BARBICIDE® Merit FAQ (for barbicide.com)

How to Share your BARBICIDE® Certiﬁcations Using

Merit Lookup

While cleaning and sanitizing is second-nature for beauty professionals, safety is top-of-mind for

most clients in 2020. If you’ve taken the BARBICIDE® Certiﬁcation or BARBICIDE® COVID-19

Certiﬁcation courses, it’s now even easier to show your clients and prospects how seriously you

approach your work.

BARBICIDE® has partnered with Merit to allow beauty professionals to quickly and eﬃciently

search for and share their BARBICIDE® certiﬁcations.

1. What is Merit?

Merit is the interoperable ecosystem for all digital credentials issued by trusted

organizations. The platform allows everyone to access, track, and organize certiﬁcates,

licenses, and other credentials in real-time. All you have to do is accept your

BARBICIDE® Certiﬁcation from Merit to make it publicly available on Merit Lookup.

2. How will I receive my digital certiﬁcations?

If you’ve recently earned your BARBICIDE® certiﬁcations, you will receive an email from

Merit notifying you that your digital certiﬁcates (known as “merits”) are available. Click the

‘Accept’ button in the email to create your proﬁle and accept your merit.

3. Is there an app to organize my digital credentials?

Yes, the free Merit app, for iOS and Android, lets you carry your credentials wherever you

go. Just follow these steps to share your certiﬁcations from the app:

1. Log into the app and select “share”

2. Click on your BARBICIDE® merit

3. Select whether you’d like to share by sending a link or presenting a QR code for

scanning

4. Follow the prompts on your screen to share your merit

4. How do I share my merits with my clients?

Once you’ve accepted your digital BARBICIDE® certiﬁcations from Merit, they will be

shareable and searchable. Follow these steps to share your merits:

1. From the homescreen of the Merit app, select “Share your merits” and choose

which merits you’d like to share.

2. Select how you’d like to share: with a QR code (“Merit Key”) or with a link sent

through text, email, or other messaging service.

3. You can also visit https://lookup.merits.com to search by ﬁrst and last name and

share your certiﬁcate to social media.

4. You'll be able to print your certiﬁcate directly from https://lookup.merits.com.

5. How do I print my certiﬁcate from my Merit proﬁle?

Once you’ve accepted your digital BARBICIDE® merit. Login to Merit, click on your

BARBICIDE® merit and select Digital Certiﬁcate on the left-hand side of the popup

window. Your certiﬁcate will appear as a tile within the popup. Click on the tile to

enlarge and select Download in the bottom right hand corner. Your certiﬁcate will

download to your computer as an image ﬁle which you can print.

6. Why is a digital certiﬁcate helpful?

Your digital BARBICIDE® certiﬁcate works the same as your paper certiﬁcation, but can

now be with you at all times through the Merit app. Merit also allows instant, contactless

certiﬁcation lookup. Using the Merit app, you can share your certiﬁcations directly with

clients by text message, email, or a scannable QR code.

7. How do I update my email address with BARBICIDE®?

If the email address BARBICIDE® has on ﬁle is out of date or is a generic company

email address (i.e., info@companyx.com), you’ll need to update your personal email

address using the Email Address Change Form.

8. How do I update my name on my BARBICIDE® certiﬁcate?

If the name on your BARBICIDE® certiﬁcate is incorrect you can update your name by

using the name correction form.

● Name correction for the BARBICIDE® certiﬁcate

● Name correction for the BARBICIDE® COVID-19 certiﬁcate

8. I want to send digital credentials from my organization (business, school, association),

how do I get started with Merit?

● Go to https://app.merits.com/create-an-organization and submit a new org request

● Or email [email protected] to talk to someone at Merit who can answer your

questions and provide a demo

9. Who do I contact if I have more questions about Merit?

You can reach the Merit team through live chat at merits.com, by emailing

[email protected], or by calling (833) 222-8160.

Visit merits.com/barbicide to learn more about what Merit can do for you and your credentials.