Guides: accessibility for EU Shopify stores

General information, not legal advice. Each guide cites its sources.

The European Accessibility Act has applied to online shops selling to EU consumers since 28 June 2025. These guides explain what that means for a Shopify store in practice: what to fix in your theme, what to publish and what to keep on record. Each one links to the legal texts and data it relies on, and says where the law is still open.

Guides

• The 7 most common accessibility barriers on Shopify stores, and how to fix them

  Contrast, unnamed links and buttons, missing alt text, blocked zoom: what the data shows on EU Shopify home pages and where to fix each one in Dawn, Horizon and other themes.

• Accessibility statement for a Shopify store: what the EAA asks for, with a template

  What Annex V of the European Accessibility Act requires you to publish, how national laws differ, where to put it in Shopify and an outline you can adapt.

• The EAA microenterprise exemption: does it cover your Shopify store?

  The two thresholds, how to count staff and turnover, how nine national laws apply it, and what to keep on file.

• Selling into the EU from the US or UK: the EAA for Shopify brands

  When the European Accessibility Act applies to a store based outside the EU, which country's rules you follow, and a practical plan for US and UK brands.

Research

• Study: accessibility of 5,463 EU Shopify home pages (2026)

  What automated checks find on EU Shopify home pages, with method, limits and downloadable data.