Kink.com websites that have been nominated for Best Paysite include DeviceBondage.com, Hogtied.com, MenInPain.com, TheTrainingOfO.com, WhippedAss.com, WiredPussy.com, and SexAndSubmission.com. Kink.com itself is also nominated in the category.
In the Free Website category, Kink received nominations for Free-Hardcore.com, where users can view Kink video clips, and BehindKink.com, which features Kink behind-the-scenes footage.
Members of the Kink.com staff have also been nominated for individual awards including WaterBondage.com director Lew Rubens, TrainingOfO.com and MenInPain.com director James Mogul, Hogtied.com director Matt Williams, WiredPussy.com director Princess Donna and frequent Kink.com collaborator Claire Adams.
Rubens, who is Kink.com in-house bondage consultant and has conducted many rigging seminars for company employees as well as the public, has also been nominated in the Best Photographer category.
Several of the models featured regularly on Kink.com are also competing for top honors, including Sarah Jane Ceylon, Harmony Rose, Bobbi Star, Amber Rayne and Madison Young, among others.
Kink.com is also in the running for Best Company.
The first stage of Bondage Awards voting is write-in only; nominees for the second stage of voting are chosen from those submissions. Stage-two nominees were announced at the beginning of April, and online voting will continue until April 13, after which the winners will be announced.
Awards will be given in ten categories, including Best Model, Best Rigger, Best Free Website, Best Paysite, Best Writer, Best Comic Artist, Best Product, Best Toy Store, Best Photographer and Best Company.
