InnLine Contracts and Information
Non-Lodging Members click here
Retail, Service, Attractions, Restaurants, etc.)
Click HERE for instructions to Complete your InnLine Contract
Your personalized web page on DoorCounty.com - (aka: The InnLine System) - is an important benefit of membership
Your membership includes all of the basic features offered by the InnLine System to promote your business on DoorCounty.com!
Your basic page includes the following: One photo, your business logo, 500 characters of descriptive test, links to your e-mail and website address, list of your amenities, map with your location indicated, presence on the In-County Kiosk System
(Kiosks available 24/7 at: Door County Visitor Center, Northport Pier, Egg Harbor, Sister Bay, Fish Creek and Baileys Harbor)
Additional enhancements are available at a cost of $50/year, per feature:
Four Additional Photos, unlimited descriptive text, vacancy calendar display, web-based Contact Page.
The Online Store, with Secured Shopping Cart feature, is $125/year.
With this professional online presence, many of our members are taking advantage of "web forwarding" to meet their web site needs - instead of a costly website - or, while they develop a main website. Web forwarding allows you to use a registered domain name to drive traffic directly to your InnLine page so, it can be used in advertising and printed materials to promote your business.
e-Brochures - We are now able to offer a Ready-to-Print copy of your Brochure, Rack Card, Menu or Flyer on your InnLine page. e-mail a PDF copy to Phil Berndt at: phil@doorcounty.com
About our website
Without question, the Internet has grown to become the single most significant source of travel information and we're doing everything we can to make sure our site exceeds all expectations!
As a member, we ask you to take the time to "find yourself" on our site and, if you couldn't find yourself within 3 clicks of a mouse, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT. Please let us know where you expected to find your business First, and then Second and, Third. We also recommend that you ask friends and family to do the same and report back to us. We've put a lot of thought into the way our site works and we'd like to hear from you. Please contact Phil Berndt with comments and suggestions at: phil@doorcounty.com Thank You in advance.
DoorCounty.com Web Statistics
Website Visit History from 1999 to 2008 for "January through August"
The Door County Online Store by InnLine
Here's a link to the Storefront on DoorCounty.com
This feature allows our members to sell items through our secured server.
Your on-line store will be featured on www.DoorCounty.com but, feel free to incorporate this feature into your own web site as well.
No need to create an on-line credit card account - our secured server uses the latest encrypting software to deliver your customer's credit card information safely to you for processing on your own authorization equipment.
Contact Cathy Lynch to activate your online store today! cathy@doorcounty.com (920)746-6663 or (920)868-3521 ext. 812
FAQ's
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Random thoughts about creating your own website:
The cost of an InnLine subscription for a year, is less than one average little ad in any publication or newspaper.
Where did you start your search for information when you traveled to somewhere unfamiliar? NameOfPlace.com?
Since the acquisition of the domain name, DoorCounty.com site visits have shot into the millions!
Every promotion the Visitor Bureau produces, features DoorCounty.com - most of the requests for Visitor Guides are from the website.
If your business simply needs a "billboard" on the information highway, why not use your InnLine page to do the job?
A large number of our members report that over 80% of their web leads come from DoorCounty.com.
Over $1.5 Million dollars will be used to refer the traveling public to DoorCounty.com for their Door County information - why not use it to its fullest potential.
Do you need a web designer? If your needs go beyond a simple web page, you should definitely consider the services of a web site designer. Contact me for a list of members who specialize in web design for your consideration. phil@doorcounty.com
You NEED a personal domain name. Even if your page on DoorCounty.com meets your web needs, you should register a domain that you can promote and drive people directly to YOUR INFORMATION. If at all possible, I believe it is important to register any possible domain name that your customers may use to find you or, you may use in your marketing. Especially if you have an easily misspelled name - get it registered to YOU! I also feel strongly that it's important to activate an e-mail account with your domain as its base. How many times have you "guessed" at an e-mail? If you're like me, you have tried an "info@" or "email@" that company's domain name. Why not you?
