Adobe Commerce accessibility services

Make your Adobe Commerce store WCAG-compliant, and remove the lawsuit risk for good.

A scoped audit, prioritised remediation, and signed WCAG 2.2 AA evidence for your Magento or Adobe Commerce store. Built for compliance leads who need certainty, not a widget that papers over the gaps.

Submit brief → call within 48 hours → scoped audit proposal in 3 days → remediation begins within 1 week of sign-off

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Adobe Commerce and Magento stores audited

WCAG 2.2 AA

Conformance target on every engagement

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Median audit to first remediation pull request

Zero

Overlay widgets used or recommended

A merchant tests checkout with a screen reader on a quiet morning desk
The cost of an inaccessible store

A demand letter, a frustrated shopper, or a missed quarter. Pick one.

ADA Title III filings against ecommerce brands cross 4,000 a year. Disabled shoppers spend an estimated $490 billion annually. Most Magento stores still fail basic screen-reader navigation on the cart and checkout. The risk and the revenue both sit in the same place.

Legal letters arriving without warning

A serial filer scans your store with axe-core, finds 38 contrast and ARIA failures, and the demand letter lands three weeks later. Settlement and remediation together: $20,000 to $90,000.

Screen-reader users abandon at checkout

Stepper labels read as empty divs. Card-form errors announce as "error" with no field name. Customers using JAWS or NVDA bounce silently.

An overlay widget that papers over the cracks

The widget on the corner of the page promises compliance. Courts in 2023 and 2024 have ruled it does not. Your underlying code still fails.

Signed WCAG 2.2 AA conformance report on file

When the letter comes, your counsel forwards a 60-page conformance report with Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, screen-reader traces, and a re-test log. Most demand letters never become suits.

Checkout works on keyboard, screen reader, and voice

Product Detail Page, cart, mini-cart, and the full checkout flow tested with JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. Disabled shoppers complete purchase, not abandon.

An audit trail your development team can maintain

Issue list mapped to WCAG criteria, pull requests merged into your repository, axe-core in continuous integration pipeline, and a quarterly re-test schedule. Conformance stops being a sprint and becomes a habit.

Two user experience leads reviewing an accessibility audit on a large monitor
WCAG 2.2 AA coverage

WCAG 2.2 AA coverage across every surface of your Adobe Commerce store.

We test against the four POUR principles, not against a generic checklist. Click each principle to see the criteria we test, the Magento templates we touch, and what evidence you receive.

store.example.com / product / merino-jacket

Tested criteria, sample

  • 1.1.1 Non-text content (image alt)
  • 1.3.1 Info and relationships
  • 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum 4.5:1)
  • 1.4.11 Non-text contrast 3:1
  • 1.4.12 Text spacing

Magento templates touched

catalog/product/viewPass
catalog/category/list3 issues
checkout/onepage9 issues
customer/account2 issues

Evidence delivered

Screenshot grid of every failed contrast pair, exported alt-text audit per stock-keeping unit, and a colour-token diff for your design system.

store.example.com / checkout

Tested criteria, sample

  • 2.1.1 Keyboard accessible
  • 2.4.3 Focus order
  • 2.4.7 Focus visible
  • 2.5.7 Dragging movements (2.2)
  • 2.5.8 Target size minimum (2.2)

Keyboard traversal audit

Tab 01: Skip-to-mainvisible
Tab 14: Main menuvisible
Tab 28: Add to cartlow contrast
Tab 41: Mini-cart triggertrapped
Tab 52: Place ordervisible

Evidence delivered

Recorded keyboard walkthrough of the full purchase flow, focus-trap inventory, and target-size diff against the 24x24 CSS pixel rule.

store.example.com / customer / login

Tested criteria, sample

  • 3.2.2 On input (no surprise navigation)
  • 3.3.1 Error identification
  • 3.3.2 Labels or instructions
  • 3.3.7 Redundant entry (2.2)
  • 3.3.8 Accessible authentication (2.2)

