AccessWatchHQ keeps a standing watch on your Shopify storefront: weekly full-site WCAG 2.2 scans, a trend line for every template, and alerts when anything moves the wrong way. Each month the watch compiles a remediation-evidence report, so your compliance file grows automatically while your team ships.
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Every template your store serves: home, collections, products, pages, blog, cart, search, and account. Each template gets a score trend, an open-issue list ranked by severity, and a fix step per issue. You see whether the store is getting more accessible week over week, with the receipts to prove it.
Scores weight issues by severity and template importance, so a keyboard trap on the product page counts far more than a contrast nit on a blog post. The method is fixed and published in your reports, which makes the trend line meaningful to counsel and insurers rather than a marketing number.
Scan history, score trends, issues opened and closed with dates, and the current status of every template. The report is written to be forwarded: an attorney, an insurer, or an acquirer's diligence team can read it without a tour of the product or a call with your developers.
| Capability | AccessWatchHQ | Free scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly scheduled full-site scans | Yes | No |
| Score trends per template | Yes | No |
| Stored scan history | Yes | No |
| Monthly evidence reports | Yes | No |
| Regression alerts | Yes | No |
| Developer-ready fix steps | Yes | No |
A Shopify store changes constantly: theme updates, app installs, new content, seasonal templates. Each change can reopen closed issues. A one-time fix degrades within weeks, silently. Watching keeps the store conformant and, just as important, keeps proving it, which is what matters when a demand letter arrives.
WCAG 2.2 Level AA, the standard courts and the DOJ reference for web accessibility. Scans cover the criteria that automated tooling can reliably evaluate, and flag the ones that need human judgment, like whether link text is meaningful, for a documented manual review pass with a named reviewer.
Yes, that is what it is for. The monthly report is formatted as a standalone document: methodology, scan dates, score trends, and a dated fix log. Brands use it in board risk updates, cyber and EPLI insurance renewals, and acquisition diligence, where an accessibility lawsuit history is a standard question.
You get an alert naming the template, the failing criterion, and the change window. Because the watch stores history, you can see exactly which week introduced the problem and which fix closed it. The drop and the recovery both land in the monthly report, showing an active program rather than a lapse.
No, and that is deliberate. Your developer or agency fixes issues using the per-issue guidance: criterion, component, theme file, and concrete step. A monitor that also sells fixes grades its own homework. AccessWatchHQ verifies every fix by rescan and stamps it with a date instead of selling hours.
Every engagement starts with a free accessibility audit, so your starting score and issue list are on the table before anything else. Ongoing monitoring is quoted per storefront after the audit, based on how many stores you run and how often you want them scanned. No long-term contract.