Stop demand letters
ADA Title III lawsuits target ecommerce more than any other category. Know your exposure before a plaintiff's firm does.
FREE ACCESSIBILITY SCAN · ADA CONFORMANCE FOR YOUR WEBSITE
Run a free accessibility scan on your Shopify store.
Under 60 seconds to a baseline read on your storefront templates. Your free report groups violations by theme vs page-specific issues, so you know where to fix first. Paid audits cover the full purchase path, including Shopify Checkout. Remediation and monitoring by a Shopify specialist who works to the standards courts actually reference.
Optimized for Shopify storefronts but we can scan other sites too.
A verified work email is required.
Editorial illustration of a product page with a visible keyboard focus ring on the primary call-to-action button
The standard behind your scan
What is WCAG, and why does it matter?
WCAG stands for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Version 2.1 is the edition most clients use today. Level AA is the conformance level courts, regulators, and enterprise buyers most often expect for ecommerce sites.
WCAG is not a law by itself. It is the technical standard U.S. courts and the Department of Justice reference when evaluating whether a website is accessible under ADA Title III. It is also the benchmark in many procurement contracts and settlement agreements. Following WCAG 2.1 AA is the practical way to show you took accessibility seriously.
Our free accessibility scan runs automated checks mapped to WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria: contrast, keyboard access, form labels, headings, and other issues scanners can detect. Paid audits add manual testing for the rest, because automated tools catch only part of what WCAG requires.
Read the official guidelines at W3C WCAG 2.1.
Why Shopify stores need a real accessibility program.
Federal ADA Title III lawsuits targeting websites have grown every year for the past decade. Shopify storefronts are not exempt, and most accessibility apps in the App Store create more legal risk than they solve.
Find template-level issues.
Free scan reports separate template-level violations from page-specific ones. Fix shared theme code once instead of patching every product URL.
Skip overlay apps
Accessibility sidebar toggles do not fix your theme code. They have been the subject of their own class-action lawsuits.
Get code-level fixes
Remediation happens in your Shopify theme on a development branch. No scripts pasted in, no apps that make it worse.
Stay defensible
Every engagement ships a WCAG 2.1 AA conformance report and a public accessibility statement your legal team can review.
4,000+
ADA Title III website lawsuits filed in the U.S. each year.
~30%
Of WCAG violations automated scanners detect without manual testing.
$0
What an "accessibility overlay" app actually saves you in legal risk.
Statistics based on Seyfarth Shaw ADA Title III tracking and WCAG audit research. We document our sources on every audit we deliver.
Generate your free accessibility report
Paste your Shopify store URL. Your report groups storefront findings by template (theme-wide) vs page-specific, including cart UI on scanned pages. Shopify Checkout requires a paid audit. A verified work email is required to run your scan.
How to run your website accessibility scan in 3 steps
Free, fast, and built for Shopify storefront templates (not Shopify Checkout).
Scan your store
Enter your URL. We'll verify your work email so we know that you aren't a bot and so that your report lands in the right inbox.
Detect violations
Automated WCAG testing on discoverable storefront pages: home, collections, products, and cart UI on those URLs. About 30% of violations show up in scans; a manual audit covers Shopify Checkout and the rest.
Get your report
Findings grouped for Shopify: template-level issues (theme-wide) vs page-specific (content or one-offs). Fix shared components once instead of chasing every URL.
Run free accessibility scan
Prefer to talk first? Book a free strategy call
Compatible with your Shopify stack
The free scan is an automated baseline on your public storefront. Paid audits add manual testing of cart flows and Shopify Checkout, where URL crawlers cannot go.
Theme storefront
Free scan + audit
Home, collections, product pages, header, and cart UI on those URLs (drawer, mini-cart, add-to-cart). Fixable in your theme and apps.
Cart page
Audit (manual)
The /cart template when your store uses a dedicated cart page. Included in the free scan when we discover the URL; always validated manually in audits.
Shopify Checkout
Audit (manual)
Platform-governed checkout (Plus: Checkout UI Extensions). Session-gated and not in sitemaps, so we test keyboard and screen reader flows manually, not via URL crawl.
- Online Store 2.0 themes
- Hydrogen storefronts
- Custom Liquid sections
Free accessibility scan
What your free accessibility scan answers
Your free report turns these storefront worries into a clear, prioritized answer. Shopify Checkout is platform-governed and not URL-scannable; a paid audit covers that path manually.
Are my issues in the theme or on individual pages?
Are my product pages failing contrast or keyboard tests?
Could I get sued for accessibility issues on my Shopify store?
Is my cart drawer and add-to-cart UI failing in the theme?
Are overlay apps making my store less compliant?
Three ways we work with Shopify brands on accessibility.
From a quick audit to ongoing protection. Pick the engagement that fits where you are.
