Community guidelines & rules

Welcome to the OnlySwingers site rules section. All the rules, below, have been split into their relevant sections.
If you'd like clarification on anything, please feel free to email us: [email protected]

Rule Categories

General Site Rules

•	Moderator/staff decisions are final.
•	OnlySwingers staff reserve the right to edit/remove site content as they see fit, or to fit in with the Terms and Conditions
•	You may not directly copy any content from this website for inclusion in any other publication in any form
•	If you quote from any other source, a link is required to that source
•	No profanity/swearing may be used, for any reason
•	Linking to OnlySwingers competitors is not allowed.
•	Treat other members and staff with respect and offer courtesy. If you can't say anything in a civilised manner then do not say anything at all.
•	No spamming
•	Do not criticise staff decisions publically. If you have an issue, contact us
•	Abuse/signing up fake accounts under the "Refer-a-friend" promotion is strictly prohibited
•	Any action(s) on or off site that may potentially bring the reputation of the site or its members into disrepute may result in account suspension or termination
•	OnlySwingers are not able to arbitrate in disputes centered around deposits or payments, including the refund of such. These agreements are considered private agreements between yourself and the other party.
•	OnlySwingers is an English website and therefore posts must be written in English, no 'text' speak, not in ALL CAPS or non-english characters.

Account Rules

•	An account on OnlySwingers is a priviledge, not a right
•	We reserve the right to reject accounts of those who sign up 3 or more accounts.
•	We do not allow joint accounts
•	Your account may only be accessed and used by you. No sharing of accounts.
•	You may not offer, request or cast for work that is not in line with your account type - for example - models may not cast as a photographer.
•	No editing/cropping techniques designed to deliberately hide the model/subjects identity
•	You must be 18 or over to join OnlySwingers
•	We do not delete accounts upon request. If you wish to delete your account, please see here.
•	Usernames must not contain URL's, email addresses, contact numbers or any other form of contact information
•	Usernames must be professional and appropriate
•	Usernames must not controvene any other rules relating to content on OnlySwingers
•	Your supplied email address must be valid, monitored and it must be your own email address. If any of our emails to you are bounced back, your account may be suspended until you resolve the issue.
•	You may not advertise yourself as a modelling agency, casting agency or scout of any form.
•	Client Accounts must upgrade to either TopMembership, or Premium Membership, within 7 days of account approval
•	As a minimum criteria, accounts must have: a profile photo, 4 approved media items, an email address, an appropriate username and filled in profile info. If any of this is missing, the account may be deactivated or removed without further notice.
•	We reserve the right to suspend, ban or permanently delete your account without warning or right to appeal.

Profile Rules

•	If you are not a paid member, you are not allowed to display any form of contact information (including, but not limited to phone numbers, email addresses and BBM Pins), nor are you allowed to display website addresses
•	Your profile must have a profile photo
•	You may not attempt to insert any form of coding into your "About Me", including - but not limited to - html and CSS.
•	You may not offer or advertise work for webcam models or escorts.
•	Your profile information must be as complete as possible. Incomplete profiles may be removed

Feedback Rules

•	If leaving negative feedback about a cancelled shoot, you may only leave feedback if the person cancelled with less than 24 hours notice.
•	Any feedback you leave must not be derogatory, and must be entirely factual.
•	We reserve the right to delete or suspend any account without notice that receives 3 or more negative feedback, or members that are left 2 or more negative feedback which were both left for the same reason
•	You may only leave feedback for a member if: · You've either worked for them · You've confirmed a shoot which they no-showed or cancelled less than 24 hours before the shoot was due to begin. · The member has behaved inappropriately or unprofessionally on or during a photoshoot In the event of you leaving negative feedback for any form of unprofessional or inappropriate behaviour, we reserve the right to request supporting evidence.

Commenting Rules

•	Any form of abusive comment(s) will not be tolerated
•	Comments may not be used to solicit contact with other members, or to provide them with external contact details
•	Photo comments may be constructive comments about that photo, they may not be used as a way to bypass the 5 message limit rule for free members.
•	Comments should not be crude or rude in nature
•	If the uploader of an image is not the photographer, please try to keep any constructive criticism about the modelling and not the technical aspects of the image

