Our company has been hit with an ADA accessibility lawsuit, and of course we are very shocked. We relied on a Shopify theme that was represented as accessible and didn’t use our own developer or anything like that. The lawsuit has a lot of claims that are inaccurate, like saying that our checkout ne…

Currently on the same boat. Bit of a tough situation since checkout portion is controlled by shopify and untouchable by me or any dev.

Hi Tough_Traveler! I’m new to the discussion board here, and just seeing your question. I know it’s been 3 months since you posted, but did you get the help you needed? If not, I’m glad to try to answer questions. I run an agency that helps eComm sites with accessibility and ADA compliance. Happy to…

Just remember that any “free audit” is likely only an automated scan. These scans only pick up about 30% of all accessibility issues. For instance, they cannot flag anything about whether your site has a problem with keyboard navigation (which is used by both vision impaired and mobility impaired us…

The free audits EcomBack does include manual testing.

It is amazing the Shopify out of the gate seems to be not ADA compliant. This has been going on for some time. Sorry to hear about that…

Ask yourself where in any terms is platform A is assuming ALL your legal liabilities, real or imagined? Ask yourself: has MY lawyer looked this over to set me straight? Ask yourself: regardless of accessibility have I invested in understanding and improving my digital presence so when I need to I …

Does anyone know any store that was affected with ADA, the settlement they asked, what all were the major accessibility issues they found and so. Is there any forums or website where I can see these lists. Thank you

[image] AmalMangad: the settlement they asked Settlements tend to be private AND have confidentiality clauses; ~NDA’s. And most numbers on the internet are anecdotes or just plain made up without the paper work to back up the amounts. [image] AmalMangad: Is there any forums or website …

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You may want to read the EcomBack 2024 Website Accessibility Lawsuit report and ask for a free audit.

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