Wix Studio Certification and Courses Terms of Use
Last Update: September 22, 2024
These Wix Studio Certification and Courses Services Terms of Use (hereinafter, the “Wix Studio Certification and Courses Terms”) are an agreement between Wix.com Ltd. (hereinafter, “Wix”, “us” or “we”) and you, and together with the general Wix Terms of Use (the “General Terms” and collectively: the “Terms”) set forth the terms and conditions which govern your use of any Wix Services including Wix services allowing Wix Users to apply for and receive a Certification or Record of Completion from Wix in accordance with the certifications programs and exams organized and offered by Wix (the “Wix Studio Certification and Courses Services” or the “Services”)
The Wix Studio Certification and Courses Services shall be deemed to be part of the "Wix Services" as such term is defined in the General Terms. In event of a difference between these Wix Studio Certification and Courses Services Terms and the General Terms, the terms set forth herein shall prevail to the extent they relate to your use of Wix Studio Certification and Courses Services, otherwise the General Terms shall prevail. Any capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the General Terms.
PLEASE Read these Wix Studio Certification and Courses Services Terms carefully before accessing or using the Wix Studio Certification and Courses Services. By accessing or using the Wix Studio Certification and Courses Services, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth herein. If you do not wish to be bound by the Wix Studio Certification and Courses Services Terms, you may not access or use the Wix Certification and Courses Services and should immediately cease such use. Wix may modify, with or without notice, these Wix Certification and Courses Services Terms at any time, and you agree to review the Wix Studio Certification and Courses Services Terms periodically to be aware of such modifications. Your continued access or use of the Wix Studio Certification and Courses Services shall be deemed your conclusive acceptance of any modified Wix Studio Certification and Courses Services Terms.
1. Definitions
“Certified” means an individual who has successfully met the Certification Requirements and has received written confirmation of such from Wix.
“Certification” means the process and obtention of the relevant certificate upon successful completion of the Certification Exam and Certification Requirements as described in those terms.
“Certification Requirements" means any one of the sets of requirements established by Wix that an individual must meet to become Certified and must continue to meet to maintain the Certification. The Certification Requirements are further described in Section 2 herein as the Certification Process, and 3 herein as Certification Maintenance.
“Logo” “Certificate” or “Badge” shall mean any one of the Certification logos, certificates or badges established by Wix which you may become authorized to use by becoming Certified and by meeting and maintaining the Certification Requirements.
“Course Completion” means the process and obtention of the relevant Record of Completion upon successful completion of the Course Completion Exam and Course Requirements as described in those terms.
“Course Requirements” means any one of the sets of requirements established by Wix that an individual must meet to receive a Record of Completion and must continue to meet to maintain the Record of Completion. The Course Requirements are further described in Section 4 herein as the Course Completion Process.
“Record of Completion” shall mean any one of the Course Completion logos or Logos, or records established by Wix which you may become authorized to use upon Course Completion.
2. Certification Process
2.1. General Eligibility Terms
2.1.1. In order to become Certified, you shall pass the Certification Exam as described in each relevant Certification available at
the “Certification Exam”. You acknowledge and agree that Wix will review and grade your Certification Exam in accordance with the different criterias available in each Certification process description and that Wix shall determine, at its sole discretion, if the Certification Exam has been successfully completed .
2.1.2 You may reapply to the Certification process after failing the Certification Exam, in accordance with the terms and timelines specified in each Certification process.
2.2. Certification Exam for Wix Users
2.2.1. In order to become Certified, you shall pass the Certification Exam as described in each relevant Certification available at
(the “Certification Exam”). You acknowledge and agree that Wix will review and grade your Certification Exam in accordance with the different criterias available in each Certification process description and that Wix shall determine, at its sole discretion, if the Certification Exam has been successfully completed .
2.2.2. You acknowledge that Wix may update or modify the content of a Certification Exam at any time to reflect changes to Wix Studio technology, to preserve the integrity of the Certification or for any reason that Wix may deemed necessary.
