The Beta Is Over

DTP is evolving and the Shing.tv website has been closed. What is known as a tombstone landing page remains, directing people to the links also included here.

A new service is taking the place of Shing in our ecosystem. It will be focused on streaming and only streaming. We aren't announcing the name, yet. It removes the social network component, and what you knew as Shing Chat (VoIP chat). This is being done to simplify what you knew as Shing and to provide a better business model for everyone.

You can learn more about all of that by reading Rob's blog post: Welcome to 2024, We're Making Changes! Please also Follow Us On X, and Bookmark Our Blog. You can also join the DTP Newsletter at the blog, and also sign up for an account to join our live chats, comment on articles, and more.

What You'll See In 2024

We remain a 100% supporter-funded company. We do not accept investment. We do not accept advertising. Your continued support and ongoing contributions are what enable us to continue this work.

But, it's also time to evolve as a company and transition into a better business model. Anyone can still donate here, and your donations are put to good use as always to help us grow the platform and the team. But, we are removing the funding bar from the site and transitioning to a membership model. It will be required to pay a membership fee to access our services (all of them).

View Minutes

The best news is: That's also how our streamers get paid for their work now! By simply viewing streams, you are paying the creator. We are introducing a new concept known as View Minutes. And every full minute you spend watching a stream pays the streamer.

Yes, you can still send tips. Yes, you can still boost Actions. Yes, the streamers will have affiliate sales and probably also advertising of their own on the stream. Yes, streamers will still sell their own products, services, and merchandise. But, though DTP View Minutes, they are guaranteed an income that could easily surpass whatever is offered by "advertising" on other platforms.

DTP Meet

What you knew as Shing Chat is now becoming DTP Meet, a standalone Chat and VoIP conferencing solution. Membership is required to create and host chats, but you can have any number of nonpaying attendees who won't even need an account on the system to attend (optional, you can also lock your chats or even make them private).

We're also adding a multi-user Whiteboard to Meet so people can literally draw on the Whiteboard during meetings, and we'll be adding some other interactive experiences that we don't want to talk about much, yet. It's very exciting, and DTP Meet will be a great solution for people who keep getting banned from other providers without explanation or for no good reason.

A Continuous Thank You!

There aren't days when we're not stunned by the level of support this community has shown over the past two years. Please know that 5% of every donation received since launch has gone directly to GiveSendGo to help support their work.

Donations are optional now. You won't have to donate going forward. But, when you do, you are helping to make DTP and GiveSendGo stronger. We are not affiliated in any way. DTP simply supports GiveSendGo when people support DTP. This is the only reason we are leaving the campaign here.

GiveSendGo stood by us, prayed with us, and provided tools we needed to get started. And we made it. Thank you GiveSendGo for providing this. So we leave this open and here to stand as a marker along other people's journeys to let them know: It works. Please do have your great idea, know how to build it, and stick with it! Do not give up.

Keep calm and carry on. The Lord works in mysterious ways, and He will answer your prayers. Or please use your words and explain us! Just have faith, and go heal the world. Because it works.

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