Photo Rules

•	Unless you are a paid member, you may not display any contact information, or web urls, anywhere on your photos or the descriptions attached to the photos
•	Free members may not upload collages/composite images
•	Photos you upload must be modelling photos, or self portraits.
•	Your photos may carry a watermark, as your photos security is important to us, but it may not carry any of the aforementioned contact/url information unless you're a paid member
•	Your photos must be categorised appropriately. If you are unsure, you can always contact us and ask
•	If of you, the photo must represent you appropriately and professionally, for example, no drunk/clubbing photos.
•	Photos may not contain blacked out faces or other disguising attempt
•	Models may only upload images of themselves. If the image contains multiple persons, a remark should be added noting which person in the image you are
•	We do not accept selfie images
•	By uploading a photo, you confirm you either own the copyright to the photo, or have presentable written permission/usage license from the copyright holder. Failure to provide proof of ownership or usage license may result in suspension or termination.
•	Photographers may only upload photos they've taken, unless it is a photo of the photographer for which they have permission to upload.
•	Modelling or posed photos only.
•	Please try and credit the photographer/model/MUA/studio where possible
•	Photos must be no less than 500pixels on the longest side.
•	You may not upload photos of persons under the age of 18 where the images

Messaging Rules

•	Abuse of the messaging system may result in account suspension. This includes, but is not limited to, spamming and messages of an offensive nature
•	Members may only be contacted about work styles they have listed on their profile. Level pushing will result in immediate account removal
•	No time-wasting. If you're not interested in doing a shoot, say so.

Forum Rules

•	If a topic becomes a debate, you can debate the subject but not the intellect of other users, this includes calling users derogatory names or being rude to other users.
•	Do not post how you find a thread or user childish, boring or stupid. If you have a problem with a thread or post, use the "report post" feature.
•	Please respect the opinions of others and choose your words wisely. Each user has their own point of view, and these views must be respected.
•	Please post your thread in the relevant forum. Please familiarize yourself with the forum descriptions so you know which forum to post your thread in.
•	You can bump your thread once every 24 hours. You can only bump your thread if it has had no (zero) replies to your opening post.
•	If your thread is locked, do not post the same thread again without permission from a moderator.
•	If a topic becomes a debate, you can debate the subject but not the intellect of other users, this includes calling users derogatory names or being rude to other users.
•	Please make your thread title as descriptive as possible. Examples of bad topic titles include: "Please Help", "My Portfolio", "A photoshoot"
•	Spend time composing and writing your post, avoid short replies such as "Cool!", "I agree!" and try to add your own viewpoint and/or opinion to the topic.
•	These forums are discussion forums, therefore if you post news, rumours, press releases or links - please give your own opinion too.
•	If you feel a topic or post breaks one of our rules, then please report the post. We may not delete the post or topic, if this is the case we will email you with a reason as to why we left it.
•	If a topic becomes a debate, you can debate the subject but not the intellect of other users, this includes calling users derogatory names or being rude to other users.
•	If you are reporting a post because it is a duplicate, please link us to both the original thread and the one you are reporting.
•	Please do not misuse or abuse the post reporting feature. It may take us up to 24 hours for us to reply to your report. If you do not receive a reply after 48 hours, feel free to contact us by emailing [email protected]

Classified Forum Rules

•	All buying and selling must take place in the Classifieds forums, and no other forum sections.
•	You can only sell items that you own, and are legal to sell in the UK. You may not sell items for a friend, co-worker, family member etc, and you may not sell software, livestock/animals, weapons or imitation weapons. This list may be edited at any time with no notice, and changes will apply to threads posted before the update as well as threads after..
•	The item must actually be for sale. No gauging interest threads.
•	Commercial sellers *must* contact us before offering their product or services for sale, and can only trade using an account that has been upgraded to "TopMembership" and must remain upgraded whilst their product/service is for sale.
•	Your opening post must contain: If the product is for sale, a price The condition of the item (new, used..) Any known defects and/or damage
•	Thread title formatting must follow the following structure: If an item is for sale: "For sale:" If an item is for trade: "For trade:" If looking for an item: "Wanted:"
•	No dibbing/reserving.
•	You may "bump" once every 48 hours. This overrides the 24 hour bump rule set out on the site rules page.
•	Once your product has been sold/traded, or you've found the product you were looking for, please add a final post simply stating "Sold", "Traded" or "Found". We will then lock the thread.

Competition Rules

•	Images may not be entered into consecutive competitions
•	Images entered into Image of the Week must be new uploads, and may not be reuploaded images

Profile Linking Rules

•	No linking to websites promoting banned services (e.g. escorting)
•	No linking to websites promoting piracy or copyright theft
•	Links containing nudity, adult content or NSFW content must be marked as such

OnlySwingers rules are subject to change without notice, and any changes will be effective immediately.

We reserve the right to reject any sexually explicit photos, regardless of whether they meet these rules.