3. Certification Maintenance
3.1. To maintain your Certification, you must:
3.1.1 Maintain compliance with your obligations under these Terms;
3.1.2 Hold a Wix User Account under which at least 3 Wix Premium Studio subscriptions were created as a owner or cow-owner, or site contributor with relevant editing permissions of the site created , by the end of first year of your Certification and during any subsequent year during which you are considered as Certified under these Terms for the Individual Certification.
3.1.3 Generate, every year of the Certification, at least 3 Wix Premium Studio sites as an owner, co-owner or site contributor with relevant editing permissions of the site created.
3.1.4 Meet the current Certification Requirements, as may be specified or modified by Wix from time to time.
3.2. Wix may revoke, at its sole discretion, the Certification, Badge and Logo attributed to You, if (a) Wix consider that you actions and behavior can harm Wix’s reputation and integrity, or the reputation of the Certification attributed to you, as decided at Wix sole discretion; or (b) if you are in breach of your obligations under these Terms.
3.3 You agree that your business and/ or services provided under or in relation with the Certification will (a) be handled in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations; (b) avoid any activity that would be defined illegal, unethical, deceptive or misleading or in any other way that could cause any kind of harm to the reputation and name of Wix; and (c) not make or appear to make any warranties, representations or guarantees on behalf of Wix or related to Wix products or services.
4. Course Completion Process
4.1. General Eligibility Terms
4.1.1. You understand and agree that in order to qualify and participate in the Course Completion Process and take the Course Completion Exam (as defined above), you shall be required to sign in as a Wix User, and you shall agree to Wix’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
4.1.2 You may reapply to the Course Completion process after failing the Course Completion Exam, in accordance with the terms and timelines specified in each Course.
4.2. Course Completion Exam for Wix Users
4.2.1. In order to receive the Record of Completion, you shall pass the Course Completion Exam as described in each relevant Courses available at https://www.wix.com/studio/academy/library-topics/seo?formatType=Course. You acknowledge and agree that Wix will review and grade your Course Completion Exam in accordance with the different criterias available in each Course Completion process description and that Wix shall determine, at its sole discretion, if the Course Completion Exam has been successfully completed.
4.2.2. You acknowledge that Wix may update or modify the content of a Course Completion Exam at any time to reflect changes to Wix Studio technology, to preserve the integrity of the Record of Completion or for any reason that Wix may deemed necessary.
5. Logo Use and Ownership
5.1. Subject to your compliance with the provisions of these Terms, upon your successful completion of the Course Completion Exam and/or Certification Requirements and upon validation of your Badge through linking your Badge to the relevant certification validation page provided upon reception of the Certification Certificate, Wix grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable, royalty-free license to use the Record of Completion, Logo and Badge associated with the Certification or Course that you have received or completed solely in connection with publicizing that you have met and continue to meet all Certification Requirements or Course Requirements, as applicable.
5.2. You agree that the Certification Certificate can only be delivered to one of your agency accounts per your choice and that such choice is final and the Certification Certificate cannot be transferred from one of your accounts to the other, unless decided otherwise by Wix, at its sole discretion.
5.3. You agree that the Record of Completion cannot be transferred from one of your accounts to the other, unless decided otherwise by Wix, at its sole discretion.
5.4. You agree not to use the Logo, Record of Completion, Badge or any other marks of Wix in a way that may: (a) damages or infringes Wix’ rights in the Badge or Logo; (b) reflects negatively on Wix or otherwise injures or harm Wix’ reputation; and (c) misrepresents your relationship with Wix or gives the impression that Wix endorses or recommends your business or services.
5.5. You agree to use only the Logo, Record of Completion and Badge that will be supplied to you by Wix, and to use them in a manner that complies with the guidelines and recommendations provided to you by Wix from time to time. You further agree to comply with any recommendation or change that Wix might request you to make in the use of the Logo, Record of Completion or Badge or any other marks of Wix.
