ALT.com is the largest internet BDSM/fetish personals destination with millions of active members. Maintained by over 220 employees in Palo Alto, CA, ALT.com was one of the first adult sites built for the alternative lifestyle community. That's because we realised early that the BDSM/fetish crowd was not about quick sex, but about the lifestyle, about community building, about expressing yourself, about exploring the kinky edges of sexuality -- in a safe and friendly environment.

Back when ALT.com was first launched, not only did the idea of online dating still raise eyebrows, but alternative lifestyles and activities carried a stigma. ALT.com was founded on the understanding that being kinky is not something to hide, and that if you're kinky, you're not alone -- there are millions of people out there just like you.

Thanks to this attitude, plus the ability to bring the global ALT community together in a worldwide strength of numbers, ALT.com has helped the BDSM/fetish community establish a more legitimate presence in the contemporary world. Right now ALT.com goes out in 6 languages and has members in almost every country, so our members can extend their search for kindred kinky souls over the entire planet.

Online Altstyle Networking: The Alt Difference
ALT.com is designed with the kink community in mind right down to profile questions that let members be really specific about their fetishes, their chosen lifestyle, their preferred activities and sexualities. We also actively use feedback from member polls, member input in advice columns, member email comments, to ensure that ALT.com excels in harnessing the collective energy of the alt lifestyle community.

We realise that ALT.com members have very specialised interests which drive them to seek out kinky folk tuned in to their specific frequencies -- they may be looking for a discussion group on a particular fetish or for that special ambience created by 24/7 dominants and their collared submissives. That's why on ALT.com you'll find chat rooms, bulletin boards, and topical discussion groups; forums for members to exchange advice and report success stories; magazine content that shares the skills of sexy, kinky experts.

The Network Advantage
ALT.com is part of a network of over 25 personals-related sites, a network that enables people to join the community that best fits their expectations. In other words, ALT.com membership is not bloated with the broad categories that make other sites such a waste of time -- people seeking strictly vanilla sex, people who are sensitive to graphic content, etc. The network offers sites like AdultFriendFinder.com for people who want only sex -- without pervy flavouring -- and that leaves ALT.com to those who want kink in high concentration.

ALT.com members also benefit from the fact that our large network of sites enables us to leverage the development efforts of all sites as they work to implement exceptional features. In short, innovations hop from one site to the next, so we can come up with more features, faster.

So not only is the site the largest worldwide directory of fetish/BDSM participants but it's the easiest to personalise. That's why kinky folk all over the world consider ALT.com an indispensable resource. And with changes, improvements, and features constantly in the works, the evolution of ALT.com goes on.

Our Vision For The Future
We are dedicated to the idea that our members are our greatest resource. And we are proud of the fact that our content and direction are driven, embraced and controlled by our members.

ALT.com provides feedback loops and do-it-yourself features (groups, networks, chat rooms) for a reason. We constantly look to our members to work with us. We want to make ALT.com a place that we and our members can all get excited about, an organic hub for the growth and expression of the world Alternative community.