Online shopping has seen a significant increase during this COVID-19 pandemic period.
The pandemic has changed retail business and over the next couple of months you can surely expect a surge in online shopping.
When a consumer comes to a store's website, they expect much of the similar in-store experience translated into a digital format. As more and more consumers are turning to online shopping, a vast number of shoppers which include people with disabilities are continuing to be left out of this lifestyle.
To overcome this huge ignored market of consumers with disabilities, it has become essential for ecommerce to go beyond aesthetically pleasing websites and provide an accessible driven online shopping experience to their customers.
Many disabled web users rely on accessibility tools, like screen readers, to more easily navigate the web. By keeping these customers in mind, you will stay compliant with ADA standards and include all customers in your shopping experience.
For a simple way to implement accessibility feature in your VPCart site, you can try to insert custom widget code from equally.ai. According to their website, their widget allow websites to compliant with ADA, WCAG, EAA/EN 301 549, and much more. Read more at: https://equally.ai/how
Below are the steps on how to insert
equally.ai widget into your VPCart 5/6/6.50:
NOTE:
- For V9 please go here.
- For V7 and V8 please go here.
1) Register a free account first by going to https://equally.ai/
2) Click START FOR FREE button at the top right.
3) You can choose to sign up using your Google account or Email address.
In this sample, we choose to register with our email.
4) Enter your Email, Full Name, Phone Number (optional) and Password.
Then click button "Create an account with email".
5) You should get a message to verify your email. Please check your inbox.
6) You should get the email and it has a link for you to click for verification.
