I've never had an online relationship (though I've tried my hand at long distance after I had to move away), but I guess it comes down to what you're looking for. An online relationship is so different to a 'real' tangible relationship. There will be no physical connection, no physical dominance of another person, and no one you can otherwise cuddle up to at night or go out with your friends with. In a real-life relationship I don't doubt things would be more intense, more connected, and that's whether you'd also be looking for those cuddles at night or not! They're two different things and it depends on what you want at the time.

I don't know how difficult it might be to meet a Dom/me in person - the only experience I have is from a vanilla relationship voyaging together into BDSM practices and that worked for me. Try to figure out what you want from a relationship (online or otherwise) and see what answers you find in that. I hope you find what you're looking for x

P.S. On a spin off from this, I wonder how necessary it actually is to trust somebody in an online relationship? I understand the issues regarding the privacy of whatever information and images might get sent between the participants, but it isn't as though the Dom/me could ever "go too far" or leave you tied up somewhere or in any way make you physically vulnerable? Would be interested to hear other people's thoughts!