Shopify WCAG 2.1 AA Audit
From $2,500
Fixed-fee scope. Most Shopify stores fall in the $2,500–$4,500 range based on template count.
Automated scan plus manual testing of homepage, product detail pages, collection pages, cart (page and drawer), and Shopify Checkout. Real human review by a Shopify developer, not a sidebar of toggles.
- Template vs page-specific violation breakdown
- Prioritized fix list with severity ratings
- WCAG 2.1 AA conformance report
- Accessibility statement draft
- Loom walkthrough of every finding
- 30-min handoff call with your team
Timeline: 5–7 business days
Most common engagement
Remediation Sprint
$8,000 – $20,000
Scope-dependent. Fixed-price quote after audit.
We fix the audit findings ourselves: code-level changes to your theme, no overlays, no apps that make it worse. Every change is documented, tested, and shipped on a development branch you review before merging.
- All audit findings remediated
- Per-change documentation
- Updated accessibility statement
- Conformance documentation suitable for legal review
- Theme handoff with a written performance + accessibility budget
Timeline: 1–3 weeks (most engagements ship in 14 days)
Quarterly Compliance Monitoring
From $1,200/quarterly
Includes 4 hours of remediation work per quarter. Additional hours billed at the retainer rate.
Re-scan after every theme deploy. Diff reports classify new violations as template regressions vs page-specific changes from merchandising or content edits. We catch issues from app installs and theme tweaks before they ship to production.
- Quarterly automated re-scan
- Diff reports with template vs page-specific changes
- Severity-ranked new violations
- 4 remediation hours per quarter
- Annual full-stack manual re-audit
- Slack channel for accessibility questions
Timeline: Ongoing, quarterly
What kind of accessibility engagement do you need?
Three productized tiers plus self-selection cards. Pick the engagement that fits where you are.
Demand letter or urgent flag
Reactive
You sound like this
You got a demand letter, your legal team flagged it, or your CEO Googled "ADA lawsuit Shopify" last week. Start with the Audit and move into Remediation.
Recommended path
- 1. Audit
- 2. Remediation
- 3. Monitoring
Gaps you want to fix on your timeline
Preventive
You sound like this
You haven't had an issue yet, but you know your store has gaps. You'd rather fix it on your timeline than someone else's. Start with the Audit, scope a Remediation Sprint, and stay clean with Monitoring.
Recommended path
- 1. Audit
- 2. Remediation
- 3. Monitoring
Already clean, staying that way
Maintained
You sound like this
You've already remediated. You know how fast things drift after a theme update or a new app install. Skip to Monitoring.
Recommended path
- 1. Audit
- 2. Remediation
- 3. Monitoring
How a full accessibility engagement runs
Already ran the free scan? Here is what happens when you engage us for audit and remediation work.
You scan or call.
Run a free accessibility scan on your store (template vs page-specific breakdown included), or book a 30-min strategy call. Either way, we get a baseline read on where you stand and what's likely driving the risk.
We manually audit.
Automated tooling runs first on your storefront. Then one of our auditors manually tests every flow that matters: keyboard nav, screen reader, focus management, form behavior, cart, and Shopify Checkout. You get a report with severity, location, and fix guidance.
We remediate.
Once we have a remediation plan, we will apply code-level fixes to your theme, on a development branch. We don't install accessibility overlay apps. We don't paste in a script and call it done. Every change gets a Loom walkthrough so your team understands what we did.
You publish a remediated site.
After all the fixes are applied, we will help you publish the remediated site. We will also help you with conformance documentation, a published accessibility statement, and anything else your legal team needs to review.
We monitor (optional).
Quarterly re-scans, diff reports, and remediation hours catch new violations.
When accessibility becomes urgent, you need more than a scan.
Demand letters, legal reviews, and failed audits all create the same problem: your team needs to know what is broken, what to fix first, and how to prove progress. We turn accessibility pressure into a prioritized remediation plan your developers and legal team can both use.
Prioritize the real risk
We separate noisy scan output from the issues that matter most: blocked buying paths, keyboard traps, missing labels, checkout friction, and statement gaps.
Fix the storefront
Our team remediates in your Shopify theme or app surface with code-level changes, not overlay scripts or generic recommendations.
Document the response
You get a clean audit trail with findings, fixes, screenshots, retest notes, and accessibility statement language your legal team can review.
Questions we get asked the most.
Not always. Many violations live in shared theme templates: header, cart drawer, collection grid, and product layout. Our free scan groups findings into template-level vs page-specific buckets so remediation can start where the impact is highest.
Make accessibility a competitive advantage.
Start with a free scan or talk to us about audit and remediation work.
Work email required for report delivery.
Cascadia Marquee provides accessibility consulting and development services. We are not a law firm and do not provide legal opinions or guarantees regarding ADA compliance. Accessibility is a continuous obligation; conformance is assessed at the time of audit.