Field notes

Writing on accessible commerce.

Plain-English guides, behind-the-scenes engineering, and merchant interviews — from the team building Clevyre. New posts every Tuesday.

“The 14% lift wasn't from prettier buttons — it was from shoppers who could finally check out.”
Featured Research 12 min read

The ROI of accessibility: numbers from 200 Shopify stores.

We pulled six months of conversion data from merchants running Clevyre. Stores that turned on contrast and text-scaling saw a 14% lift in checkout completion. Here's the full breakdown — by industry, AOV band, and which features moved the needle most.

Rohan Acharya Dec 9, 2025 12 min
00 Product
One install.
Five standards.
Product 8 min read

Welcome to the Clevyre Accessibility Widget.

25+ accessibility tools, five ready-made profiles, and support for WCAG, ADA, EAA, AODA, and BFSG — all in one no-code Shopify install.

Rohan Acharya · May 25, 2026
00 Buyer’s guide
Eight apps.
One decision.
Compliance 13 min read

Best Shopify accessibility apps for ADA compliance in 2026.

We compared 8 top Shopify accessibility apps — features, pricing, compliance coverage. Find the right fit for ADA, WCAG, and EAA.

Sarah Klein · May 25, 2026
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WCAG, in plain English.
Compliance 8 min read

WCAG 2.2 in plain English: a Shopify merchant's translation guide.

We translate every Level AA criterion into the actual choice you'd make on a product page. Bookmark this one.

Sarah Klein · Nov 28, 2025
02
A storefront, read aloud.
Design 11 min read

Designing for screen readers without losing your brand voice.

A live walkthrough of three product pages, before and after — VoiceOver transcripts included.

Elena Marković · Nov 24, 2025
03 Time-sensitive
June 28. Mark it.
Compliance 6 min read

EAA is here — what European Shopify merchants need by June 28.

The European Accessibility Act enforcement window closed last summer. Here's what regulators are actually checking.

Jonas Falck · Nov 19, 2025
04
A palette
that survives
colorblindness.
Design 9 min read

A colorblind-safe palette without giving up your brand.

An interactive simulator, three palette rebuilds, and one rule that fixes 80% of the bad cases.

Elena Marković · Nov 14, 2025
05
Lighthouse
is not the law.
Engineering 7 min read

Five things that fail Lighthouse but pass legal — and vice versa.

A score is a score. A lawsuit is a lawsuit. Here's how to read each one and what to do about it.

Rohan Acharya · Nov 7, 2025
06 Case study
Maker & Mortar.
Merchants 10 min read

How Maker & Mortar quietly hit AA on every product page.

A 12-person team. 1,800 SKUs. One weekend. We sat down with their lead developer for the postmortem.

Sarah Klein · Oct 30, 2025
07
Tab. Tab. Tab.
Stuck.
Engineering 6 min read

Keyboard navigation: the test every product page fails.

Put down your mouse. Try to add a variant to cart. Most stores trap you at the size dropdown.

Rohan Acharya · Oct 22, 2025
¿ 08
We asked.
They answered.
Research 8 min read

What 2,400 shoppers told us about accessibility widgets.

Where to put the button. Which icon they recognize. Whether they want it remembered across stores. The data.

Elena Marković · Oct 14, 2025
The Tuesday letter

A short, useful note on accessible commerce — every Tuesday.

One link to a new post, one thing we shipped, and one shopper interview clip. That's it. ~3 minutes to read.

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