A 10-minute accessibility check for Shopify stores
- No tools needed: Unplug your mouse, zoom to 200%, and listen to checkout errors.
- Conversion link: Most dropped checkouts in small ecommerce are silent accessibility friction.
- 5 simple tests: Catch 80% of preventable UX drop-offs before hiring an auditor.
A full WCAG audit takes real time, but you can catch a surprising number of accessibility issues — and the customers they're quietly turning away — in about ten minutes, with nothing but your keyboard and your eyes.
1. Unplug your mouse
Try to navigate your homepage, a product page, and checkout using only Tab, Shift+Tab and Enter. If you lose track of where focus is, or can't reach a button at all, so does every keyboard-only and switch-device customer landing on your store.
2. Zoom your browser to 200%
Zoom to 200% on your key product and checkout pages. Text that overlaps, sticky “Buy Now” bars that block the form, or elements pushed off-screen cost you low-vision shoppers on every single visit.
3. Check colour contrast on your buy button
White or pale text on a pastel button looks stylish on Figma boards but routinely fails the 4.5:1 WCAG AA threshold. Use a free online contrast checker against your primary CTA colour combo in seconds.
4. Turn off images and inspect your alt text
Product imagery without descriptive alt text is invisible to screen reader users. “IMG_4021.jpg” or blank alt tags leave visually impaired customers with zero context on what they're paying for.
5. Read your form errors out loud
Trigger checkout validation errors intentionally. Is the error message announced clearly, tied directly to the relevant input, and written in plain English? A generic red outline with no label is a dead end for assistive tech.
None of this replaces a comprehensive WCAG audit if compliance is an immediate milestone — but it surfaces the highest-friction barriers fast, and every single one is a quiet leak in your conversion funnel.
Accessibility and conversion go hand-in-hand. Get audited.
Whether you need a quick 3-point landing page fix or an end-to-end checkout & accessibility teardown, we help you uncover friction points hurting your sales — backed by our 100% Actionable Guarantee.