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Content
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| Quality : |
12.5 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
13.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
12.5 / 15 |
| Updates : |
9.5 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
2.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
54.0 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.5 / 10 |
| Features : |
3.5 / 05 |
| Design : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
15.5 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
7.5 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria New
New Update!
As of Aug 15th, 07, price of a site is no longer factored into the overall score/rank. |
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| Editor: Vanessa |
Initial Review: 07-22-05 |
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1. A nice amount of hardcore/fetish/member content.
2. Large community of members.
3. Nice site design/navigation.
1. Images are too smal or poor qualityl.
2. No member/self hosted videos.
"The strength of this site is the active community coupled with a easy to use site design." |
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Bondage.com is more than just a BDSM and fetish site, it's a community of people who participate in making the site what it is by adding BDSM personals, stories, chats and forums. Currently there are over 500+ BDSM personal users online and over 340,000+ personal ads, 180,000+ member pics and a grand total of about 75,000+ bondage pics for community members to check out. Registration is free and gives limited access to the site but for $19.95 per month you can get premium access to the site and all that it has to offer. The member's area offers a unique and professional design and although the quality of content ranges quite a bit here, updates can be expected daily.
Your main menu allows you to browse the personals, images, videos and stories separately and also allows you to pick your content by niche specific categories in the "Focus On" section of the site: pony play, chastity, sensory deprivation, tickling, BDSM & romance, humiliation, kinky sex, BDSM & spirituality, spanking, masturbation, foot fetish, dungeons, electric play, mummification, training, anal, CBT and more. Clicking on one of these categories links you to an in depth description of the niche/fetish as well as all and any columns written about it, stories, pictures and/or videos. IF you just want to browse and schmooze the images, they are listed by newest, user favorites, most popular, by keyword, file sets and there is also a detailed search feature. Many of the newest images give you the option to check it out at its normal size, which can often times be as small as 278x400, or they can be viewed in a larger size (600x800) but you loose a lot of the quality by doing that. Obviously the pictures here are rather small but each comes with a quality and hardcore rating, though I didn't notice much of a difference between a 5 and a 10 for the quality score. There is a lot of kinky stuff here on this site but I found it to be the most fun to browse around the "Focus On" section.
When it comes to the actual community part of the site, I suppose this is where the actual fun begins here. There are so many options and user settings, which I'm sure help to create an imaginative community of people who can actually get to know each other in some form and share their BDSM and fetish fantasies with one another. Your Personals section allows you to create a profile and answer essay questions such as: Why are you hear? Describe your personality. What is your ambition? Most memorable scene. Describe your sexiest outfit. What does a collar signify for you? What are your deal breakers? You get the idea. There is also a checklist that gives you that ability to let others know what turns you on and what doesn't, you can add audio clips, see who's checking you out, manage a friends list, search for other member's that fit your criteria, etc. Searching the profiles, you are given a listing of members along with their pictures, name, details/location and the ability to browse their member photos, vote for them, add them to your friends list, contact them and more. From what I can tell there appears to be quite a large and active community of people here with honest pictures and though there isn't much in the way of quality content here, I'm sure for those who are interested in bondage and personals will find that there are many uses to this site.
The video section of the site points you to video feeds (premium member's only) and pay per view video as well as bondage webcams brought to you by Spread4U.com. Although there is no self-hosted or member videos offered here there is a large selection of 3rd party ones and Bondage.com makes up for it in other ways, I assume, by offering members forums and live chat, email capabilities, stories, columns and more. It's hard to say how much of the site can you gain access to by registering for free but if you're someone who's interested in an online fetish and bondage community then I guess it doesn't hurt to find out. I'm sure in order to perform some of the more advanced functions as well as be able to contact other members and see some of their images you must join at the $19.95 monthly fee, which isn't too bad really. Ultimately, though, potential members here need to remember that this is more of a community site then it is a content site. While there certainly is a lot of image content to be found here, most, if not all of it are small images and reduced quality content. I did see a lot of interesting content here though, much of which will please those of you who share this lifestyle of spankings, torture, humiliation, bondage, latex and the like.
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