Guides
Accessibility guides for Shopify stores
Plain guides for Shopify store owners: how to fix and test your store, what WCAG asks for, the ADA, Ontario's AODA and the European Accessibility Act, and the apps that claim to help. Every guide is dated, links to official sources and is written by the Inclusely team at EVDEV in Toronto.
Fix your store
- Shopify ADA compliance guideWhat Shopify covers, what your theme and apps break, and the fix list.
- How to add and bulk edit alt text in ShopifyProduct photos, collections, theme banners, Files, CSV and API.
- Alt text examples for product imagesWhat to write for clothes, jewellery, food, banners, icons and decorative images.
- What is alt text?Alt tags, alt attributes, captions and decorative images in plain words.
- How to add an accessibility statement to ShopifyWhat to write, where the page and footer link go, and a French version.
- Accessible Shopify themes, testedOur automated scan of 22 free themes on desktop and phone.
- Accessible product videosCaptions, transcripts, audio description and autoplay banners on Shopify.
- Accessible fontsSize, spacing, contrast and the theme settings that make text readable.
- aria-label explainedNaming icon buttons in Shopify themes, with Liquid examples. For developers.
- Is Shopify ADA compliant?What Shopify tests itself, and what it leaves to you.
- The European Accessibility Act for Shopify storesWho is covered and the admin, theme and app steps to take.
Test your store
- Automated vs manual accessibility testingWhat scanners catch, what they miss and the hand tests for the rest.
- Screen reader testingHear your product page, cart and checkout with VoiceOver and NVDA.
- Accessibility audits: what they cover and costWhat a real audit includes, published prices and how to do your own.
Understand WCAG
- What is WCAG?Versions, levels and the laws that use the standard.
- WCAG A vs AA vs AAAWhat each level asks of an online store, and why AA is the target.
- WCAG 2.2 AA explainedEvery A and AA rule for an online store, in plain words.
- What changed in WCAG 2.2The nine new success criteria and the one removed, with Shopify fixes.
- WCAG colour contrast, explained4.5:1 for text, 3:1 for large text and controls, and theme fixes.
- Accessibility glossary60 accessibility terms in plain words.
Know the law
- ADA website compliance for online storesTitle III, the WCAG version used in practice, lawsuit numbers and costs.
- ADA Title III and websitesWhat Title III says, the DOJ guidance and the court split on online-only stores.
- ADA compliance for small business websitesNo size exemption, no deadline, the tax credit and low-cost fixes.
- ADA website lawsuits in numbers2025 and 2026 counts, who gets sued and what settlements cost.
- New York ADA website lawsuitsFederal and state courts and state law damages.
- The Unruh Act and website accessibility in CaliforniaThe $4,000 minimum damages and the key website cases.
- Got an ADA demand letter?What to keep, what not to say and when to call a lawyer.
- AODA for Ontario storesThe WCAG 2.0 AA website rule and who must follow it.
- How to file your AODA compliance reportDue December 31, 2026 at 20 or more employees. Each step.
- Canadian accessibility lawsThe Accessible Canada Act and the provincial laws.
- European Accessibility ActWho is covered since June 28, 2025, and the microenterprise exemption.
- All accessibility lawsEvery law side by side, by country and company size.
Compare your options
- accessiBe vs UserWay vs AudioEyePrice, what each adds to your store and their legal offers.
- accessiBe alternativesCode-fix tools, manual audits and scanners.
- accessiBe pricing reviewEvery plan, the yearly math and the independent evidence.
- The accessiBe FTC settlement, explainedWhat the FTC alleged and what the 2025 order requires.
- UserWay alternativesWhat UserWay costs, the BloomsyBox lawsuit and options that fix the code.
- AudioEye alternatives and pricingWhy its prices are not public and options that fix the store.
- Shopify accessibility apps comparedWidgets, alt text apps, scanners and code-fix tools.
- Do accessibility overlays work?What disabled users report and the FTC order.
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