Is your website an ADA lawsuit waiting to happen?
96% of home pages fail basic accessibility checks. WebAIM, 2026 ↗ (opens in new tab) We rebuild yours as a beautiful, modern site your team can edit: accessible in the code, proven with a dated report, and kept that way.
- Your site, rebuilt exactly
- An editor your staff can use
- Dated ADA report
- Care from $99/mo
3,117
federal website accessibility lawsuits in 2025, up 27% on 2024. State suits and demand letters come on top.
95.9%
of the top million home pages had detectable WCAG failures, an average of 56 errors each.
Up to $25k
to settle an ADA website lawsuit as a small or mid-size business. Legal fees and fixing the site come on top.
Why this is happening
It isn’t your fault. But it is your responsibility.
The U.S. Department of Justice says businesses open to the public must make their websites accessible (DOJ guidance (opens in new tab)). And the tools you built with say, on their own pages, that the job is yours.
Wix
“While we are always working to update and improve our products, we cannot guarantee that the use of our services is compliant with the accessibility laws and regulations of all regions.”
support.wix.com (opens in new tab)Checked Nov 2, 2026 Squarespace
“You are responsible for ensuring that your site complies with those requirements.”
squarespace.com (opens in new tab)Checked Nov 2, 2026 GoDaddy Airo
Not supported: Assessing, guaranteeing or ensuring compliance with specialized security, privacy, accessibility, licensing or other regulatory standards and requirements
godaddy.com/help (opens in new tab)Checked Nov 2, 2026 Webflow
“Ultimately, when building an accessible site, the power lies in the hands of the builder.”
webflow.com (opens in new tab)Checked Nov 2, 2026 WordPress
“While the WordPress project cannot guarantee that all Themes are compliant, the accessibility-ready themes have been checked by the Theme Review Team to ensure that these themes pass their basic accessibility requirements.”
wordpress.org (opens in new tab)Checked Nov 2, 2026 AI builders
AI builders like Lovable, Replit and Bolt can generate a site in minutes. None of them promises that the site you build will be accessible, so testing it, fixing it and keeping it that way is up to you.
Sources: Lovable terms (opens in new tab) and accessibility page (opens in new tab) (it covers lovable.dev, not the apps it builds), Replit terms (opens in new tab), Bolt terms (opens in new tab).
The short version
The builders give you tools. By their own words, the responsibility is yours. AI site builders generally leave accessibility to you too.
Overlay widgets don’t fix it.
A third-party overlay adds a layer on top of your site. Your code stays the same, and the barriers stay with it. In 2025 the FTC ordered a major overlay vendor to pay $1 million over its compliance claims (FTC, April 2025). Sitemerce sites include display options like high contrast in the code, tested like every page.
Every edit can break it again.
A flyer uploaded as an image. A photo with no description. A “click here” link. A scanned PDF. Even a site that passed last year can fail today, one ordinary update at a time.
So here’s the fix
Beautiful on launch day. Still accessible in month 10.
We rebuild your site so accessibility is in the code, prove it with a dated report, and keep it that way after launch.
The usual options
Beautiful or compliant? You shouldn’t have to choose.
Most organizations end up with one of three websites. Each gets something right, and leaves the rest to you.
Wix · Squarespace · GoDaddy
Built it yourself
You got: a site you can afford and change.
Left to you: accessibility, by the builder’s own terms. A template look shared with thousands of sites.
Lovable
Vibe-coded with AI
You got: a striking first draft in minutes.
Left to you: testing, hosting and security. No editor your staff can use, and no one to call when it breaks.
Framer · Webflow · themes
A beautiful template
You got: a stunning, modern design.
Left to you: making it accessible. Designs aren’t tested that way as sold, and every edit can undo the work.
Sitemerce
All three strengths, and we do the work.
Your site rebuilt modern and fast. Accessibility built into the code and proven. An editor your staff can use. Secure, managed hosting. Re-checked on every update.
What you get
A beautiful website, accessible in the code, proven, and kept that way.
Done for you, in days. Your content and Google rankings come with you. The barriers don’t.
01 · Beautiful and accessible
Your site, rebuilt from sections that already pass.
Your site is assembled from our library of modern sections (heroes, galleries, stats, teams, maps), each tested for contrast, labels, keyboard, screen readers and phones before any site can use it. Never generated from scratch.
- Elegant motion, done right. Reveals and sliders with pause controls, calm for anyone who turns motion off.
- Your design, kept. An exact copy of the site people know. New designs from our library are coming soon.
- Display options built in. High contrast mode, tested in every view.
02 · Editable
An editor your staff can use, without breaking the design.
A simple Studio on a modern headless CMS. Team, stats, projects and contact details are entered once and update every page. Your brand colours and fonts are locked, so nobody breaks the design.
03 · Proven
Proof you can show, dated and on file.
We test with the same automated engines anyone can run, then by hand with a screen reader. You get a dated ADA package with every result, plus a public accessibility statement.
04 · Fast and secure
A modern headless stack, managed for you.
Built on Next.js, Sanity and Vercel. Pages load from a global edge network, images are sized for every screen, and there are no plugins to hack.
05 · Kept
Still accessible after every edit.
Every platform update is re-checked and proven not to change your site, a weekly scan watches the live site, and we fix what slips.
