BDSM and alternative lifestyle personals. Explore your fantasies at alt.com, a supportive alternative lifestyle community. Millions of profiles with sexy photos.
Prospects online at review time: 744 with personal ads; 1744 in chat.
Cost
Free Premium ($20/mo.)
Quality of Prospects
Ease of Use
Features & Extras
Bondage.com is a dating site for people into BDSM. The free membership benefits are extensive; free members can post a full profile with photos. Profiles include a survey where members can list the things they've done and the things they want to try.
For free, members can also send and read mail (but not view or send pictures in mail) as well as search ads, view profiles, and so on. Also for free topic-specific and general discussion boards, affiliated with IRC chatrooms. Paying subscribers have more ac ... Full Review
The features on this site are mighty impressive, especially considering it's free. You can see who's on at any time, in a chart with their sex, age, role, location, and whether or not they have a photo. There are several chatrooms (seven, when I visited) and any member can create a chatroom, which will remain open as long as s/he is logged in. Many users have webcams, and the one I peeked at had a very sexy shirtless guy.
I'm impressed by the balance of male to female, and dominant to submissive. Members ... Full Review
Alt.com is intended to be a BDSM website, but also caters to swingers. There are many more men than women on the site, around a 10 to 1 ratio.
The interface is complex. There are many features: good. But it can be confusing: bad. Free users can post a profile, but not much more, and are limited to sending one email per 24-hour period.
The site includes regional chat boards and live pro video chats. A nice feature of a site that caters to poly folks and swingers is that they allow you to sign up as a c ... Full Review
Pearz calls itself "a unique, whole-person approach to meeting people!"
It's free to join, and list your full set of profiles and photos. In order to contact others, you must purchase a premium membership. The cost is much less than at other dating sites, just $9/mo. to $36/yr, which may be because their membership is on the small side.
They say, "Most of our members stay involved over a number of months, the same as they would in most social clubs, dance, or recreation classes where people often mee ... Full Review
