18 guides
Answers: “Does your store need an accessibility statement page?”
Whether an ecommerce store needs a published accessibility statement page, what to include, and why an honest, dated statement helps more than a vague or copied one.
Answers: “What is an ADA demand letter, and can you ignore it?”
What an ADA demand letter actually is, why you cannot safely ignore one, and the exact first steps to take if your store receives one.
Answers: “Does the European Accessibility Act apply to my ecommerce store?”
Does the European Accessibility Act apply to a US-based ecommerce store? Who must comply, what it requires, and how it overlaps with ADA compliance.
Answers: “What proof do you need to show ADA compliance?”
There is no official ADA compliance certificate. What actually counts as proof, in a lawsuit or to a business partner, is a documented audit trail.
Answers: “What is a VPAT and does my ecommerce store need one?”
What a VPAT is, who actually asks for one, and how it differs from an accessibility audit, for ecommerce stores selling into government or enterprise accounts.
Answers: “How many websites are not ADA compliant?”
The current data on how many websites fail WCAG standards, where the number comes from, and why the real non-compliance rate is likely worse than it looks.
Answers: “What are the new ADA guidelines?”
What the DOJ's 2026 Title II deadline extension actually changed, who it applies to, and why it does not affect ADA Title III risk for private ecommerce stores.
Answers: “How much does a WCAG audit cost?”
What a professional WCAG accessibility audit actually costs, what drives the price up or down, and how that compares to the cost of an ADA lawsuit.
Answers: “Who needs to be WCAG compliant?”
A breakdown of exactly which laws require WCAG compliance, from ADA Title III for private business to Title II, Section 508, and the EAA.
Answers: “What happens if my website is not ADA compliant?”
What actually happens when a website is not ADA compliant: demand letters, settlement costs, lost customers, and why fixing it later always costs more than fixing it now.
Answers: “What are the ADA compliance requirements for US businesses?”
The pillar guide to ADA compliance for US businesses: what the law requires, who it covers, what standard applies to websites, how enforcement works, and where to start.
Answers: “Do accessibility overlay widgets make my website ADA compliant?”
The technical reasons accessibility overlays cannot deliver WCAG compliance, what the FTC and the accessibility community have said, and what to do instead.
Answers: “What is WCAG 2.1 AA and how does it apply to my Shopify store?”
What WCAG 2.1 AA actually is, how the guidelines map to the parts of a Shopify store, and which criteria matter most for ecommerce.
Answers: “Should I get an accessibility audit or install a widget like accessiBe?”
The real difference between a human accessibility audit and an overlay widget: what each one actually does, what each one costs, and what the FTC had to say about it.
Answers: “Who is exempt from ADA website compliance?”
The real exemptions under ADA Title III, the myths that get repeated, and why state laws close most of the gaps people hope to fit through.
Answers: “Which ecommerce platform is best for ADA compliance?”
How the accessibility risk differs across the three big ecommerce platforms, where each one tends to break, and what stays your responsibility on all of them.
Answers: “Is Shopify automatically ADA compliant?”
What Shopify gives you out of the box, what it explicitly leaves to you, and why 'built on Shopify' has never been a compliance defense.
Answers: “Do online stores legally have to be ADA compliant?”
Whether the ADA applies to your online store, what the courts have actually decided, and what standard you are expected to meet in practice.