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Platform guide

Kinky Singles Features and Membership Tiers

What the site actually does, tier by tier. A free profile that states your role and limits, and the VIP and VIP+ tiers that unlock unrestricted messaging and visibility. Prices are published in full before you join.

What you can do without paying

Most of the site is free, and it is free in a way that is meant to be usable rather than a teaser. You can create a full profile that states your role, your interests and your limits, browse other members, run searches, receive daily match suggestions, post photos and status updates, comment on articles and posts, take part in polls, and verify your identity. You can also read and reply to messages that paying members send you, so a free account is never a dead end.

The one thing the free tier does not include is unrestricted messaging. That is the line, and it is the only line. Our pricing page sets out exactly what the paid tiers cost, in full, before you are asked for anything.

Where you can use it

Most members are on a phone. The site is built to work wherever you are, in whatever form suits your privacy.

The three tiers

There is one free tier and two paid ones. Prices for the paid tiers are published in full on the pricing page, by duration, with the amount actually billed shown next to the price per week.

Free

A complete foundation at no cost, and no card required.

VIP

Everything in Free, plus the full communication toolkit.

VIP+

Everything in VIP, plus maximum visibility.

What the individual features actually do

Search and matching

Daily match suggestions are generated from age preference, location and distance, how recently and how often you are active, what you say you are looking for, lifestyle habits and interests. On a kink site your stated role and your stated interests carry most of the weight, because compatibility here starts with the dynamic rather than the dinner order. Search is separate and is there for when you already know what you are looking for, which is most of our experienced members.

The discovery feed

A local feed of posts, media and articles from people near you or who share your interests. It exists because a profile photograph tells you very little about whether someone negotiates well, and a person's posts tell you rather a lot.

ID verification

Verifying your profile puts a verified badge on it. It is free on every tier. It helps us and the community deal with fake accounts, and it tends to be the first thing cautious members look for. We are not going to print a figure for how much more engagement verified profiles get, because we cannot show you the working.

Member ratings and anti-ghosting badges

Members can be rated up or down, and members who reliably reply to messages earn a responsiveness badge you can see before you start a conversation. There are one-click replies for turning someone down politely, which is the decent thing to do and costs you nothing.

Explicit media filter

Explicit images are detected and blurred by default, and you decide whether to view them. On a kink site this matters more than it does elsewhere: consent applies to what lands in your inbox as much as it applies to anything else.

Chat rooms and private group chats

Moderated live chat rooms, and private group chats you can set up with several members at once without giving anyone your phone number. Admins are active in the rooms and our community guidelines are enforced there.

Articles and Spaces

A blogging area where members can write at length, whether that is a view on something current, a real experience or fiction. It is the part of the site that shows a side of someone a profile cannot.

Reporting and scam detection

We monitor for non-genuine accounts and content, suppress and remove what we find, and there is a report button on every profile. Reporting is the fastest route to getting something dealt with, and our safety page sets out what to look for.

Support

Phone, live chat and ticket support with an FAQ behind it, available around the clock.

What we are not claiming here

No member count, no "biggest in the UK", no percentage uplift from any feature. Where a number would be useful but we cannot evidence it, we have left it out rather than made one up. That is the same position we take on our about page and our pricing page, and it is deliberate.

A paid membership buys messaging and visibility. It does not buy an outcome with another member, and nothing on this site should ever suggest otherwise.

The platform underneath

Kinky Singles runs on the HubPeople dating platform, which supplies the matching, messaging, verification and moderation tooling described on this page and maintains it across the sites that use it.

Common questions

What can I do on Kinky Singles without paying?

Create a full profile stating your role, interests and limits, browse other members, use search, receive daily match suggestions, post photos and status updates, comment, take part in polls, verify your ID, and read and reply to messages sent by paying members. No card is required.

What does a paid membership add?

VIP adds unrestricted private messaging, photo sharing, member stories, advanced search filters, chat room and private group chat access, rewind, seeing everyone who liked you, and priority comment placement. VIP+ adds boosted visibility, curated matches, priority message placement, top of the daily match stack, and Super Match.

Is there an app?

The site works in any desktop or mobile browser in every market, and installs to your phone home screen as a progressive web app. Native iOS and Android apps are available in selected markets.

Does ID verification cost anything?

No. It is free on every tier, including the free one.

Start with the free tier

Build a profile, say what you are into, and see who is nearby. You can decide about paying later, with the prices in front of you.

Join free today

All members of Kinky Singles are consenting adults aged 18 and over.