5.6. Wix retains all rights, title and interest in and to all Record of Completions, Certification and related information, content, data, exams, materials, and all copyrights, patent rights, trademark rights and other proprietary rights therein. All rights not expressly granted by Wix to you are expressly reserved to Wix.
5.7. Wix shall have the right to use, reproduce and display your name, logo, trademarks and the projects you submitted to Wix, together with the Certifications, Record of Completions and Badges you received from us. Such use shall be limited to the Wix Website and in promotional and marketing activities conducted by Wix from time to time.
6. Confidentiality
6.1. You understand that the exams documentation, questions, and any and all information related to the Certification Requirements and Course Requirements shall be considered and treated as Confidential Information of Wix (“Confidential Information”).
6.2. You undertake, during the duration of the Terms and after the termination of the Terms, to: (a) hold all Confidential Information in confidence and take all reasonable measures to protect the Confidential Information; (b) make no use of the Confidential Information except as expressly allowed under these Terms; and (c) not disclose, reproduce, disseminate or transmit in any way any portion of the Confidential Information to any third party in any form, including without limitation, written, electronic or oral form.
7. Term and Termination
7.1. The term of this Agreement shall commence upon the date you accept these Terms and will continue until terminated in accordance with Section 6.2 and 6.3.
7.2 Wix may terminate this agreement at any time and for any reason.
7.3. Wix, in its sole discretion and without prejudice to any rights Wix may have under these Terms, the law, equity or otherwise, may terminate these Terms at any time upon the occurrence of any one of the following events: (a) failure by you to comply with the requirements established by Wix for maintaining your Certification; (b) misrepresentation by you of your Certification or Course Completion status; (c) you use of a Logo, Record of Completion or Badge in a manner that Wix believes could injure Wix’s reputation, the Certification’s reputation or rights in the Logo, Record of Completion or Badge; (d) your misappropriation or disclosure without authorization, of any Wix’s trade secret or Confidential Information including, without limitation, any Confidential Information as identified in 5.1 above or (e) your failure to comply with any of the material terms of these Terms.
7.4 Upon termination of these Terms, you shall immediately cease all use of the Logo, Badge or Certification allowed to you under these Terms and all licenses provided to you by Wix shall be terminated. The provisions of Section 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 shall remain in full force after the termination of these Terms.
8. Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL WIX BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS) ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO YOUR CERTIFICATION, YOUR FAILURE TO ACHIEVE OR MAINTAIN CERTIFICATION, YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE DESIGNATIONS OR LOGOS, OR THE TERMINATION OF YOUR CERTIFICATION, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT OR TORT, EVEN IF WIX HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
9. Indemnification
You agree to Indemnify and hold harmless, Wix and its affiliates from and against any and all expenses, damages and losses of any kind (including, without limitation, fines, reasonable professional fees and costs) incurred by Wix and arising out of any claims which may be brought against Wix and which may result of (a) a breach by you of these Terms (b) any claim that you’ve made a deceptive, unlawful, misleading use of the Certification and/or Certification Logo and Badge or any other use that may harm the name or reputation of Wix.
10. Miscellaneous
10.1 Wix reserves the right to change, suspend or terminate the Certification and any of the Course Requirements or Certification Requirements, for any reason and/or change any of these Terms with or without prior notice - at any time and in any manner.
10.2 If Wix records mentioned that you are Certified, Wix may, but shall not be obligated, to notify you the change or termination of the Certification by email at the email address provided by You during your registration to the Certification Process however it is your responsibility to regularly check these Terms in order to be updated of a change that might have occur.
10.3. You agree that Wix will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of those Wix services described in these Terms.
10.4. You and Wix are independent contractors, and nothing in these Terms will create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or other relationship between the parties. Neither of the parties will have the authority to make or accept any offers or representations on behalf of the other party.
10.5. These Terms, including Wix’s Terms of Use and Wix’s Privacy Policy, constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between Wix and you with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersedes all previous understandings, agreements and representations between Wix and you, written or oral.