There are many sources for registering domain names but, one reasonable service is found at: www.GoDaddy.com
For about $8.95 you could have your own domain name and when you customer types in your domain, they will see your InnLine page BUT, with web forwarding and masking, all they would see at the top would be your domain name.
This sounds confusing but it's not at all. Please contact me with any questions about this. Phil phil@doorcounty.com
e-Commerce. If you have something to sell, why not give access to your products - to customers who have returned home. The InnLine system offers an easy to use Shopping Cart feature that will help get you started. For $125/yr the online store is secure and easy to use. It is also featured on DoorCounty.com through the Online Store - a great way to show off some of your merchandise to visitors who are checking out our website - almost 2 million individuals A YEAR! You'll be surprised at the sales you'll make and, because it's online, you don't need to have your store open to make a sale. As your sales grow, consider the services of Peninsula Web Design to meet your e-commerce needs. Peninsula Web Design is a member of the Visitor Bureau and can be found online at: www.PeninsulaWebDesign.com
There are a lot of marketing options out there but, I would NEVER overlook the power of InnLine. It's the least expensive and the most effective marketing tool you have access to. Don't dismiss the potential. Phil
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The Online Store has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to protecting your privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website. As this policy may change from time to time, please check back periodically.
The Online Store uses the information we collect about you to, among other things, process orders. When you register at The Online Store, we collect your name, email addresses, mailing address, credit card number, and expiration date in order to process and fulfill your order. In most instances, products ordered at the The Online Store Market are shipped directly from our vendors, and some of your information is shared with these vendors to enable them to fulfill and ship your order.
We occasionally will ask for additional information from you. For instance, we may ask for your name, address, and e-mail address in connection with a contest or other promotional feature in which you participate, so we can administer the contest and notify winners. We may offer contests or promotions with third parties; policies concerning use of your personal data gathered in connection with any such contest or promotion will be specifically set forth in the rules and policies applicable to the contest or promotion.
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all applicable local laws and rules regarding online conduct and privacy, as well as content. Specifically, but not as a limitation, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding transmission of technical and personal data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside.
"Cookies" are pieces of information that are passed to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive. The Online Store only uses per-session cookies that allow us to keep track of your information during the time you are connected to our site. None of your sensitive information such as credit card numbers, or password is stored in these cookies. If you turn off cookies, you will not be able to shop at the The Online Store Market since your order number is stored in the per-session cookie. You may set your browser to accept only per-session cookies, and in this way you will be assured that none of your data exists in cookies after you have completed a transaction.
Customers need not register to use the The Online Store. If you do register, you may retrieve your address, and phone number from our database. Your credit card information must be entered each time you complete an order. If you choose not to register, you will be required to reenter all information every time you want to place an order.
Upon registration with The Online Store, our customer's e-mail address is used as a customer number, which we use to track customer orders. While your e-mail address is shared with our third party vendors with whom we work, your password is not passed to these vendors. These third parties are unable to connect to your account. However, our customer numbers may be used to measure traffic and visiting patterns on The Online Store and on other websites on the Internet. We may also compile statistics and other data about our customers on an aggregated basis, and may share such aggregated data with selected third parties. This aggregated data will not specifically identify you. The Online Store can (and you authorize us to) release any information when we believe that such release is reasonably necessary to comply with law, enforce or apply the terms of any of our user agreements or protect the rights, property or safety of The Online Store, our users, or others. Further, as permitted by applicable law, The Online Store can (and you authorize us to) disclose your login ID, name, street, address, city, state, zip code, country, phone number, email and/or company to other The Online Store users in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringement, piracy or other unlawful activity whenever The Online Store in its sole discretion believes necessary or appropriate. The Online Store does not presently sell, trade or rent personal information to other parties. We reserve the right to do so in the future, but will allow individuals to opt out of this process. Nothing in this privacy policy shall affect or restrict The Online Store's ability to sell or transfer such data as part of a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets and you consent to our doing so. You may change your personal information at any time, including email address, phone number, mailing address, and password information in your account, located on login page. By registering at The Online Store, you consent to the collection and use of this information by The Online Store. In the event of changes in our privacy policy, this page will be updated with the current information.
