Knowledge about the rules and the costs

The accessibility act

Since 28 June 2025 there are legal accessibility requirements for online stores, banking services, telecom and e-books, among others. Below is what the law covers, who it applies to and what is expected of you.

• Does my online store fall under it?
• Accessibility statement
• Do I have until 2030?
• What the ACM has done

Accessibility overlay

An overlay is a single script that adds a menu of buttons and tries to correct the page from the outside. The faults sit in the code underneath, and they stay there.

WCAG 2.2 explained

WCAG is the standard the legal accessibility requirements rest on. Below is what the levels mean, what version 2.2 adds and what a visitor notices from it.

What determines the price?

Search for what a website or application costs and you'll find figures that are miles apart. That is not the market being vague: the price follows from a handful of choices, and you make most of those choices yourself.

Freelancer or agency?

There are four common routes to a new website or application, and each has situations where it's the better choice. Below is where the differences sit and how you cover the continuity risk of a small supplier.

Accounting integrations

Retyping invoices from your online store or time tracking is work software can take over. Here is how an integration with your accounting package works, and what to check before you have one built.