Whether you’re excited and ready to take the QuickBooks Online Certification exam or simply want to find out more about what’s involved, this Certification Prep will help you make the right decision. 

 We’ll answer the most common questions about certification, including:

•  What is QuickBooks Online Certification?
•  How will certification benefit me, my business, and my clients?
•  What does the certification exam cover?
•  What are the rules of the exam?
•  What training and experience should I have before taking the exam?

•  Ultimately, completing Certification Prep will help you decide if you’re ready for the exam. And if you’re not quite ready yet, don’t worry—we’ve got a wide range of free training that will help you get up to speed.

   Let’s start by exploring the benefits of becoming certified. 

•  The QuickBooks Online ecosystem is constantly evolving to meet your needs.

   Your current experience may differ from what you see here.

•  The benefits of being certified

•  You might ask yourself why is it important to become QuickBooks Online certified. In addition to earning Certified ProAdvisor status, it also unlocks a whole host of benefits for you. 

   Select each of the headings to find out more. 

•  Faster growth

•  After passing your certification exam, you receive a free listing on Intuit’s Find-a-ProAdvisor directory, a free marketing channel you can use to grow your practice. Your new Certified ProAdvisor in QuickBooks Online badge will appear along with your listing.

   Find-a-ProAdvisor is the go-to place for businesses looking for a bookkeeper or accountant specializing in QuickBooks Online—and only Certified ProAdvisors are listed.

   Once you become certified, you can create and publish your ProAdvisor profile. There are several ways to customize your profile to attract new clients, including adding your certification badge to highlight your status.

•  Trusted expertise
•  Small business owners need to know that their bookkeeping is in safe hands and that the professionals who support them understand their business needs. For them, a Certified ProAdvisor in QuickBooks Online is someone with tested and proven expertise who can help their business reach its goals.
•   Recognition 
•  Certification provides recognition for your ability to support clients with real-life tasks and troubleshooting. Certified ProAdvisors in QuickBooks Online can use badges to show their certification status. Potential clients will see that you are an expert they can trust. Badges add credibility to your profile and help you stand out from others in your field.
•  Tiered benefit levels
•  As a Certified ProAdvisor, the level of benefits you receive is determined by a points-based tier system. You gain points by completing certifications and adding more clients who use QuickBooks Online. As your points mount up, you level up a tier and unlock further useful benefits and tools to help your practice thrive and grow.
•  Advanced Certification 

•  When you become a Certified ProAdvisor in QuickBooks Online, you unlock the QuickBooks Online Advanced Certification exam.

   Completing that exam earns you the Advanced Certified ProAdvisor in QuickBooks Online title and badge. It also earns you more points and more credibility. You’ll also be more visible on the Find-a-ProAdvisor directory, giving you more opportunities to attract new clients.