Form audit, sample fields

Email addressplaceholder only
Passwordno error link
Postcodelabelled
Card CVCno autocomplete
Captchaimage-only

Evidence delivered

Field-by-field label and error map, recordings of NVDA reading each form, and a replacement plan for image-only CAPTCHA.

store.example.com / accessibility-tree

Tested criteria, sample

  • 4.1.2 Name, role, value
  • 4.1.3 Status messages
  • ARIA 1.2 dialog and disclosure
  • Custom Hyva widget patterns
  • Live region announcements

Assistive technology matrix

JAWS 2024 / Chromepass
NVDA 2024.3 / Firefoxpass
VoiceOver / macOS Safari3 partial
TalkBack / Android Chromepass
Dragon NaturallySpeaking2 partial

Evidence delivered

Accessibility-tree snapshots per template, ARIA pattern audit for custom widgets, and an axe-core continuous integration report exported to your repository.

A designer adjusts color contrast tokens in a design system file
Adobe Commerce accessibility readiness check

Where does your store sit on WCAG 2.2 AA today?

Tick the items your team can confirm. Your live score updates as you go. At the end, you will see whether your next step is a full audit, a prioritised remediation sprint, or a quarterly certification cadence.

Your readiness score
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Recommended next step

Start with a full WCAG 2.2 AA audit.

You have meaningful exposure on more than five of the ten criteria. A 10 to 14 day audit will inventory the failures, score them by user impact, and give your legal counsel an evidence pack to lean on.

Request your audit

Recommended next step

Prioritised remediation sprint.

Several criteria are mostly there. We scope a 4 to 6 week remediation that closes the legal-risk items first, then the conversion-impact items, with axe-core wired into the continuous integration pipeline for the rest.

Plan the sprint

Recommended next step

Certify and monitor.

Strong base. Move to a signed Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, quarterly re-test cadence, and continuous integration accessibility checks so future Adobe Commerce releases never reintroduce regressions.

Book a Certification Call

This check is not a legal opinion. It surfaces the most common Adobe Commerce gaps so you know what to scope first.

Most common gaps we find

Checkout focus traps

82%

Missing product image alt text

74%

Form fields without visible labels

68%

Colour contrast failures (calls to action)

61%

Missing ARIA on mini-cart and modal

55%

Based on 148 plus Adobe Commerce audits.

Process

From signed engagement to certified conformance in 28 days.

A repeatable five-phase path, mapped to the criteria, the templates, and the people who need to sign off.

Phase 01Days 1 to 3
1

Scope and prioritise

Kick-off call, template inventory, and a prioritised scope across Product Detail Page, cart, checkout, and account.

Phase 02Days 4 to 10
2

Audit and evidence

Automated scan, manual review against POUR, and assistive-technology testing on JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack.

Phase 03Days 11 to 21
3

Remediate

Adobe Commerce theme, layout XML, and ARIA-pattern fixes shipped as pull requests into your repository, reviewed by your development team.

Phase 04Days 22 to 26
4

Re-test

Independent re-test against the original criteria list, with axe-core integrated into your continuous integration pipeline.

Phase 05Days 27 to 28
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Certify

Signed WCAG 2.2 AA conformance report, Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, and a quarterly re-test schedule handed to your counsel.

What your team handles

  • One scope-and-prioritise call
  • Repository access for pull-request review
  • Final sign-off with legal counsel

What you do not handle

  • Running JAWS, NVDA, or VoiceOver yourself
  • Writing the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, the conformance report, or the evidence appendix
  • Mapping issues to WCAG criteria by hand
  • Building the axe-core continuous integration integration from scratch
A developer runs automated axe-core tests in a terminal window
Tooling and evidence stack

Real audits, real assistive technology, real evidence.

