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Website accessibility for online apparel stores: ADA and EAA risks

Online apparel stores websites usually hinge on product pages, size guides, cart and checkout. These are the accessibility problems that most often show up on them, and they are among the issues cited in ADA demand letters. Check your own site for free with a read-only scan.

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Common accessibility problems on these sites

  • Product images without alt text describing color and style
  • Size and color swatches with no text labels
  • Checkout fields without autocomplete
  • Icon-only cart and wishlist buttons

What we found on 50 online apparel stores websites

Average automated score: 65/100. Share of sampled sites with each issue on at least one scanned page:

  • 74% no accessibility statement link
  • 54% links with no accessible name
  • 50% no main heading (h1)
  • 50% skipped heading levels
  • 46% no "skip to main content" link
  • 44% duplicate element ids
  • 34% contact or checkout fields without autocomplete
  • 30% form fields without labels

Methodology: Read-only scan of the homepage and up to 2 linked pages of 50 public online apparel stores websites in six U.S. metros (Austin, Chicago, Denver, Atlanta, Seattle, Phoenix), scanned 2026-10-26. Site list from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Our crawler honors robots.txt; individual sites are never named. Automated checks find only some issues, and these figures describe the sample, not every business or any legal conclusion. About our crawler.

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Run the free scan on your homepage and your booking, contact or checkout page. It lists the exact HTML to fix and generates an Accessibility Statement. Avoid overlay widgets; fix the underlying pages instead.

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Frequently asked questions

What should online apparel stores check first?

Product images without alt text describing color and style.

How do I check my own site?

Run the free scan on your homepage and your booking, contact or checkout page. It lists the exact HTML to fix and generates an Accessibility Statement. Avoid overlay widgets; fix the underlying pages instead.

Is this legal advice?

No. These are technical guidelines and an automated, read-only check, not legal advice or a certification.

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Also see CitePulse for online apparel stores.

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