Accessibility tools are essential in ensuring that direct-to-consumer (DTC) websites and digital platforms are usable for everyone, including individuals with disabilities. These tools help in modifying websites to meet various accessibility standards, such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). They serve to adapt content, design, and navigation to be more inclusive, covering aspects like screen reader compatibility, keyboard navigation, and color contrast adjustments.
The importance of these tools for DTC brands lies in broadening their reach and inclusivity. By making their websites accessible, brands not only comply with legal requirements but also cater to a wider audience, enhancing the user experience for all customers.
Two notable tools in this arena are UserWay and AccessiBe. UserWay is popular for its ease of integration and comprehensive suite of features that automatically correct many common accessibility issues. It's known for its widget that can be easily added to a website to instantly improve accessibility. AccessiBe, meanwhile, stands out for its AI-driven approach. Explore more below!
Here’s a list of the top accessibility used by the best brands in eCommerce. Check out tools like Accessibe to help you with web accessibility (used by Tracksmith) or iubenda to help you with compliance (used by Rumpl)

accessiBe is a web Accessibility Solution for WCAG Compliance (web content accessibility guidelines). The accessibility interface is responsible for all the UI and design-related adjustments, while the AI-powered background process handles optimizations for screen-reader and for keyboard navigation

Meet Axeptio—where policy and style ensure GDPR, TCF, APPI, PIPEDA, LAW 25, Google Consent Mode V2, ePrivacy, CCPA compliance. Tailor to your brand’s store while tapping into powerful analytics on your consent rate. Respect customer privacy, avoid unwanted fees, enjoy robust customizations and A/B testing. Plus, cookie scanner with auto reporting in our CPM. You can build, personalize, and publish in minutes.

All in One Accessibility is an AI-powered accessibility tool that enables websites to be accessible among people with hearing or vision impairments, motor impairment, color blindness, dyslexia, cognitive & learning impairments, seizure and epileptic, and ADHD problems. It allows users to select the accessibility features as per their needs and peruse the content. The solution takes 2 minutes to install and is designed to reduce the risk of time-consuming accessibility lawsuits. It supports over 140 languages and has add-ons for document and PDF compliance remediation, language translation as per accessibility user needs, and other customizations.

Use Product Tabs to organize the look and feel of your Products. We support both 2.0 and older theme versions - so it will work with any store setup. Moreover, our app is fully compliant with WCAG 2.0 standards. You can create an individual tab to show a specific product or a shared tab - if you want to apply that to a number of collections/products at once. Feel free to use the existing product heading as well. NEW FEATURE- dynamic tabs based on metafields.