Coming soon Checks on every publish, editor guardrails and a monthly report.
How your options compare.
Anyone can generate a beautiful website in 10 minutes. We make sure it’s still accessible, secure and working in month 10.
| Question | Built it yourself | Vibe-coded with AI | Beautiful template | Overlay widget | Sitemerce |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern, premium design | A shared template | A strong first draft | Yes | Unchanged | Yes, from a tested library |
| Accessible in the code | Up to you | Up to you | Up to you | No: a layer on top | Yes, tested by machine and by hand |
| Proof you can show | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | A dated ADA package |
| Your staff can edit safely | Yes, edits can break it | Ask a developer or the AI | Yes, edits can break it | Unchanged | Yes, in a locked-down editor |
| Stays accessible after edits | Up to you | Not addressed | Up to you | Not addressed | Re-checked on every update, scanned weekly |
| Hosting and security | The platform’s | Up to you | The platform’s | Not addressed | Edge hosting, firewall, managed |
| Who does the work | You | You and the AI | You or a designer | You add a script | We do |
Who it’s for
Built for organizations that can’t afford to get this wrong.
Small teams with no web department, a reputation to protect, and a website the public depends on.
Co-ops & schools
If a parent can’t enroll, that’s a barrier. And a risk.
Families who use screen readers, keyboards or magnifiers need your site as much as anyone. We rebuild it so every page and form works for them, with enrollment still running through Eduweby. Your directors update it themselves.
Businesses & firms
Your website is your first impression. Make it fast, secure and open to everyone.
For local businesses, professional services and investment firms: the site your clients already know, copied exactly, with no plugins to patch, every old URL redirected and proof on file.
Live on Sitemerce
Don’t take our word for it. Read their reports.
Every site we launch publishes its accessibility statement. Run your own scan on any of them.
Ponte Vedra Christian Co-op
Co-op · live in 2 days · 0 violations in 144 scans
The Nest Christian Co-op
Co-op · exact clone · 0 violations in 120 scans
Your organization
Free automated check · emailed within one business day
How it works
From “are we at risk?” to proof on file, in days.
We do the migration, the design, the testing and the paperwork. You make a few decisions and approve the preview.
Check
We scan your site, find the barriers and map every page, form and document.
You: enter your web address.
Rebuild
We rebuild it from our library: your design, rebuilt exactly, with your content and URLs kept. New designs from our library are coming soon.
You: answer a short list of decisions.
Prove
We test by machine and by hand, then hand you a dated ADA package.
You: approve the preview.
Keep
We host and monitor it, scan the live site every week and re-check it on every platform update. Monthly re-checks are coming soon.
You: edit content in the Studio.
Pricing
What an agency, an auditor and a host would each charge for. One price.
Every rebuild includes the ADA Proof Package. Then one monthly plan keeps it fast, secure and accessible.
Keep your design
from $5,500 one-time
An exact, accessible rebuild of your current site, up to 15 pages.
Refresh it
Scoped per site
from $6,500
Your content, rebuilt in a fresh design made for your brand.
Start fresh
Scoped per site
from $8,500
New structure, copy and design, made for your brand.
Care
$99 / month
Managed hosting and security, platform updates proven not to change your site, a weekly accessibility scan, one small change a month.
Added to any Sitemerce build.
Care + Proof
Recommended
$199 / month
Everything in Care, plus your ADA package re-dated every quarter, a yearly screen-reader re-test and two hours of changes a month. A monthly report is coming soon.
Added to any Sitemerce build.
Growth & Concierge
Coming soon
An SEO and AI-search agent, translations you own, and “just tell it what to change” edits you approve.
Pay yearly and get two months free.
Year one, the usual way: $10,450–$38,600. That is a small-business headless build, $8,000–$25,000 (RWIT, 2026 (opens in new tab)), plus one accessibility audit, $1,250–$10,000 (TestParty, Aug 2026 (opens in new tab)), plus a standard care plan at $100–$300 a month for 12 months, $1,200–$3,600 (FatLab, Jan 2026 (opens in new tab)). Fixing the audit’s findings is extra.
Year one on Sitemerce: $7,490. Keep your design ($5,500) plus Care + Proof billed yearly ($1,990).
An overlay widget costs $490–$3,990 a year (accessiBe pricing (opens in new tab)) and doesn’t fix your code.
Third-party prices, checked Nov 3, 2026.
Is my website ADA compliant?
Straight answers, with sources. Not legal advice.
The U.S. Department of Justice says businesses open to the public must make their websites accessible to people with disabilities, and has published guidance on how (opens in new tab).
Not automatically. The major builders give you tools, but their own pages say the site owner is responsible. Our free check shows what yours says.
No one honestly can. What we can do is remove the barriers, test by machine and by hand, keep it checked, and give you a dated record of all of it.
Yes. You get a simple Studio for text, photos, team, events and more. Shared details are entered once and update every page. Colours, fonts and layout are locked, and the live site is scanned weekly.
No. In 2025 the FTC ordered accessiBe, a major overlay vendor, to pay $1 million over claims its AI tool could make websites compliant (FTC, Apr 2025 (opens in new tab)). Our display options, like high contrast, are built into the code instead.
We keep your content and redirect every old address to its new page, so search engines follow you to the new site.