help center

Customer assistance portal

A help center is a resource where users find answers to questions about a product or service.

Most often it refers to a website section with FAQs, troubleshooting guides, and how-to articles: Check the help center before contacting support.

It may also mean a physical location or phone line staffed by customer service representatives.

Opposites
purpose/function

help centerdead end

Passage without outlet

obstacle course · brick wall · black hole

service orientation

help centerself-service

Customer performs the task

no support · abandonment · neglect

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G