topic Re: Certification Advice in HubSpot Academy Support

Certification Advice

mariajoy — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:22:43 GMT

Hey there! I have a kind of unique situation and I was hoping to get some guidance.

I am in the midst of an 8 week sabbatical where part of my goal is to complete a few Hubspot Certifications as professional development. I completed the Inbound Marketing certification and have moved on to the Hubspot Marketing Hub Software certification. The marketing hub certification differs in that it involves practical exercises. My understanding is that a Pro or Enterprise license is needed for the practical exercises to be graded. My company has a Pro account, but it would be disruptive to our marketing team for me to execute these practical exercises in our account, since it looks like these exercises would require me to create actual items such as campaigns in our Hubspot account. How would you suggest that I complete these practical exercises and gain my certification, without disrupting the workflow of our marketing team? Thanks!

Re: Certification Advice

Jon-PrairiePath — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:00:29 GMT

This is a tough situation. I've done my practical exercises in two different ways in a similar situation:

Signup with a personal email address for a free account and enroll in a Pro trial (click on one of the tier-restricted features then "start a 14-day free trial" below the Talk to sales button)
Request access to you company's sandbox. There may be similar concerns about disrupting sandbox work, but much less so than in the live instance.

Hope one of those works for you!

Re: Certification Advice

mariajoy — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:07:43 GMT

Thank you, this is super helpful! If I went with option one, since I've already completed some of the quizzes and watched video content for the certification on my work account, would I be able to transfer that to the personal account?

Thanks again for your help with this!

Re: Certification Advice

Jon-PrairiePath — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:36:27 GMT

You sure can!

https://knowledge.hubspot.com/help-and-resources/transfer-certifications-to-another-email-address

Re: Certification Advice

mariajoy — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:46:58 GMT

Amazing, thank you so much!!

Re: Certification Advice

Jaycee_Lewis — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:48:13 GMT

Hey @mariajoy 👋 Please let us know if you experience any issues using the link that @Jon-PrairiePath shared, and we'll be happy to help. — Jaycee

Re: Certification Advice

IPeaceAmiende — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 22:45:10 GMT

I recently retook the DIGITAL ADVERTISING exam and scored a 50 score, hoping the date on my certificate will be updated, i downloaded my certificate again from the website, but I noticed that the validity date on the certificate still shows February 2025 to March 27, 2026.

However, on my profile page, it shows that the validity has already been updated to 2027. I have attached screenshots of both the certificate and my profile page for reference.

Please could you kindly assist in updating the certificate so that the correct validity date is reflected?

Re: Certification Advice

BérangèreL — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:19:03 GMT

Hi @IPeaceAmiende and thanks for reaching out to the HubSpot Community!

Let me check internally and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Thanks for your patience!
Bérangère

Re: Certification Advice

BérangèreL — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:07:06 GMT

Hi @IPeaceAmiende and thanks for your patience as we were looking into it for you!

We regenerated the certificate, could you please redownload the certificate from the "my profile" page?

You should be all set!

Thanks and have a wonderful day!
Bérangère