still standing in the public record.
How we know
The Internet Archive has been capturing these sites since 2000. Between them, CaribbeanUnited.com and CaribbeanFlags.com appear in the public capture record in nearly every year from 2000 to the present — through three complete rebuilds of the storefront and at least two migrations of the community platform.
Each era below is identified from that record. The captures themselves are of our own websites, so they are ours to show; they are being retrieved and reviewed before they go up, which is why the images are still missing.
The eras
2000
CaribbeanUnited.com — the community
Boards, scheduled chat, personals and free Caribbean email. Captured 22 October 2000.
2001
CaribbeanFlags.com — first storefront
Static pages, seven product categories, a student discount running to the end of October. Captured 20 October 2001.
2004
The storefront settles
The catalogue era — the shop running on classic ASP, the range well past flags. Captured 29 March 2004.
2006
The community at full size
CaribbeanUnited.com as a full forum, with gallery, chat and members list. Captured 6 February 2006 — five months before the newspaper profile.
2008
The affiliate years
The storefront running its affiliate programme, with partner identifiers threaded through the catalogue links. Captured 16 May 2008.
2011
The Caribbean People Website
The community rebuilt on a new forum platform under a new line. Captured 1 February 2011.
2015
The network, stated
Caribbean United, LLC presenting itself as the owner of a network of Caribbean websites. Captured 6 February 2015.
2020
The modern storefront
CaribbeanFlags.com rebuilt again, on the platform it still runs on. Captured 17 January 2020.
Today
Still trading
Roughly forty country categories across the Caribbean and the wider Americas. Captured 23 January 2026.