Growth & optimization
Store accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA)
People who use a keyboard or a screen reader should be able to buy from your store. I audit it against WCAG 2.1 AA, then fix the theme in small rounds you can review.
What's included
- An audit of the home, collection, product and cart pages
- Keyboard navigation and visible focus
- Colour contrast, form labels and alt text
- Menus, sliders and pop-ups that work with a screen reader
- A separate list of problems caused by apps or the platform
Sounds familiar?
- You sell to consumers in the EU and have heard about the European Accessibility Act.
- An accessibility checker or a customer flagged problems on your store.
- Menus and pop-ups cannot be used without a mouse.
If one of these is yours, send me a link and a few lines. Describe your task
How a project runs
Step 1: Send the task
A link and a few lines is enough.
Step 2: Fixed estimate
Hours, scope and deadline before any work starts.
Step 3: Build & review
On a preview theme. Nothing goes live without your OK.
Step 4: Pay on delivery
Exactly the estimate. Nothing added later.
Projects up to 20 hours usually need no prepayment. Bigger ones are agreed individually.
30-day warranty. Critical bugs from my work get fixed free, even after that.
Related work
Projects where I did this work, each with the problem, the decisions behind the build and the result.
Shared Shopify theme for a store chain
One premium theme extended once and carried across three stores: sliders, FAQs, limits, SEO.
Sections and features built on metafields · Accessibility
One Stencil theme for several stores
One Stencil theme runs several BigCommerce stores, each looking like its old Shopify store.
BigCommerce Stencil theme development · Porting Shopify theme features to BigCommerce
Questions
Will this cover the European Accessibility Act?
I work to WCAG 2.1 AA, the level commonly used as the technical benchmark, but I am not a lawyer and cannot give you a legal sign-off. The Act has applied to e-commerce since 28 June 2025, and the smallest businesses can be exempt, so ask a lawyer how it applies to you.
Have you done this before?
Yes. For a US vape store chain I shipped two rounds of WCAG 2.1 AA fixes on its Shopify theme and carried them to a second store, then did more accessibility work on its BigCommerce theme.
Can you fix everything?
Not always. Some problems sit in third-party apps or in parts of the platform a theme cannot change. I list those separately, so you know what to raise with the app maker.
Have a task like this?
Send a link and a few lines about what you need. I reply within 1 business day with questions or a fixed estimate.
Get a fixed estimate- The estimate is the priceHours and total agreed before work starts. No re-estimates.
- No prepayment on small projectsProjects up to 20 hours usually need none.
- 30-day warrantyCritical bugs from my work get fixed free, even after that.