I won't waste my time on the Advanced Cert until QB makes their tests more straight forward.  Accounting is straight forward and usually there is right and wrong.  It is a logical field of study.  QB just makes it difficult on the most primary level, it seems on purpose because they want to seem exclusive.  I have lost all my QB Certification history - Poof - all gone.  My most recent QBO On Line Cert is from Oct 2022 (History doesn't appear on my ProAdvisor account any longer). Plus, it is just absurd that these certifications wouldn't last a full year.  And you are right about learning a sales pitch.  I want training on how to use the program not how to sell it. If I knew more about using it, I might WANT to sell it, but the support sucks and these training modules suck and the exams are poorly written.  You are just lucky if you pass them.