Every Adobe Commerce accessibility audit runs through the same toolchain. No overlays, no script-only scanners, no marketing certifications. Click through to see what runs and what comes out.

redefine-audit / pnpm test:a11y
$ pnpm test:a11y --config=adobe-commerce.config.ts
[axe-core 4.10] scanning catalog/product/view ... done
[axe-core 4.10] scanning checkout/onepage ... 9 violations
[axe-core 4.10] scanning checkout/cart ... 4 violations
[lighthouse] accessibility score for /product/merino ... 93
[manual] JAWS 2024 + Chrome 132 walkthrough recorded
[manual] NVDA 2024.3 + Firefox 130 walkthrough recorded
[manual] VoiceOver / iOS 17 walkthrough recorded
[evidence] generating vpat-2.4-conformance.pdf ... ok
[evidence] exporting axe-report.json to /artifacts ... ok
[ci] axe-core hook installed on pull-request ... ok
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Automated scanning

Live

axe-core 4, Lighthouse accessibility, Pa11y continuous integration, and a custom Adobe Commerce template walker.

Catches 30 to 35 percent of issues

Manual assistive-technology testing

Live

JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack, Dragon, Windows Magnifier, and switch input.

Where the remaining 65 percent of issues live

Evidence artefacts

Live

Voluntary Product Accessibility Template 2.4, signed WCAG 2.2 AA conformance report, axe-core JSON, recorded walkthroughs.

Handed to your counsel and your continuous integration repository

axe-core 4

Industry-standard scanner, wired into continuous integration pipeline on every pull request

Screen readers

JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack, recorded walkthroughs

VPAT 2.4

Signed template your counsel can hand to procurement

WCAG 2.2 AA

The conformance level US and EU courts read against

Cost of inaction

ADA web filings are not slowing down. Your inbox is the gap.

The longer your store stays out of conformance, the higher the chance the next demand letter lands on your desk. Watch the ticker, then ask whether your current setup would survive an Adobe Commerce checkout walkthrough by a serial filer.

ADA Title III ecommerce filings, 2024
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Estimated count, current calendar year. Source: published court trackers, updated weekly.

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Annual spending power of disabled US shoppers ($)

$0K

Median ADA settlement plus remediation cost

0%

Repeat filings against the same brand within 12 months

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Typical demand-letter response window

Proof

Real Adobe Commerce remediation, real conversion lift.

One representative engagement. Identical brief from many more on request.

A shopper navigates an apparel store using keyboard-only controls
Corporate apparel ecommerceAdobe Commerce

Corporate Gear

Branded merchandise and apparel for businesses outfitting their teams, fulfilling business-to-business and business-to-consumer orders from the same storefront.

The operational problem

The site struggled to convert across a wide range of buyers. Usability and accessibility gaps were holding back lead generation and engagement, with optimisation work scattered across teams and no structured testing to back it up.

What we did

A user experience-focused remediation across the storefront. Accessibility and navigation were re-worked to widen audience reach, A/B and multivariate testing was layered on top to validate every change, and personalisation was extended so the new accessible patterns held up across audience segments.

Result

0%

Lift in measured conversion across the remediated journey

Result

3.1x

Increase in qualified lead capture from the same traffic

User experience and interfaceADA remediationA/B testingPersonalisation
Why Redefine

Pick your seat. We will show you why we are different.

Accessibility services look the same in a sales deck. They feel very different on day 35 when the demand letter actually arrives. Here is how Redefine compares against the default partner approach for each buyer.

Typical partner billing

Scanner report and an overlay widget

  • axe-core export with no manual screen-reader testing
  • Overlay widget that does not protect against US Title III suits
  • No signed Voluntary Product Accessibility Template your legal counsel can lean on
  • Fixes shipped on the partner's branch, not yours
Redefine accessibility services

Signed conformance, evidence pack, audit trail

  • Automated plus manual assistive-technology testing on every template
  • Zero overlay widgets: real markup-level fixes only
  • Signed Voluntary Product Accessibility Template 2.4 and WCAG 2.2 AA conformance report
  • Pull requests into your repository, reviewed by your team, owned by you

Typical partner billing

A list of failures with no context

  • Tickets dropped into Jira, mapped to nothing
  • No design-system contrast tokens, no component-level fixes
  • Fixes leave the mini-cart, quick-view, and Product Detail Page gallery broken on assistive technology
  • Regressions return on the next theme release
Redefine accessibility services

