The Problem
Recently, there’s been a growing issue with a particular kind of sex blog. These websites are run by niche marketers rather than independent bloggers, reviewing and recommending toys and products that the writer has never actually tried. Because these blogs often utilise shady SEO techniques, readers online are often more likely to run into these websites than they are to find legitimate and honest bloggers.
Because of this, Adam of Obsession Rouge came up with the idea of an alliance of independent sex toy reviewers and bloggers. It’s a still-growing shortlist of bloggers who can mutually recommend each other to our readers as trustworthy.
The Bloggers
Each blog/ger on this list meets these minimum standards:
- All products recommended by the blog are body-safe.
- All shops recommended by the blog are safe.
- All blogs respect the diversity of gender and don’t gender sex toys as “male” or “female.”
- All blogs are written by people who are passionate about the subjects they cover, not by people who are only trying to make money. Many of us make some money but it isn’t the main reason we write.
- All of the writers in our alliance show honesty and authenticity in their reviews.
- All of the writers of the blogs in our alliance can demonstrate that they genuinely own ALL the products that they review and recommend.
- All writers are genuinely knowledgeable in their subjects. They don’t copy their content from elsewhere or “regurgitate” external content.
- No blogs in the alliance contain discrimination, hate or material intended to shame/exclude.
- No blogs in the alliance use questionable, unethical or uncompetitive methods to build links and advertise their website. In short — we are genuine bloggers.
- There is a preference that the blogs have been up for at least 1 year and have at least 16 reviews published.
This list of bloggers was last updated April 2023, and is presented in alphabetical order. Everyone on this list must also post the list, with do-follow links to all other bloggers.
If you’re an independent sex toy reviewer and would like to join, get in contact with somebody on the list. Joining the alliance is democratic—each blogger on the list will vote if they think your blog meets the minimum standard or not, and you will be accepted or declined based on the majority vote.
- Coffee And Kink
- Dildoodler
- Dildo Or Dildon’t
- Girl On The Net
- Go Go Gadget
- Hey Epiphora
- Kayla Lords
- Kelvin Sparks- you’re already here!
- Love Is A Fetish
- Miss Ruby Reviews
- Mollys Daily Kiss
- Mxed Reviews
- Nikki Nelson Writes
- Obsession Rouge
- On Her Back
- Princess Previews
- Queer Earthling
- Spices of Lust
- Super Smash Cache
- Tess Tesst
- Vanilla Free Sex
- Witch Of The Wands
How to Join
If you’d like to join the Alliance of Independent Sex Toy Testers, please contact sextoytesteralliance(at)gmail(dot)com. Applications to join will be submitted to an anonymous group vote open to all other members, and approval will only be granted after a majority vote in your favor.
Upon acceptance, you will need to post the membership list on your own blog, featuring dofollow links to all other members.
