That same day, the site relaunched with a new user interface, plus the removal of GoBucks. On September 16, 2013, GoAnimate changed its logo, removing the exclamation mark. These plans led to increased popularity and exposure for GoAnimate.īy July 2013, over ten million videos had been created using the GoAnimate platform. These included 1080p download, logo removal & replacement, and new business-oriented visual themes. In April 2012, the first business-oriented subscription plans were publicly launched. On March 1, 2012, GoAnimate launched the Business Friendly Theme, the first of the four Business Themes on the site. In late 2011, a custom set of “Election 2012” characters became popular. GoAnimate for Schools is a school-safe version of GoAnimate featuring dedicated privacy, security, content moderation and group management features. office in San Francisco opened in June 2011.In late August 2011, GoAnimate for Schools was publicly launched. In early 2011, GoAnimate became a founding partner of YouTube Create – a suite of apps available to content creators within YouTube.Ī U.S. The site closed down on September 15, 2014, and later redirected to the GoAnimate for Schools website. This program allowed users to create GoAnimations based on the Domo shorts. GoAnimate was founded in 2007 by Alvin Hung, and the first version of GoAnimate went live in mid 2008.In May 2009, DomoAnimate was launched.