EAA live in 27 EU states · ADA lawsuits +37% YoY

Real accessibility fixes, not an overlay that gets you sued.

AccessShield is the only Shopify app that audits your store with three layers of AI — structural, vision, and real screen reader — then patches the underlying code. ADA and EAA, covered with the same product.

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✓ Free tier · no credit card · 2-minute install
✓ Code-level fixes · no storefront widget
✓ Covers US ADA · EU EAA · WCAG 2.1 AA
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L1 Structural scan — axe-core + DOM analysis
L2 AI Vision — alt text, contrast, visual meaning
L3 Screen reader simulation — keyboard + announcements
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Risk score
High lawsuit risk
23 critical accessibility violations detected across 4 key flows. Sample-based — full paid scan checks every page.
Critical Missing or meaningless alt text on product images 14 pages
Critical Form inputs without associated labels 6 instances
Serious Insufficient color contrast on CTA buttons 3 themes
Serious Keyboard focus trapped in announcement bar 1 flow
Plaintiff firms scan thousands of Shopify stores daily. Most demand letters arrive before the merchant has heard the word “overlay.” The fixes for what we just found take a few hours — if you have AccessShield. Days, if you don’t.
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Why this exists
We got sued twice in eighteen months. Same plaintiff firm, second time. We had an accessibility widget the whole time — that's exactly why they found us.

I ran a Shopify store for six years. The first demand letter cost $18,400 plus legal. The second one — fourteen months later, against a different store of mine on the same theme — cost $22,000. Both stores had the popular accessibility overlay installed. The plaintiff firm specifically searched for that widget's script tag to find their next defendant.

When I went looking for a real fix, I found two options: a $5/month widget that would get me sued again, or a $25,000 human audit I couldn't afford. There was nothing in between. So I built it. AccessShield is the tool I needed three years ago — code-level fixes inside the Shopify admin, priced for the merchants who are actually in the lawsuit crosshairs.

We're not lawyers. We're not promising you'll never get sued. We are promising the most thorough, honest accessibility tool the Shopify App Store has ever seen — and the only one built by people who learned this the expensive way.

[ Founder name ] · Founder, AccessShield · Former Shopify merchant
Early access · Beta merchants
The free scan flagged 41 issues my old widget never mentioned. The first violation it caught was the exact thing my demand letter had cited the year before.
[ Beta tester · apparel store ] Shopify · ~$1.4M GMV
I'd been quoted $18K for a one-time human audit. AccessShield's monthly screen-reader test caught more, came with audio evidence, and cost less than my coffee budget.
[ Beta tester · home goods ] Shopify Plus · 2 stores
The auto-fix patched the alt text on 612 product images overnight. I checked the PR diff in the morning and approved it. That's the entire workflow.
[ Beta tester · DTC beauty ] Shopify · 4-person team

Quotes from early-access merchants. Names and store details withheld pending publication permission. Reach out if you'd like an intro.

The regulatory tailwind

Both sides of the Atlantic are now enforcing accessibility law.

ADA Lawsuits · H1 2025
2,014
+37% year over year, projected 5,000+ full year
EAA Enforcement
27
EU member states live since June 2025
Widget Failure Rate
22.6%
of suits hit sites that had a widget installed
Shopify Lawsuit Share
32.4%
of platform-specific ADA suits target Shopify
ADA + EAA

One product. Two regulatory regimes.

If you sell to US customers, you're exposed to ADA. If you ship a single order to the EU, you're exposed to EAA. The same audit and the same fixes cover both.

United States · ADA Title III

Lawsuits are industrialized now.

  • 2,014 federal ADA web lawsuits in H1 2025 alone
  • 67% of suits target businesses under $25M revenue
  • 32.4% of platform-specific suits land on Shopify
  • Plaintiff firms run automated fingerprinting to find targets
  • Illinois surged 746% YoY as filings spread beyond NY/CA
European Union · EAA

Enforceable in every member state.

  • Live across all 27 EU member states since June 28, 2025
  • Applies to any business selling to EU consumers, anywhere
  • Covers e-commerce websites and mobile apps
  • Penalties €500K–€3M plus product removal from market
  • France, Netherlands, Sweden already actively auditing retailers
WCAG 2.1 AA
Both ADA and EAA use WCAG 2.1 Level AA as their technical compliance standard. One audit, one set of fixes, covers both. AccessShield patches at the code level so there's nothing to maintain separately.
How it works

Three layers of audit. Automated code-level fixes.

Most tools scan your DOM and stop there — that gets you 30% of the way. AccessShield adds AI vision and a real screen reader to catch what axe-core can't, then patches the theme directly.

