The process
How accreditation works
Earning Uplift Accredited is a real review, not an instant scan. Here is every step, start to finish — including what happens if your site isn't ready yet.
Start to finish
The eight steps
Apply
Submit your organization, website, and industry. No sales call, no obligation — just the start of a real review.
Findings report
We run automated testing plus structured human review and email you a findings report — typically within 2–3 business days. Honest about what automated testing can and can't detect.
Qualify
If your site already meets the standard, you proceed straight to verification. If not, the report itemizes exactly what to fix.
Remediate
Fix the issues on your own timeline — the report gives your team everything it needs to start. Your choice of how, always.
Re-assess
Once the work is done, we assess the site again in full against the same published methodology.
Verify
A reviewer confirms the site meets the standard and issues your standing. What we assessed is what we vouch for — nothing more.
Accredited
You receive the Uplift Accredited badge, a public verification page, and a listing in the directory. Recognition you can display with confidence.
Renew annually
Websites change. The standing is valid for 12 months, renewed through reassessment — so the badge always means something current, not a one-time snapshot.
No pressure
Not passing yet isn't a failure — it's a starting point
Most sites have work to do the first time. The report is built to make that work clear and doable, one finding at a time.
The report itemizes what to fix
Every finding names the page, the issue, and the WCAG success criterion — so you or your developers know exactly what to address.
Remediate your way
Fix it internally, with your own team, or with any vendor you choose, including our disclosed remediation partner. Earning the standing never requires buying anything from us.
Applying is confidential
Only earned standings are ever published. A failed or in-progress assessment appears nowhere — not in the directory, not on this site. Applying tells the world nothing until you've earned it.
Ready to see where your site stands?
The whole process starts with one findings report. Apply, and a reviewer will show you exactly where your site stands and what it would take to earn the standing.
Want the technical detail — exactly what we test, what we can't detect, and how a standing can be lost? It's all on the standards page.