FetLife review

Access is 99.9% free; paid support for nice-to-have extras, with paid support kept for nice-to-have extras. The core of the network stays free, so the budget only matters if you want the optional extras. That makes FetLife an easy first step for readers weighing price before anything else.

Yes. The model is listed as free and the service describes itself as 99.9% free; paid support for nice-to-have extras. Paying is optional rather than required, which is unusual in this category and keeps the cost of testing a kink community low.

No. Kink and fetish social network, not a dating site describes a kink and fetish social network, not a dating site. If you arrive hoping for swiping and pairings, the tools will feel thinner than a conventional dating service. It suits people who want to talk about interests first.

The privacy note is short: No data sales; deletion erases all your data. You are told data is not sold, and that deletion erases all your data. Readers who care more about leaving cleanly than about matching features tend to weigh this heavily.

Yes, but it is your choice. Optional badge via government ID or profile photo means a badge is optional and can be had with a government ID or a profile photo. Because it is opt in, plenty of profiles carry no checked mark, so treat the badge as a bonus rather than a baseline.

Yes, app and verified profiles lists an app among the features. The same feature list also covers verified profiles, so mobile access and a badge are both available. Neither changes the fact that the service is a community network rather than a dating marketplace.

Support runs on email, help centre and community, which means email, a help centre and the community. There is no phone line listed, so plan for a written answer rather than a call. For account questions the help centre is the first place to look.

The audience is fetish and swinger, covering fetish and swinger interests, and the site reports 13,071,441 members as of 2026-09-26. That is a large membership, but it is concentrated in a narrow interest area. Adults who want general dating will find a narrower crowd here than on a mainstream app.