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Handle customer support tickets

Good support keeps customers (and reputation). OrbixPanel includes a support desk so customers can raise tickets from their portal and you can respond in one place — no separate help-desk subscription.

How it works

  • A customer opens a ticket from their portal.
  • It lands in your support desk in the panel.
  • You reply; the thread stays attached to that customer and their account.

Reference: Support desk.

Run it well

  • Respond fast. First-response time is what customers judge you on, even more than resolution time. Set an expectation (e.g. “within 24h”) and beat it.
  • Keep it in the ticket. A written trail beats scattered emails and DMs — you can see history and hand off cleanly.
  • Build canned replies for the questions you answer again and again (SSL, email setup, DNS propagation). Link the relevant tutorial in the reply.
  • Turn repeat questions into docs. If three people ask the same thing, write it up once and send the link.

Point customers at self-service

Most “how do I…” tickets disappear when customers can help themselves. Send them to the tenant tutorials: websites, email, databases, DNS.

Common ticket themes (and the guide to send)

They ask…Send them
“My email goes to spam”Stop landing in spam
“SSL isn’t working”SSL won’t issue
“Site is down / 502”Fix 502
“How do I point my domain?”Point your domain

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