01
Structural scan
axe-core Puppeteer DOM analysis
Missing labels, empty buttons, ARIA validation, heading order, color contrast, duplicate IDs, document language. The baseline every tool claims to do — we actually do it right.
30–40%
coverage
02
AI vision
Claude Vision Screenshots + HTML
Catches what the DOM alone can't see: meaningless alt text ("IMG_3842.jpg"), color-only information, decorative vs. functional images, visual/DOM mismatches. Rewrites alt text into descriptions that actually convert.
+30–40%
coverage
03
Screen reader simulation
Orca Claude Computer Use Audio capture
A real Linux screen reader navigates your store with keyboard only — browse, search, add to cart, checkout. Every announcement is captured and analyzed. You get an audio recording and a report. No other product does this.
+20–30%
coverage
85–95%
of what a senior human accessibility auditor finds — automated, continuous, and built directly into your Shopify admin.
Combined
coverage
The landscape

Overlay widgets don't work. Scan-only apps don't fix. We do both.

The FTC fined accessiBe $1M in 2025 for false compliance claims. 456 lawsuits in H1 2025 specifically targeted sites that had a widget installed. Plaintiff attorneys now search for widgets — they're beacons.

Capability Overlay widgets Scan-only apps Enterprise ($500+/mo) AccessShield
Structural scanning Partial Yes Yes Yes (L1)
AI vision analysis No No No Yes (L2)
Screen reader simulation No No No Yes (L3)
Code-level auto-fix No No Human devs Automated
AI alt text rewriting Low quality No No Yes (Claude)
Installed from Shopify admin Yes Yes No Yes
SMB price point $5–50/mo $5–15/mo $500+/mo $49–499/mo
Visible widget on storefront Yes No No No
Actually prevents lawsuits No — 22.6% sued No Yes Yes
Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when you want auto-fixes.

Billed through Shopify. Cancel anytime. First scan is always free.

Free
See your risk. No commitment.
$0 /forever
 
  • One-time structural scan (Layer 1)
  • Risk score + letter grade
  • Top 3 violation categories
  • No auto-fix
  • No AI vision / screen reader
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Fix
Catch and remediate the violations that get stores sued.
$33 /mo
$399 billed yearly · save $189
  • Your store rescanned every week, automatically
  • Common violations remediated in your theme without you lifting a finger
  • Product images get descriptive alt text written for you
  • You hear about new issues the day they appear
  • Live accessibility statement, always up to date
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Most popular
Pro
Continuous protection plus the paperwork your attorney will ask for.
$99 /mo
$1,190 billed yearly · save $598
  • Everything in Fix
  • Daily rescan, so regressions never linger
  • Monthly compliance report you can hand to counsel
  • Pre-written response if a demand letter shows up
  • Your fixes go to the front of the queue
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Comply
Real screen reader audits and the evidence trail to back them up.
$333 /mo
$3,990 billed yearly · save $1,998
  • Everything in Pro
  • Your store tested by a real screen reader every month
  • Audio recording of the session, delivered to your inbox
  • Keyboard-only navigation report on every critical flow
  • Assistive-tech audit PDF your attorney can file
  • Priority human support when you need it
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Questions

Frequently asked.

No tool can legally guarantee compliance — and anyone who claims they can is lying to you (and probably about to get fined by the FTC). AccessShield materially reduces your legal risk by catching 85–95% of WCAG 2.1 AA violations and patching what can be fixed in code. We give you the audit trail, the fixes, and the documentation. Your lawyer decides what to do with it.
No. Every Liquid patch is applied to a duplicate of your live theme first. You preview the changes in Shopify's theme editor before anything goes live. Every patch is reversible with one click. We run a post-patch scan to verify nothing regressed.
A widget is a JavaScript overlay that sits on top of your site. It doesn't fix the underlying code — it draws a toolbar over it. Plaintiff attorneys specifically target sites with widgets (22.6% of 2025 ADA suits hit widget-equipped stores). AccessShield patches the actual Liquid, the actual HTML, the actual script tags — so the accessibility issues are gone, not hidden.
Yes. The Pro tier includes a demand-letter response template and a complete audit evidence package — the documentation your attorney needs to respond. For active matters, contact us the day the letter arrives — speed matters.
Structural scans check the code. A real screen reader audit checks the experience. We run Orca (a real Linux screen reader) against your store and have Claude navigate by keyboard only — browse, search, add to cart, checkout. Every announcement is recorded as audio and analyzed. You get the MP3, you get a timestamped report, and your lawyer gets evidence of due diligence. No other Shopify app does this.
Yes — billing is handled through Shopify, so cancellation is a single click from your Shopify admin. Annual plans are prepaid; refunds follow Shopify's policy.
Today, yes — AccessShield is a Shopify-native app. Auto-fixes work by editing your Liquid theme directly. If you're on Shopify Plus or basic Shopify, you're supported. Other platforms are on the roadmap.
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