411BDSM means "Information BDSM" This site was created and started by a Domme in the lifestyle for many years who collaborated with other real BDSM lifestyle individuals who wanted to educate, support, teach and create a real environment for others.

"Teaching others about the BDSM lifestyle was to be life changing"

Though there are many sites that are BDSM related sites, the need for a non-commercial web site that offered education, support and a safe environment, ran by true people in the lifestyle was needed. There are specific needs that people (especially new ones) in the lifestyle met. This is how 411BDSM came about. This site is based on active participation and encourage you to get to know others in the community or help out others who are willing to learn or need support. Get recognized as a participating person on the site, mentor, group leader, or other services you want to share or give to others. We look forward to the new members of the community as well as checking in on new friends on a daily basis.

 What the community offers

PERSONAL ACCOUNT - Your own personal account and private email. Manage your profile, be creative and design your own, all reflecting and accepting of your lifestyle choice. Manage your comments, online friends, send out bulletins to your friends and more. All manageable by you.

BROWSE - Browse for others in your area or what they are looking for.

BLOGS - Create and manage your own blog account for others to see. This can be about everyday things or questions to others on your thoughts about BDSM. Its all up to you.

FORUM - Various areas of interests in topics related to BDSM. There you will find a counselor who also lives the lifestyle or you can ask others in the forums if you have questions. Post Stories, give your confessions anything of interests to others or a question you may have for yourself. Others are here to listen and help support you.

GROUPS - Join a group or create your own. Groups can be totally open to others in the community or completely private and closed. You manage your own group. Invite others, you have a chat shoutbox to others, your own forum, gallery and tools to help you and others in common interests. Any members of your group will receive a confidential email when something is posted in the group forum.

EVENTS - Event calendar is available for anyone to post and event in a local, national or online area that may be of interests to others. You can post this as a general announcement or that you would like others to RSVP right here on the site. The general public can not see these events.

GALLERY - Post and manage pictures online and set them up how you would like others to view them. ALL, FRIENDS or private settings. We ask that any celeb pics or any pics containing children do not be used or these will be deleted. This is strictly a grown ups site.

VIDEOS - Just copy and paste your video feeds or others that you find so others can view.

CLASSIFIEDS - List your services, products, want ads, etc. for others in the community to see. You would be suprised how many people look for services or products from BDSM friendly individuals.

POLLS - Create and answer polls on the site. Ever wonder what others opinions are, ask it here.

NEWS - See what is new on the site and updates we make as a community.

LIVE CHAT - Converse with others in the lifestyle in live chat. This is not an outside chat but one inclusive on this site and is not open to the public.

INSTANT MESSAGING - The site also has an inclusive instant messanger to chat with people on your friend's list. This is not an outside program or open to the public to use. Private instant messaging not saved on any local computer either. Only your accepted friends can talk to you. So start making friends and invite them to instant chat with you.

SAFE CALLS - There are volunteers on the site who are available to be a safe call to anyone going out to meet others in the lifestyle. Just contact them and they will give you their information on how they can be reached. You will see a site recognition badge on their profile.

BDSM CLASSES - Since this is a community web site and it is a NON-PROFIT web site, our members and volunteers from time to time will put together an online class relating to BDSM or other issues that they feel will help educate and benefit others in the community. These maybe a one time class or an ongoing series of classes. These are all FREE to the community and anyone that would like to participate.

BDSM RECOGNITION BADGES - isn't it nice in life when you do something, to get recognized for those? This is what we try and do here. BDSM badges are posted on profiles in a special section from time to time for those who go over and beyond for a community. You will see some of them on the site and their badges of recognition. It isn't hard to get one...just become involved!

SUPPORT CHAT - We always encourage others to ask questions and talk about related subjects to others on the site. Make friends and feel the freedom of being able to openly discuss things with others who understand. We do also offer an inclusive sub support chat every week on the site sponsored by the submissive support group on the site. Of course this is all FREE.

MEETING NEEDS - We update the site as community needs change. We listen and try to find solutions to help you in navigating the site better, offer tech support, install new programs when donations are available for the community to use. Even fun things that become available that the community might like.

SAFETY - As a community we strive to keep everyone safe. This is a community who cares about others and this is the environment we strive to create for everyone. We look out for each other here and appreciate those such as yourself who can help in managing a community and keeping others safe.

WEED OUT SPAM - Yeah we know there are many BDSM community sites out there and we are affiliated and network through them. However our numbers here will never match theirs...the reason why? Because on 411BDSM we weed out spammers, con artists, fake profilers, minors (ugh forbid) or anyone here under harmful / false pretenses. There are staff volunteers on this site who look after and report to the admin of such things and POOF we delete them.

BOD - The 411BDSM has a Board of Directors who all live this lifestyle and are capable of making decisions for safety, security and community based programs. They also help set out, regulate and make the rules (as any site should have) for safety and security.  These are all volunteers who live the lifestyle, believe and understand the need for a place like this as a community.

BDSM TOOLBAR - This is quick and easy access to updates and managing your account only on 411BDSM but other sites like CM, ALT, FETLIFE, TWITTER, MYSPACE, ONE CLICK COMMENTs to post and more. Even has Google Search and is fully uninstallable.

A TOUCH OF VANILLA - We all have that vanilla in us so feel free to be vanilla on here too! We do NOT restrict to ONLY BDSM talk on here.

ANYONE - Anyone at any time who wants to 'go over and beyond' for the community, just contact the Mistress Admin on her bdsm411 profile to do so.