Shopify Academy
Shopify Academy offers free and paid content about a range of topics about Shopify, such as running a store, working with merchants as a Partner, or learning how to create and run a B2B store. As a Shopify Partner, Shopify Academy helps you build credibility and advance in the Partner Program through verified skills assessments. When you pass a verified skills assessment, you'll earn a verified skill badge that showcases your expertise to potential clients.
Verified skills also contribute to your partner tier, helping you unlock additional benefits and opportunities. You can learn more about the tiers and benefits in the Shopify Partner Program Tiering Guide.
Shopify Academy is currently available only in English, with select verified skills courses and assessments available in Japanese.
Verified skills
Verified skills demonstrate your proficiency in specific Shopify areas through comprehensive assessments. Each learning path has a specific topic including the following examples:
- Building and optimizing online stores
- Setting up and managing Shopify POS
- Implementing B2B solutions
- Creating headless commerce experiences
- Developing custom apps and themes
Verified skills assessments have associated costs. You can purchase a verified skill assessment for yourself by clicking the Purchase button on an assessment page. You can also purchase voucher codes for your team and get tiered discounts based on your order subtotal in USD. After you make a purchase, you'll receive an email with voucher codes. You can use the codes on Shopify Academy by clicking Redeem voucher code on the assessment page. Voucher codes don't expire.
Verified skills courses and assessments are currently available only in English.
Verified skills badge
To earn a verified skill badge, you need to purchase and complete a verified skill badge assessment on Shopify Academy.
After you complete the assessment, you'll also need to pass the associated assessment or assessment with the minimum required score. Verified skills badges are issued by Credly. Credly automatically sends you an email when you pass an assessment or assessment to accept your verified skill badge. The passing score for a verified skill badge is displayed on the landing page for each assessment.
You need to achieve a minimum score on an assessment to earn a verified skill badge. You can retake the assessment. The retake fee and the minimum score for the assessment displays on the assessment page.
Verified skill badges are valid for 2 years upon completing the assessment. To maintain your verified skills, you need to retake assessments every two years. If you don't retake the assessment successfully, then the verified skill badge is removed from your Credly account.
You can display your verified skill badge on other platforms, such as LinkedIn. Learn more about sharing your badge to social media on Credly.
Free courses on Shopify Academy don't award badges or certificates of completion. Badges are earned only when you pass a verified skills assessment.
Email address requirements for the verified skills badge
The verified skill badge is awarded to the individual that completes the assessment. For the badge to count towards your Partner organization, you need to ensure the email address you use for Shopify Academy is connected to the Partner organization.
For personal badge management, you can add multiple email addresses to Credly and add both your personal and professional emails to your account.
Partner tier progression
Your verified skills can help you access higher tiers in the Partner Program. There are minimums for the number of verified skills and the number of people on your team with verified skills in each tier. You can learn more in section 2.4 and 2.5 of the Shopify Partner Program Tiering Guide.
Both maintaining your tier and advancing to higher tiers require keeping your skills current and meeting other performance criteria.