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Four things account for almost every message we get. If yours is one of them, the answer is on this page. If it is not, write to us — there is a person at the other end and the reply comes from him.
I have lost my licence key, or it never arrived
Your key was emailed to you the moment your payment went through, and it was also shown on the page Stripe returned you to. Three ways to get it back, in the order worth trying:
- Search your email for Your Nico licence key. It comes from info@notifications.wingmannico.com, so search your junk or spam folder for notifications.wingmannico.com too — and mark it as not spam, so the next one reaches you.
- Look in Nico. If you have entered the key on this Mac before, it is already there: menu-bar icon → Status → Support, which shows the state of your subscription and the last four characters of the key it is using.
- Ask us. Write to the address at the bottom of this page from the email address you paid with, and you will have it straight back.
We cannot look your key up from a phone number or a card number, and we will never ask you for either. The email address you paid with is the only thing we need.
Nico says my licence has expired, and I have paid
Nico checks your subscription about once a month and then works offline in between, so the licence file on your Mac can be a little behind what you have actually paid for. The fix is one press:
Menu-bar icon → Status → Refresh licence
It fetches a fresh licence for this Mac and takes a second. It works in every state, including the ones that look broken — that is what it is for.
If refreshing does not fix it
- “Payment failed” means your card was declined. Stripe retries for a couple of weeks and usually recovers it; if you would rather not wait, update your card from the link in any Stripe receipt.
- “Needs a check-in” is not a problem with your subscription. It means Nico has not been able to reach us for a while. Connect to a network and press Refresh licence.
- “Another Mac” means the licence on this Mac was issued for a different one. One subscription covers three Macs; if you are on your fourth, or you have replaced one, write to us and we will free a slot.
- The date on your Mac is wrong. Nico will say so rather than claiming your licence expired. Set it in System Settings → General → Date & Time.
Whatever the state says, nothing is taken away. Every session, recording and app you have made stays on your Mac and stays reachable. Only new recording pauses.
I want a refund, or I want to cancel
14 days, no questions asked. Write to us within fourteen days of a payment and you get it back in full. You do not have to say why, and we will not ask.
Cancelling is self-serve and takes a moment: use the customer portal link in any Stripe receipt. You keep Nico until the end of the period you have already paid for — cancelling never cuts you off mid-month, and there is nothing to do in the app.
The full terms are in the refunds section of the legal page, and they are more generous than the law requires rather than less.
Write to a person
One person reads this, and he replies. Include the email address you paid with; you do not need to include anything else, and please do not send us your licence key or a screenshot of it unless we ask.
Replying to your licence key email works just as well — it comes back to the same place and arrives with your purchase already attached, which is usually faster for both of us.
What is useful to include
- What you expected, and what happened instead.
- What the Status screen says about your subscription, in words.
- Roughly when it started.
We never ask for your password, your card number or remote access to your Mac. If a message claiming to be from us does, it is not from us.
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