E-commerce website for persons with disabilities: e-commerce for persons with disabilities: new frontiers for entrepreneurship growth
FasterCapital
2024
A guide for persons with disabilities who understand how to use electronic platforms for this purpose in addition to educating electronic merchants about the right of access to customers from persons with disabilities, thereby booming their business and customer base.
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Online Accessibility Guide for Persons with Disabilities
ILO
2022
ILO's Electronic Accessibility Manual, although not related to electronic commerce, is useful for providing technical and digital access to electronic stores for persons with disabilities. This guide is detailed and keeps pace with technical developments that concern various types of disability and can be used by traders.
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Inclusion Matters. How To Benefit From Digital Accessibility In eCommerce | Anna Karon
Anna Karon by Meet Magento New York
2018
This presentation highlights the importance of accessibility in e-commerce, emphasizing that it should be prioritized alongside responsive design, performance, search engine optimization (SEO), and user interface (UX). Often overlooked due to budget constraints or maintenance oversights, accessibility offers significant benefits for all users including persons with disabilities. By implementing accessibility, businesses can enhance user experience and increase conversions, making it a crucial factor for success in online commerce.
Accessibility Evaluation of Arabic E-Commerce Web Sites Using Automated Tools
SCIRP
2016
This research highlights the barriers disabled users face in accessing e-commerce websites and emphasizes the importance of web accessibility amidst the growing e-commerce market in Saudi Arabia, projected to reach $13.3 billion by 2015. It examines tools used by users with disabilities and evaluates the accessibility of three popular Arab e-commerce websites using five testing tools: AChecker, TAW, Eval Access, MAUVE, and FAE. The study identifies navigation, readability, input assistance, and timing as common accessibility issues and underscores the influence of HTML errors on accessibility. While some tools report fewer problems, the findings indicate significant room for improvement in achieving better web accessibility.
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Why Accessibility is a Necessity for E-Business
Techblocks
A blog post on the importance of accessibility in electronic commerce for clients with disabilities. While it focuses on regulations in America (USA and Canada) yet the recommendations and guidelines provided on the page are also important for any ecommercial venture.
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Hemam Jameel Training Program for Persons with Disabilities on the Foundations and Means of Commerce
Hemam Jameel
A program aimed at Saudi persons with disabilities whereby persons with disabilities are trained in the skills required for commerce, including electronic commerce.
Link to program (AR)