Erotica Advice: Getting Into Bdsm

I have been asked for any advice by people who are interested in getting into Bdsm several times now. I could write a long text about what I would like to warn about, suggest or tell you to do, but in the end it's very simple. A Bsdm relationship, may it be a 24/7 or just for playtime needs the same requirements as any healthy relationship: trust, respect and honesty.
If you want to get into Bdsm don't leave anything to chance, don't stay silent and hope that your partner will know what you want and what you don't want. Talk openly about your expectations, about our limits, about your uncertainties and fears. Make sure you are on the same page about everything. Make sure that everyone has the right to chicken out, although there has been made an agreement.  Make sure that the safe word is the safe word, no matter what.
If you already feel uncomfortable with sharing your fears, concerns, wishes, and needs the person you have chosen as a partner in exploring Bdsm might not be the right one.
Bdsm is absolutely intimate, no matter is you are the submissive or the dominant, and both partners show their vulnerabilities to each other. It's not just a game. If you think it is, or your partner think it is then you should not go there.