The Company
VI Now Inc. is a privately held company that specializes in providing information
and resources about the US Virgin Islands through well organized and effective
Websites. Our staff consists of Internet savvy folks with 20 years
experience in web design.
The Goals
To provide incomparable web based resources related to the US Virgin
Islands and constantly strive to develop and improve features allowing readers
to be well informed about the US Virgin Islands. To enable advertisers to reach
these readers and achieve their online marketing
goals.
The Website
VInow.com, launched in 1999, is an interactive community of seasoned and
first-time USVI visitors who enjoy travel planning, learning more about the
USVI and sharing their vacation experiences. It is a comprehensive vacation planning site that
includes guides to St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix and Water Island. VInow.com’s sister sites are VIMovingCenter.com and VITraders.com.
Contact Information
Email:
info@vinow.com
Tel: (340)774-1181
Fax: (340)714-5217
Mail: P.O. Box 9678
St. Thomas, USVI 00801
Distribution
USVI Travel Site www.vinow.com ranks high in search engines like Google, Yahoo
and MSN for Virgin Islands related terms, often appearing on the first page of
results. These three engines in addition to Ask Jeeves and AOL are the top referrers of
visitors to www.vinow.com.
Premier publications like Islands and USA Today have referenced VInow.com in articles about the Virgin Islands; in some cases referring to VInow.com as "a winner", "a wise stop for anyone planning a visit", "a top Caribbean site" and "an impressive guide".
The site is listed in Virgin Islands' guidebooks such as Explore the Virgin Islands where it is described as an "excellent Virgin Islands website".
National Geographic Traveler included VInow.com in a recent article about St. John, where they presented "the best links on planning every leg of your trip there-online". And in another recent article entitled "The 4 Best: Islands for U.S. History", Water Island was discussed. The article included a link to VInow.com's Water Island section.
Statistics
| Month | Unique Visitors | Page Views | |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | 74,278 | 271,397 | |
| October 2008 | 81,635 | 292,992 | |
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Unique Visitors - number of distinct visitors that visited the site. (Even if you visited the site six times on one day, you would count as one unique visitor. |
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Visitor Demographics (Source, VInow Readers Survey 2006):
The primary audience is travelers; seasoned annual visitors, 1st timers and cruise ship visitors. According to VI Now research, 61% are female and 39% male. Readers indicated that 72% of them are married and 29% travel to the USVI with children.
Comments from Readers:
"The site is the number one site I use for USVI
vacation planning. I visit the message board 3 to 5 times per week."
"LOVE VINOW. I've been very impressed with how well it is done and it
certainly has helped make my vacations to St. Croix more fun!"
"VINOW.com
has been tremendous in helping us plan for our vacation."
"This is a great site. We've used it extensively for our planning of
trips."
"You offer a great web site! I have enjoyed it & use it frequently. It helped
us to have a wonderful land trip to St.John and to find villas there."
Advertising Options
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