Once the initial creation process was complete, the GoPet was brought into existence to reside on the player's desktop.

If players desired further customization, they could dress their pet up with unique clothing items, and equip different transportation vehicles such as cars or planes.

Many equipable items hold trainable animations that GoPets could be taught to use when their stats were at a certain level.

These interactions included conversations, games, and professions of love and friendship which may result in a communal dance.

GoPets loved to travel around desktops of players all around the world in search of other places where there were treated politely and affectionately.

They would respond negatively to ill care and leave their owners' desktop frequently or, when very tired, fall asleep.

[citation needed] Players could decorate their desktop with countless objects and toys for GoPets to play and interact with.

In addition to toys and food, GoPets owners could place decorative items on the desktop, such as trees, shrubs or ponds.

[citation needed] Users could interact with the GoPets on their desktop, by feeding them, petting them, playing with them, sending them to other players.

GoPets provided a "Child Safety" mode which, once activated, allows the guardian to establish a Protector ID that limited the functions available for underage users.

In addition to purchasing items, users could donate shells directly to the charities of their choice by visiting the Giving through GoPets page.

[7] Developed by 1st Playable Productions, the game would allow the player to make and visit friends, as well as play minigames, design foods and items and dress their pets up in clothing.

Premium users gained access to certain shops where they could purchase items such as the "Custom Creation Tool".

This was used to create items of clothing and furniture with custom textures uploaded onto the client that could then be used on the user's pets or land.

After the time limit passed, the user's account reverted to normal but the items remained.

[11] In early November 2009, GoPets was sold to Zynga[12] and immediately closed to make way for PetVille.