In the market for a new sex toy? Here are the retailers and manufacturers I trust. (And here are the places you should avoid like the plague.)
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Looking for incredible selection and excellent deals? SheVibe is the place for you! I love them in unnatural ways and they carry a ton of good stuff, including more obscure sex toy brands — such as SelfDelve, Crystal Delights, Hole Punch, Number One Laboratory (makers of the BJ Dildo), Pris Toys, and Funkit Toys — that can be hard to find in other shops.
Visit my landing page for all my favorite toys in one place, and see their latest sales here.
Spectrum Boutique is a hip, modern Detroit-based online sex shop dedicated to body-safe toys and radical inclusion. With a curated selection of products (they stock a bunch of my favorite things, including the Inclusion Harness!) and a refreshing lack of gendered language, their site is a haven of sex-positivity.
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Shopping overseas? Lovehoney is the leader in the game, with locations in the U.S., Canada, EU, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, and France. They are fast, discreet, and reliable.
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Early to Bed is an adorable indie sex shop in Chicago run by one of the sweetest (and most hilarious) people I’ve met in the industry. They go the extra mile with their online store, shooting their own product photos and writing their own pros/cons for each toy. That’s passion, right there. Here are my favorite things that they carry.
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Peepshow Toys is an online-only sex shop dedicated to body-safe toys. I’m really into their excellent sales and curated selection; they stock a lot of my favorite things including the limited edition Splendid Piph dildo, my two favorite Hitachi attachments, the LELO Ella, Leaf Life, and the NobEssence Seduction.
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The Pleasure Garden is a lovely indie sex shop based in the UK. They offer a curated selection of the highest quality, body-safe sex toys and an inclusive online shopping experience.
Be sure to visit my page of favorite toys, and get 10% off your order with code EPIPHORA.
Independent feminist shop Passionfruit opened its doors in Melbourne, Australia in 1998, and they ship to both Australia and New Zealand! They’re known for their carefully-selected range of sex toys, lingerie, and bondage products, and I AGREE — they stock heaps of my faves.
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Betty’s Toy Box is a feminist and family-run online sex toy store. Each product has been hand-picked by founder and owner Carolyn Eagle for its quality, style and potential for pleasure. Betty’s offers a safe, fun, informative and sex-positive online shopping atmosphere. Check out my favorites list, and get 10% off your order with code EPIPHORA.
Calling all Canadians! Like its sister store Betty’s Toy Box, Naughty North is a feminist and family-run online sex toy store that offers a friendly, safe, informative, inclusive and sex positive-atmosphere. They stock a range of pleasure products suitable for every budget. Get 10% off your order with code EPIPHORA.
Babeland has street cred, and for good reason: they were one of the first feminist sex shops, and they’re picky about their toys (like me!). Here are my favorite things they stock. Be sure to visit their sales page while you’re there.
GoodVibes is a well-known shop that’s been around forever. Check out my favorite toys that they carry, and here’s what’s currently on sale.
Straight from the manufacturer
We-Vibe makes bomb-ass vibrators such as the tiny but mighty Tango X and Touch X (my review), versatile G-spottin’ Rave (my review), ergonomic rabbit Nova (my thoughts), excellent cock ring Pivot, and intuitive Wand. My favorite Womanizer model, by far, is the Pro40. Especially the attractive Lovehoney edition.
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Tantus, makers of lovely 100% silicone dildos and plugs, has an AMAZING closeout section. Also check the Grab Bag, where you can get highly-discounted toys in surprise (and unique!) colors. My favorite Tantus toys are the Cush O2 (my review), Magma (my review), Echo (my review), and Ryder (my review). See more here! They even stock the Magic Wand Rechargeable and Doxy.
Crystal Delights makes gorgeous glass toys with Swarovski crystals in their bases. My favorite toys of theirs are the Crystal Twist (my review) and Star Delight (my review), but they also make beautiful butt plugs, some with fluffy animal tails, others with fantastically-colored tails. By shopping directly with them, you can customize your toy to your heart’s content and earn loyalty points toward future purchases.
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Luxury sex toy brand LELO is hit-and-miss, but their solid offerings include the Mona 2 (my gushing review), Siri 2 (my review), Tor 2 cock ring, and Luna Beads (my review). TOR
The Dame Kip — a pinpoint rechargeable vibe with rumbly vibrations — is one of my favorite bullet vibes, and I love their minty and long-lasting Arousal Serum. Get 10% off at Dame with code EPIPHORA.
Lovense is known for making bluetooth remote-controlled long-distance toys such as the Lush, Hush, Nora, and Max. Cam performers in particular love their toys, as they’re all tip-responsive and programmable.
Sliquid is my favorite lube BY FAR. Get 10% off your order in their shop with code EPIPHORA10.
Twisted Monk is the most trusted name in bondage rope. They make classic hemp rope, as well as exotic ropes such as bamboo, silk, cotton, SPARKLE, and electro-conductive. Their site is a wonderland of rope kits, accessories, and educational materials. I love their Curiosity Candles for wax play, too.
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My boyfriend is IN LOVE with his Fleshlight. It’s the world’s most well-known penis sleeve for a reason: solid quality, luscious material, wide variety of internal textures. Build the exact one you want on Fleshlight’s site!
Tenga is a Japanese company known for their unique and well-loved penis strokers. They also produce toys for clits and vaginas in their soft and squeezable Iroha line. Get 15% off at Tenga with code EPIPHORA.
Might I interest you in a fruit- or vegetable-shaped sex toy? That’s the domain of German company SelfDelve. They make 100% silicone dildos shaped like corn, bananas, pickles, carrots, cucumbers, eggplants, and asparagus, and more. Some of their toys even use thermochromic pigments, so they change color with temperature. See this in action on a banana dildo here.
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This little operation in Saint Paul, Minnesota, makes hand-poured silicone sex toys in fantastical shapes, such as carrot and radish butt plugs, popsicle dildos, ice cream anal toys, rocket ship strap-ons, and even a dildo shaped like a wine bottle. I reviewed their stuff here and here, crowning the Fluke and Ass Cram Cone my favorites (for vag cramming).
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Sex blog web hosting + resources
If you’re looking to start up a sex blog (or any type of blog or website really), I highly recommend my host, DreamHost, for your website hosting needs. They’re cool with adult content, have great support, and they give you free Who.is privacy protection with any domain! I use their robust DreamPress service, which also includes daily back-ups and a faster server.
Other tools I use and recommend:
- ThemeForest and Themify — awesome sources of quality WordPress themes!
- Quickbooks — a complete life-saver for keeping track of my blogging expenses
- Moo — the spot for cute business cards
- ThirstyAffiliates — WordPress plugin for creating cloaked/branded links
- Mailchimp and Mailerlite — for sending email newsletters
- Gleam — for creating fancy online giveaways
