The Kink Store

Now, what in the world could they possibly sell in the Kink Store? It could be a tongue-in-cheek name for a rope shop or a massage parlor, and yeah, you’ll actually find some products among the catalog that could be used for similar purposes. Their ropes ain’t exactly intended for keeping your boat from floating away, but they will ensure your squirming gimp or sex slave can’t get off the floor while you’re working them over with a powerful electronic massage implement. (That’s only kind of a joke, because you can certainly take it literally. Just make sure you have consent and a safe word you can understand through a ball gag.)

KinkStore.com would be a great name for this shop just based on the kind of products they carry, but it’s actually better than that: this is a fetish-oriented sex toy shop curated by the folks who run Kink.com. They’ve been one of the biggest names in BDSM and other extra-kinky masturbatory fare for a couple decades now, so I felt a familiar tingle in my loins as soon as I saw their logo. The site gets an easy hundred thousand visitors a month, and I was curious to see how the selection differed from the next adult toy store on the internet. Crawl along with me as I take a deeper look.

What if Kink.com Sold Sex Toys?

Kinky sex play can often come with some risks you don’t associate with your typical backseat blowjobs and missionary evenings in the marital bed. Kink.com has a history of addressing some of these things head on, often including extended behind-the-scenes bits where the talent goes over their limits and safe words. The brand is associated with some deeply depraved activities, but they’re also known for stressing safe and responsible play. Obviously, you’ll want to use their toys in a safe and responsible way, but I immediately felt more at ease here than I would in the fetish section of the creepy, dank, understocked local sex shop.

Being a longstanding, well-recognized company in such a deep niche, I honestly expected much higher prices at Kink Store than what I found inside. Instead of gouging their customers on products they’d be hard pressed to find on Amazon or the aforementioned local glory-hole stop, KinkStore prices are really fucking reasonable. Premium jute Shibari rope starts at just a few bucks per length, powerful clit vibrators can be had for about sixteen bucks, and they’ve got intimidating metal butt plugs for under a tenner.

I didn’t see a lot of really big-name adult toy brands like Tenga or Fleshlight, though I found a handful of products you might find on the shelf elsewhere. This seemed especially true in some of the electronics aisles, where I found Zero Tolerance beaded vibrating anal plugs and Renegade Orbit prostate massagers. Maybe they used to stock more third-party stroking gizmos and bondage apparatuses, but it looks like most of the current catalog consists of Kink-branded toys.

In theory, that means most of what you’ll find here literally can’t be found anywhere else. I dug into the KinkStore.com documentation a bit, hoping to learn a little more about how products are selected, developed and manufactured for the shop. I couldn’t find anything. For all I know, they’re just slapping that devil-tailed letter K on their favorite toys. That said, I trust these guys a lot more than I would a newer, unproven ecommerce shop. Their other endeavors have always been high quality, so why wouldn’t their toys?

And you know who I trust even more than a faceless company in a black mask with no eye holes? The customers. KinkStore.com lets users leave reviews of their purchases, and I always recommend taking a peek at what other perverts are saying. Hell, that’s why you’re here at ThePornDude, right? Overall, it looks like their selection is well reviewed by the folks actually paying for it. I was also happy to see some of the negative reviews addressed directly, with support reaching out to help make things right.

Not Your Typical Dildo Aisle

Even if you’re not familiar with Kink.com, the name KinkStore kind of gives away the whole concept. As you’d probably guessed, the catalog is full of much freakier products than the ones they stock elsewhere. You can find vibrating cock rings at fucking Wal-Mart these days, but the toys here will make those look plainer than vanilla.

As I clicked my way to the Dildo Play section, I was really expecting to write something like, “The dildo selection is the most typical page of their catalog, full of the familiar fake dicks available anywhere else.” That ain’t at all what I found, though. They’ve got the usual strap-ons and realistic suction cup dongs, but they’ve also got giant demon dicks, metal ass hooks, silicone tentacles, and a big, hard hog at the end of an expandable four-foot rod.

I’d say the most “traditional” shelf in the Kink Store is their half-dozen Masturbators and Strokers. We’ve all seen the same general designs before, but twenty bucks for an off-brand Fleshlight is a pretty solid value. Even if you’re not into fetish play, Kink’s Blue Wave Electric Stroker is worth a look. I’m not sure I’ve seen an electronic cock massager for $24 before, and definitely not one with a major adult brand on the label.

The selection ain’t just kinky, but expansive in scope. Before the internet and before KinkStore.com, people into kinky play often had to settle for whatever was available, or even homebrew their own fuck machines, nipple twisters and ball-zappers. Every aisle here is well stocked, including a couple dozen toys for Pet Play, twice that for Sensory Play enthusiasts, and around a hundred filed under BDSM.

Discount Floggers and Premium Shockers

I made my way to Kink Store’s Sale aisle to see what’s been discounted lately. Prices are already low across the whole website, but the Sale spread is definitely worth a peek if you’re into both bondage and bargains. Right now, there are locking leather cuffs for $16, a classy glass-handled white leather flogger for $56, and a self-bondage electronic lock with a timer for a buck over twenty. I’m considering picking up a copy of Better Bondage for Every Body, a recently discounted, award-winning book full of full-color photos that would look great on my coffee table. There’s also a Kink logo charm for $4.20, the perfect price for anybody who loves to smoke a joint before letting their wife kick them in the balls and nail them up the ass.

Whatever you buy, shipping is free on orders over $69. Nice! I think it should go without saying, but like any decent adult shop out there, they ship your goods in plain, discreet packaging. I’m not going to name any names, but a company recently sent me a promo item in a box that made it clear what kind of tomfoolery I was up to. It wasn’t a big deal for me as a world renown professional masturbator, but don’t worry, KinkStore ain’t going to out you to your family, mailman and neighbors as an anal electrostimulation fan.

On that note, they’ve got a killer range of toys designed for zapping, shocking and stimulating your lover’s private parts—or your own. One of the newest featured Kink Store products is their very own E-Stim Power box. It’s a beautifully streamlined gadget, designed for easy play without any tech knowledge. This thing literally just came out, and they’ve got some exciting firmware updates planned, like “modes driven by a variety of factors such as audio, GPS, phone orientation and distance from the unit.” My mind is already going wild with the possibilities!

KinkStore.com is perhaps the easiest recommendation I can give for anybody in the market for fetish or BDSM-oriented sex toys. Kink is one of the most respected, trusted names in the kinkier side of adult entertainment, and they’ve filled their store with exactly the kinds of toys you expect to see in their movies. The range and variety are incredible, catering to all kinds of deep-niche sexual interests that ain’t even mentioned on the big-name porn sites. With free shipping and literally some of the best prices I’ve seen at any sex toy shop, you’d have to be a masochistic coprophile to overpay for the crap they sell elsewhere.