Glossary
These docs use each of these words one way throughout. Where two things sound similar, the entry says which is which.
Terms
- the display
- The fullscreen page the room sees while you play.Not the editor you change it in.
- Display settings
- The page where you change how the display looks, with a live preview beside it.
- launch
- Opening the real display from the settings page.
- your DJ display
- The display tied to your own account, with your branding. You get one if you set up as a DJ.
- the house screen
- A venue’s own display, with the venue’s branding. What runs when nothing else is on.
- the open decks screen
- The display that runs an open decks night — who is playing, how long they have left, who is next.
- a numbered screen
- An extra venue screen for another room, with its own QR code and its own page.
- link page
- The short page your QR code points at, built for someone standing up in a dark room.Not your DJ profile.
- DJ profile
- The longer public page, for someone deciding whether to book you.Not your link page, and not your account settings.
- venue page
- A room’s public page — address, photos, what is in the booth.
- promoter page
- The public page for a crew, collective, or events brand — the people who run nights without owning the room.
- handle
- The name in your web address. It comes with any paid plan, and you can hold one as a DJ, one for a venue, and one as a promoter.Not your on-screen name, which can be anything, and not your username on a payment app.
- open decks night
- A night where DJs claim a slot and play. Lowercase, two words.
- slot
- One playable window in a night.
- claim
- Taking something for yourself: a handle, a free venue or promoter space, or a slot on a night.Claiming a slot is not a booking — nothing is agreed beyond the slot.
- roster
- The list of DJs a venue works with. One list across every night.
- invite
- A venue asking a DJ to join its roster.
- request
- A DJ asking to join a venue’s roster. The opposite direction from an invite.
- night report
- The summary a venue gets after a night ends.
- recap
- The summary a DJ gets after their set. The DJ-side counterpart of a night report.
- gig
- A night you ran a display for long enough to count. Feeds your stats and your profile.
- set
- A slot you played at an open decks night.
- tip
- Money a listener sends you directly through your own payment app.
- trial
- The free run of the top DJ plan that every new account starts on.Not something you sign up for — it is already running when you arrive.
- watermark
- The small “Powered by Hype Display” mark that appears on a free screen.
- role
- What you do here — DJ, venue, or promoter. You pick at least one when you sign up, and can add the others later from your dashboard.Not a plan. Picking a role costs nothing; a plan is what you pay for.
- plan
- What you pay for. One covers the DJ side; one covers the venue and promoter side, shared.We do not call these tiers, levels or packages.
- email code
- The four-digit number we email you to sign in. There are no passwords.
Last updated 2026-08-21