Shopping
Victoria's Secret
A panties portal! This highly-successful retailer has created a slick web site to peddle its lingerie, swimwear, clothing and beauty products online. Whether you want to perve on stunning underwear models, purchase a gift, or buy yourself a treat, Victoria's Secret should not disappoint. After you've purchased, you can track the order status online, a nice feature which should be available from all major retail sites. If you prefer to do your browsing curled-up on a lounge with your favorite beverage, you can also request a complementary copy of the next hard-copy catalogue.
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X-or
Here's a wonderful new toy store that recognizes the value of educating and informing its customers. The product range is a bit limited, but all of the toys have been chosen for quality. Each toy has been tested and reviewed by X-or, plus (and this is cool, or should I say HOT!) there's streaming video how-to demonstrations for nine of their most popular toys. In addition to product-specific information, there's also generic tutorials about vibrators, dildos, anal toys, B&D, lubricants, etc, and there's an e-zine with Q&As, features, stories and humor. The site design is clean, professional and easy to navigate. You can join a monthly e-mail newsletter which will tell you about new products, special offers and new e-zine articles. Assuming that X-or continues to expand its range of products, product information and educational tools, it could easily become one of the best toy stores online.
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For You Alone
Here's a nicely designed British toy-store featuring a cute virtual-assistant named Yasmin who will reply to "saucy" questions about the toys and how to use them. The store is slick, fun, colorful and easy to navigate. It's specialty is vibrators, dildos and stimulators, plus there's also clothing, novelties lubricants and condoms. You'll find a good range of products and they're nicely presented, but it would be great to see some product reviews. There's a facility for customers to contribute comments about the products, but few have been published yet. For You Alone ships to customers worldwide and has a comprehensive privacy policy.
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Adult Video Outlet
The best thing about this online video and DVD store is ease of navigation. You can browse their thousands of titles by category, studio, new releases, sale items, top 40, or package deals; plus you can search by title, studio, category or actor. The site design is plain, but professional and makes efficient use of bandwidth. Each movie has full-size cover scans, but unfortunately there are no movie reviews. The international version of the site launches multiple consols and the US version is consol free. The "Toys" section links to an affiliate site SexToyNetwork.com.
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what's yours? shop
Most adult shops aren't renowned for their style and good taste. That's where this British store differs. It boasts a simple yet stylish design and features some carefully-selected products including adult toys, accessories, books, gifts and art. However the best may be yet to come, as there's also categories for fashion, dungeon and interiors, but these aren't stocked yet. The available products have a photograph, product information and potentially some customer-submitted reviews, but there aren't many reviews online yet. So while this is a funky little store with some cool products. It will truly come into its own once there's a wider range of products and more customer reviews online.
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Scarred Rubber
This is a slick easy-to-navigate store for US latex clothing manufacturer Scarred Rubber. Their catalogue is divided into three sections: Men, Women and Gear. You'll find a good range of clothing including skirts, thongs, pants, teddies and body suits. Gear includes body bags, hoods, straight jackets, boots and play sheets. Each of the product pages has photograph/s, information and size/color options. If you can't find what you want in the catalogue, there's a made-to-measure service. The Customer Service pages provide detailed information about sizing, privacy policies, returns, shipping, etc.
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XRentDVD.com
This nicely-designed online store offers DVD rentals and sales. You can browse the movies by studio or category, or search by title or cast. It's impossible to estimate how many titles there are, but there's certainly an extensive selection. Each listing includes cover art (front and back), cast and a description. But unfortunately there's no reviews. XrentDVD.com's rent-to-buy service is a useful option that enables you keep a movie for a week at about 20% of the purchase price (ie. the rental price) and only pay full-price if you decide that you like it enough to keep. XrentDVD.com's services are only available to US residents.
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665 Leather and Fetish Company
This is an online store for the West Hollywood leather retailer and manufacturer 665 Leather and Fetish Company. Cruising the store, it looks suspiciously like the target market is leather queens. But it would probably be of interest to anyone with a taste for leather and/or BDSM. Product categories include accessories, anal toys, arm bands, harnesses, head gear, leather wear, lubricants, tit toys, whips and paddles. The site design is simple, attractive, easy to navigate and bandwidth efficient. Useful features include order history, order tracking and gift certificates.
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Blue Door
Blue Door offers adult videos and DVDs for rental or purchase by customers in the United States. The most useful characteristic of this site is that many titles have been reviewed by staff writers and/or customers and include a rating for "excitement" and "entertainment". Be sure to check-out the "best picks", it includes come real classics. Cover art and basic credits are available for all movies, but unfortunately there are no previews. The rental movies may be kept for 7-days, or if you decide that you'd prefer to keep it, you can purchase the movie by paying the difference between the list price and the rental price.
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Sediva
Sediva specializes in products for women and couples interested in expanding their personal sensual/sexual horizons. It carries a wide range of oils, lubes, vibrators, massagers, party supplies and candles, plus educational videos and books ranging from softcore "how to" titles to clinical analysis of various sexual topics by respected PHD sexologists to hardcore entertainment videos and DVD's. You can send tasteful erotic e-cards to your friends for free. Sediva strives to be "earth friendly" whenever practical by using recycled packaging material, buying product in bulk to avoid purchasing glossy ink packaging with toxic properties.
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Playboy Store
Can't get enough bunny? Well c'mon down to the Playboy Store. Here you'll discover a virtual smorgasbord of men's and women's fashions, lingerie, jewelry, sensuous life products and Playboy collectibles, most featuring that delectable Playboy Bunny logo. You can purchase a vast range of products including a Gibson guitar with bunny logo ($7,000), Sheer Purple Kimono with Feathers and bunny logo ($54.00), or a Playboy G-String three-pack with bunny logos ($28.00). Playboystore.com also allows access to hundreds of "rare" back issues.
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Good Vibrations
The quality and volume of information is what distinguishes this site from its competition. This is not just another sex-toy catalogue, Good Vibrations also equips you with the information necessary to make an informed purchase. Each product has an informative description by Good Vibrations (ie. not just the standard manufacturer's blurb, or a blatantly self-serving sales pitch), plus there's also a range of shopping guides. The product inventory includes vibrators, bondage equipment, condoms, videos and more... And if that's not enough incentive to checkout this store, how about an Antique Vibrator Museum? You won't find one of those at any of the other sextoy stores! Still not convinced? Well what about an online magazine?... In case you haven't noticed, we like this store. So if you're up for a fix of naughty shopping, go there now, you won't be disappointed!
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L'autre femme
If you're looking for sexy womens' clothing L'autre femme is well worth a visit. This online store specializes in womens' lingerie and fantasy costuming. There are a wide range of products including vinyl cat suits, school uniforms, fairy costumes, teddies, bustiers, fishnets and bikinis. The garments seem to be nicely styled and the prices are competitive. The store has a simple, professional design and is easy to navigate. Orders over $50 are shipped free in the USA and all merchandise has a money-back guarantee.
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