The 10-step EAA audit checklist for EU e-shops

From first scan to published compliance statement: the practical sequence we recommend for EU-operating businesses.

1. Run the site scan – Axively crawls your site automatically (up to 1000 pages) and works out its scope: how many pages and templates are in play. Scope and severity also drive the price. You review nothing by hand.
2. Review the findings by severity – The scan returns specific violations with their occurrence counts, sorted by severity (critical / serious / moderate / minor). You see at a glance what's most common and what hurts most.
3. Run the AI check for fix suggestions – The next level of the audit: AI generates a concrete code fix (before / after) and a plain-language explanation for each finding, in 22 languages. Priced by severity and page count.
4. Fix in priority order – Start with the critical ones (missing button labels, forms you can't submit by keyboard), then the serious ones (text contrast, form-field labels, focus order). Each finding comes with a fix suggestion.
5. Add a manual review – Some issues an automated test won't catch (whether alt text is meaningful, control logic).
6. Verify the fixes with a re-scan – Your audit includes one free verification re-scan within 30 days; you get a direct before and after comparison.
7. Generate and publish the statement – Axively prepares the accessibility statement in the format for your country and language; you add the contact details, check the content and publish it at a public URL (conventionally /accessibility-statement or a footer link).
8. Build the audit into your workflow – After every major site change (redesign, new template, new checkout) run a fresh audit; new templates mean new risks.
9. Train your content authors – Image alt text, link labels and heading structure are created while writing, not during the audit.
10. Track your legal landscape – Penalties and enforcement authorities differ by country; Axively gives you the overview for the markets you operate in with every audit.