Fixes inside your design system, not outside it

  • Contrast tokens and focus states baked into your design system
  • Component-level ARIA patterns for mini-cart, quick-view, and modal
  • Storybook entries showing the accessible state of every component
  • axe-core in continuous integration pipeline to catch regressions before the next theme release

Typical partner billing

Retainer with no completion criteria

  • Monthly fee with no defined end state
  • No measurable reduction in legal exposure
  • No measurable reach into disabled shopper revenue
  • Lock-in via custom code your team cannot maintain
Redefine accessibility services

Scoped engagement with a certified end state

  • Fixed-scope audit and remediation with a defined certified end state
  • Measurable reduction in Title III exposure, signed and dated
  • Access to the estimated $490 billion disabled-shopper market, evidenced
  • You own every pull request. No proprietary lock-in. No retainer required after certification
Closing the loop

Adobe Commerce accessibility, frequently asked.

No. US courts in 2023 and 2024 have repeatedly ruled that overlay widgets do not protect against Title III claims, because the underlying code still fails WCAG. Real remediation happens in the markup, design tokens, and ARIA patterns of your Adobe Commerce theme. That is what we deliver.

Every engagement targets WCAG 2.2 AA. That is the level US Department of Justice guidance, EU EN 301 549, and most ADA Title III settlements read against. AAA is a stretch goal for specific surfaces, not a blanket requirement.

Yes. We run an expedited 5-day audit and remediation-plan engagement for active demand letters. You get an evidence pack your counsel can return with the response, plus a scoped remediation plan to start the same week. Email the letter and we will respond within 24 hours.

No. Fixes are written into your theme and design system, not patched as a layer above. We also wire axe-core into your continuous integration pipeline so future commits, new pages, and Adobe Commerce upgrades surface accessibility regressions on the pull request before they reach production.

Pricing depends on template count, custom widget surface, and conformance target. Most engagements scope between $12,000 and $40,000 for audit plus remediation, with a defined certified end state. We send a line-by-line proposal in 3 business days, with no commitment to receive it.

Is this the right fit?

We turn away as many stores as we take on. Be straight with yourself.

Good fit

You will get strong value from this engagement if

  • Your store runs on Adobe Commerce, Magento Open Source 2.4 or later, or a Hyva theme
  • You have legal counsel involved, even informally, or a compliance roadmap to defend
  • You can give us repository access and a communication channel with your engineering team
  • You want a certified end state, not an indefinite retainer

Not a fit

Better to look elsewhere if

  • You want a cheap overlay widget, not real markup-level fixes
  • You are on Shopify, BigCommerce, or a custom platform without Magento templates
  • You cannot or will not give engineering access to merge accessibility pull requests
  • You expect a single-day scan as a substitute for a conformance audit

Not sure where your store sits? Tell us your situation and we will be straight with you, on the call.

Start your audit

Get a scoped Adobe Commerce accessibility audit proposal in 3 days.

Tell us what your legal counsel is asking for. We review your store, then reply inside 48 hours with a line-by-line proposal. No commitment. No pitch.

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Submit your brief

3-minute form: store URL, what is failing, what legal wants.

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Discovery call within 48 hours

A senior accessibility lead reviews your store before we speak.

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Scoped proposal in 3 business days

Line-by-line pricing, defined scope, and a WCAG 2.2 AA certified end state.

148 plus Adobe Commerce engagements

You own every pull request, every artefact

WCAG 2.2 AA · certified end state

No commitment. No pitch.

What is on your plate? (pick any)

Call within 48 hours · proposal in 3 business days · first remediation pull request within 1 week of sign-off · No commitment. No pitch.

Brief received

We have your brief.

A senior accessibility lead will review your store and reply inside 48 hours with a scoped proposal. If you flagged an active demand letter, we will reply inside 24 hours and include an expedited 5-day audit plan.

Expect the proposal as a Notion or PDF document, with line-by-line pricing.

Get on a call with us to see how we can help you

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