Havven is a complete social ecosystem designed from the ground up for the adult alternative lifestyle and kink communities.

At its heart, yes, it is a social platform. It's a place to create a profile, join groups with like-minded people, find friends, and build genuine relationships.

However, unlike purely transactional creator sites, Havven integrates content and commerce into a true community hub. We see creator empowerment as one vital piece of a much larger ecosystem, not the entire purpose of it.

Think of Havven as the central, trusted home where all aspects of your digital life can thrive together:

• Community: Join groups, plan events, and have discussions.

• Connection: Meet new people for dating or friendship in a safer environment.

• Content: A place for creators to build a following and monetize their work with fewer restrictions.

• Commerce: A secure and discreet marketplace to buy and sell lifestyle products.

In short, Havven is the comprehensive ecosystem where you can connect with your friends, support your favorite creators, and engage with your community, all in one place.

Absolutely not. While we aim to serve the vibrant adult alternative lifestyle community, Havven is a direct response to the profound failures of older platforms, not a copy of them.

Think of it as the difference between a historical building and a modern architectural masterpiece. They might be in the same city, but they are worlds apart.

• Technology: FetLife was built on the social and technical principles of the late 2000s. Havven is being built today, on a modern "safe-by-design" architecture with a deep understanding of the creator economy and the absolute need for digital trust.

• Safety: Where incumbent platforms are reactive to safety concerns, we are proactive. Our foundation is built on human-first moderation, proactive security, and intuitive privacy controls.

• Economy: Where they offer no native tools for creators, educators, and merchants to earn a living, Havven has a fully integrated monetization and e-commerce ecosystem.

• Philosophy: Where they have a history of ignoring user feedback and marginalizing queer members, Havven is being built with our community, founded on the principles of inclusivity, transparency, and respect.

We are not rebuilding the past. We are engineering the future that this community has been demanding for over a decade.

No, not at all. While we are deeply committed to providing creators with best-in-class monetization tools, our vision for Havven is fundamentally different from a transactional creator platform.

Platforms like OnlyFans and Fansly are primarily monetization tools; the social features exist to serve the financial transaction between a creator and their fans. At Havven, the community is the foundation; the monetization tools exist to empower the members within that community.

A helpful way to think about it is that they provide a very effective stage for a performance. We are building the entire theater: the stage, the lobby where you meet friends, the discussion groups for your community, and the marketplace in the square outside. Our goal isn't just to facilitate payments; it's to foster genuine friendships, build lasting groups, and create a holistic digital home.

So while you'll find powerful creator tools on Havven, they are just one part of a much larger, more integrated social ecosystem.

Safety isn't just a feature for us; it's the entire foundation. We are tackling this with a three-pronged approach:

• Human-First Moderation: Our unbreakable promise is that every single report of a Community Guidelines violation will be reviewed by a trained human being who understands the context and nuance of our community. No more reports disappearing into a black hole.

• Proactive Technology: We are integrating modern, AI-assisted tools to help us proactively identify and flag harassment, spam, and bad actors before they can cause widespread harm.

• Empowering User Controls: You will have intuitive, powerful, and easy-to-understand tools to control who can interact with you, see your content, send you messages, and what kind of content appears on your feed.

Inclusivity is not an optional extra; it is a core architectural requirement. We recognize that other platforms have profoundly failed our queer and trans community members.

Our commitment starts with the design itself. Havven will feature fully customizable, user-defined fields for gender identity and sexuality from day one. Our search and discovery tools will be built on a robust, tag-based system—not a restrictive binary—allowing you to find your specific community with precision and ease. Furthermore, our moderation and safety teams will be culturally competent and specifically trained on the safety needs of the LGBTQ+ community to ensure our policies are enforced fairly and protect our most vulnerable users.

We are building a complete, integrated ecosystem to empower creators to build a sustainable business. Our model is a transparent 80/20 revenue split (80% to you) on all transactions.

Creators set their own prices for:

• Profile Subscriptions: Offer exclusive access to your entire feed for a recurring monthly fee.

• Pay-Per-View (PPV) Content: Sell individual photos, videos, or content bundles for a one-time fee.

• Live Streaming PPV: Host exclusive live stream events and charge for access.

• Direct Tipping: Allow your followers to show appreciation through direct, one-time tips.

You do. Period. This is a non-negotiable principle for us.

This means your content—your posts, photos, videos, and profile data.

We will never sell it to third-party advertisers, and will never hold it hostage. On Havven, true data ownership is a fundamental right, not a privilege buried in the terms of service.

Joining Havven, creating a profile, finding communities, and connecting with others will be completely free.

Our business model is built on shared success. We only make money when our community thrives. Revenue comes from taking a transparent commission from optional e-commerce transactions, such as when you choose to subscribe to a creator, buy a product in our marketplace, or tip someone for their great work.