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Kinkify is a Adult e commerce website that serves people interested in BDSM, fetishism, and kink. On its homepage, Kinkify describes itself as, "A market place run by kinksters aimed at providing a all in one solution for the fetish community." Kinkify distinguishes itself from competitors by emphasizing itself as a market place rather than a vendor itself.

History
Kinkify was launched in October 2019 by Domina Clarity, a professional dominatrix and David O'Regan , a software engineer in Dublin, Ireland.

Frustrated by seeing small fetish vendors flock to online markets like Etsy, Amazon or Ebay which are not fetish nor adult friendly, Clarity and David created a website in 2019 called "Kinkify". The websites mission is to help deliver a safe online space for kinksters who buy/sell their gear which helps support their BDSM relationships. Domina Clarity serves as chief executive officer David O'Regan serves as chief technology officer.

Features
New members are able to sign up as vendors or customers. If signing up as a vendor, a customer must complete a series of tasks to verify their legitimacy to sell on the platform.

Any member can post an Event with date, location, cost, dress code, and other information. Location can be concealed and only revealed individually by the Event owner to participants.

All members have a personal profile. A member may have multiple affiliate profiles, but sockpuppets are against the site's terms of use. All profiles are by default visible to all members.

Members can exchange private messages with any other member. A chat feature enables vendors to chat online with customers who have made purchases from them.

Each member can post writings (journal entries, erotica, and notes), photographs, and videos. Posting of photographs or videos not taken by the member themself is not permitted unless they are photos or videos of the member.

Logged in customers may leave reviews on store products they have purchased. Vendors can respond to comments but cannot delete them. Site admins can however moderate comments.

The search feature is deliberately limited to prevent members from finding users with specific characteristics, such as age or gender. Also, writings cannot be searched by topic or keyword; they are only available via the author's profile page. The search is designed to connect customer with the relevant products that match their fetish interests.

Members are encouraged to report illegal content as well as terms of use violations to the administrators of Kinkify.

Kinkify have taken steps to ensure that majority of issues are closes within a 24-hour time frame, but outside a solution, Kinkify ensures customers get a prompt response.

Criticism
As of 2019, kinkify has received no criticism. This is party due to the new nature of the site but also in the fact that the site's model is aimed at helping people buy/sell products rather than meeting.