an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . july 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message everloop type private founded february 2011 headquarters san francisco bay area ca area served united states industry social media website http www.everloop.com everloop was an online social media site for youngsters under 13 . the site used loops like facebook groups to give youngsters a place to interact . they were small communities created around interests in categories such as hobbies photo sharing and video sharing . in june 2011 everloop launched evertext 1 2 3 4 5 a moderated texting feature approved for kids . in 2012 everloop launched goobit 6 a social mobile app for kids . in 2014 everloop shut down . contents 1 history 2 privacy and safety 2.1 coppa and moderation 2.2 parents 2.3 digital training ground 3 everloop products and features 3.1 evertext 3.2 features 4 affiliations partners 5 funding 6 references history edit originally launched for girls under the name girl ambition 7 the site was revamped for both girls and boys and relaunched in february 2011 under the name everloop.com . 8 privacy and safety edit coppa and moderation edit everloop was created adhering to the children s online privacy protection act coppa standards and uses privacy protection and monitoring technology to guard young users against bullying bad language and inappropriate sharing of information . everloop s safety features include parent authentication to join word and phrase filters live staff for moderation and customer support and community user reporting for suspicious or inappropriate behavior . parents edit the site permitted parents to monitor all friend requests and communication but did not allow any parental posts to children s profile pages . digital training ground edit the moderated social network meant for children under the age of 13 prevents kids from posting profanity engaging in cyberbullying or conducting other inappropriate behavior . rather than simply deleting such posts everloop stopped the child from posting and provides immediate feedback to correct inappropriate behavior . 9 everloop products and features edit evertext edit evertext was a sms integration that is compliant with the children s online privacy protection act coppa . 10 the service utilized privacy protection technologies and enables kids to securely use mobile devices to broadcast updates to friends profiles or directly to their cell phones . 11 evertext allowed parents to moderate the number of texts kids can send ranging from unlimited to 250 texts per month . when a child hit the limit parents received a note and could add text credit to the account or leave it until the next month . 12 features edit loops loops were like facebook groups and based around friendships and shared interests such as sports crafts music and fan groups . kids could join existing loops or start loops of their own . parents used the parent dashboard to approve each loop their child joins . games the everloop arcade offered more than 1 500 games for kids and includes partnerships with major game platforms such as miniclip and mochi games . evercredits kids could earn or buy evercredits which allow them to buy items from everloop s virtual store . evercredits were earned through participation in the everloop community or accounts can be funded through secure credit card transactions approved by parents . custom profiles kids could create and customize their profiles and loops on everloop with different backgrounds colors and stickers . digital parenting advice everloop maintained a parents center that contains information tips and news for parents on raising responsible digital citizens . affiliations partners edit inanimate alice the character of alice and her virtual friend brad shared four custom made digital journals activities stories games and more . the presence on everloop was the first time that the characters interacted directly with their tween audience members . 13 mattel monster high everloop and monster high started their relationship in september 2011 when they launched an official monster high loop on the site that lets users watch episodes of the show take pools purchase branded stickets and get exclusive content only available to members of the everloop community . national geographic s animal jam everloop and national geographic s animal jam partnership began with the official launch of the animal jam loop in september 2011 . the online virtual playground that currently has 2 million users 14 now uses everloop as a complementary platform . simon & schuster children s publishing simon & schuster children s publishing and everloop launched an online interactive book club for this age group in early 2011 giving everloop users access to children s books and their authors . 15 the site maintains the in the book loop where users have access to two free middle grade level books each month on a web view e reader and chat sessions with children s authors . mad science love in the mirror pencils of promise greyson chance mindless behavior harper collins funding edit the company closed a seed round of 3.1 million 16 in 2011 backed by vformation silicon valley based band of angels envoi ventures richard chino formerly of overture wayne goodrich formerly of apple deena burnett bailey of angels of hope and additional investors . references edit held kevin 12 october 2012 . new software tracks children s text messages . kntv . retrieved 3 december 2012 . marlowe chris 6 october 2011 . texting and monsters made safe for kids . digitalmediawire . retrieved 3 december 2012 . sparks jim 11 october 2011 . everloop reveals first ever moderated sms for kids . ten spotlight . retrieved 3 december 2012 . eler alicia 11 october 2012 . why kids social network everloop developed a 24 7 moderated sms feature . readwrite . retrieved 3 december 2012 . rodriguez melisa . everloop introduces evertext the first coppa compliant sms tool for kids powered by real time privacy protection and monitoring technology . retrieved 3 december 2011 . perez sarah 25 october 2012 . social network everloop hits mobile with new goobit app yes it s for kids . techcrunch . retrieved 3 december 2012 . http www.centernetworks.com girl ambition hilary decesare everloop launches officially . retrieved 30 november 2012 . http www.socialnerdia.com blog 2011 6 1 everloop co founder ceo hilary decesare talks about tween so.html perez sarah . kid friendly social network everloop is coming to iphone raising series a . techcrunch . retrieved 27 november 2012 . eler alicia 11 october 2012 . why kids social network everloop developed a 24 7 moderated sms feature . readwrite . retrieved 3 december 2012 . eler alicia 11 october 2012 . why kids social network everloop developed a 24 7 moderated sms feature . readwrite . retrieved 3 december 2012 . http www.hoppingfun.com newsletter.htm everloop.com partners with national geographic s animal jam and mattel s monster high brands . 13 september 2011 . retrieved 4 december 2012 . simon & schuster children s publishing announces exclusive partnership with everloop to create s & s in the book loop an innovative e reading experience online for tweens . 23 march 2011 . retrieved 4 december 2012 . rodriguez melisa . online social site for kids everloop raises 3.1 million in seed funding and brings in industry experts . business wire . retrieved 29 september 2012 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title everloop & oldid 717576248 categories social networking servicescompanies disestablished in 2014defunct websiteshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from july 2012all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit 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