Creating an accessible website: a free guide for e-merchants

Ecommpay has made a significant commitment to the accessibility of its website and payments platform. It also empowers merchants to improve their digital presence by providing free access to a Guide to Digital Accessibility.

According to Scope, the total spending power of families with at least one disabled person is estimated at £274 billion a year, so we made accessibility the driving objective for designing the new Ecommpay website. We’ve used colours, fonts, and layouts that ensure accessibility for those with visual and hearing impairments and cognitive and physical disabilities.

The Ecommpay website, mobile SDK, and hosted payment page are also undergoing a rigorous three-strand testing process by the Digital Accessibility Centre to ensure they meet the WC3 (World Wide Web Consortium) WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.2 AA standard for accessibility. We anticipate the outcome of all tests to be complete and to achieve certification from the Digital Accessibility Centre by the end of September.

Ecommpay has worked with the Digital Accessibility Centre to create a Guide to Accessibility that covers every aspect of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines with a checklist for developers to reference as they build and maintain their websites.