There are certain areas on the site where you may enter and submit private information. These areas are protected using SSL encrypted transmissions between your Web browser and our Web server. This protects against the remote chance that someone (e.g. on your network at work or at your Internet service provider) may try to compromise your private information as it travels from your Web browser to our secure server. You'll know when transmitted data is safe by a security notice when you enter a secure page, and by the presence of an icon on your browser, either a key for Netscape or a lock for Microsoft Internet Explorer. The pages where you submit your account information, place a bid, and receive confirmation of a successful bid are all secure. We would never intentionally take chances with your private information, and we have taken every precaution to ensure your personal security.
Always keep your The Online Store account number and password secret. They are your only identification for purchasing purposes. If you receive information about a purchase you did not make, or questionable communications regarding your account, please contact The Online Store Customer Support immediately. One potential way for someone to steal your login ID and password is if you bookmark an order summary page. This is a concern if your browser is available to other people at work, home, or especially if you use a browser at a public internet cafe. You should not bookmark such pages and you should clear the browser cache and quit the browser completely when you are done surfing The Online Store. We have also worked to protect you against such a mistake. Even if someone obtains both your login ID and password, they cannot get your credit card information because that field is cleared when they log in. Information cannot be changed without submitting a new credit card.
Some older browsers (such as IE 3.0.2) have known SSL bugs. These can result in the browser crashing on SSL pages or giving error messages. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest version of whatever browser you prefer. For AOL users, you may be able to upgrade your security by downloading and replacing the schannel.dll from Microsoft. For users behind corporate firewalls, you need to configure your web browser security settings. This includes setting https or secure proxy settings. To determine if you have such a security problem, you can edit a secure URL, replacing 'https' (secure) with 'http' (insecure). If the page works with http:// but not https://, then you have a problem with your security settings. You should contact your system administrator for assistance.
The Online Store operates with a VeriSign Digital Server Certificate, featuring today's strongest cryptographic techniques to ensure that Digital IDs are not forged or tampered with. These techniques, developed by RSA Data Security, use a matched pair of encryption and decryption keys. This use of matched-key cryptography with a 1024-bit key length provides a level of security unavailable with conventional secret key cryptography.
Because the InnLine System is not owned by the Visitor Bureau, we do need you to complete an InnLine contract to activate your page. You can download and print a copy from our Members’ Site at: http://www.doorcountyvisitorbureau.org/InnLine.htm
While we will still need a copy of your signed InnLine Contract, you are welcome to e-mail any or all of the following information…
The features included with your membership – at no extra charge - are:
1. One Main Photo
2. One Logo
The Viewable space for the photo is 4”x 4” in size and the logo will be 1”x 3” in size.
(Please make note of this when selecting images.)
If you have the files on your computer, simply e-mail them to Cathy Lynch at: cathy@doorcounty.com
If you need anything scanned, send the materials in and we will promptly return them to you.
3. Contact Information
Business Name, Street Address, Phone Number
4. Hyperlinks
We are able to add a button that hyperlinks to your Website Address and/or e-mail.
5. Brochure PDF
PDF’s should be e-mailed to phil@doorcounty.com. If you do not have an electronic version of your Brochure/Menu/Flyer/Rack Card, Chris and Nancy at the Liberty Square Shops in Egg Harbor have offered to scan your materials and e-mail them to me in a PDF format.
6. Descriptive Text
Your descriptive text can have up to 500 Characters/Spaces.
7. Custom Map & Driving Directions
Cathy typically creates these from a plat book but if you have special driving directions you wish to have incorporated, please let her know.
Additional Features available for $50 each, per year…
1. 4 Additional Photos – 5 Total
2. Unlimited Text – An additional page for overflow text.
3. Vacancy Calendar – Available for Lodging Members the calendar lets potential guests know when you have openings for them.
The Online Store – a great way to offer a sample of what you have to offer and to offer a secured shopping cart feature for online transactions that take place when your customers aren’t in the County. $125 for one year.