AccessCheck

Verdict

No as described. Go only as honest EAA monitoring and evidence for EU web agencies.

As described (agencies or Shopify and WooCommerce stores, the four features, "EAA monitoring" as the pitch), the odds of reaching $10k MRR by month 24 are ~4%. Recommended (agencies only, one market, evidence file and country-specific statements as the paid core, the 3 conditions met), they are ~9% at ~15 hrs/week and ~16% full-time. $1k MRR is the realistic outcome: ~45% / ~60%. Tier B ($20k MRR, profitable): ~3% / ~7%. All figures are judgment estimates. No verified base rate exists for bootstrapped B2B micro-SaaS (01).

It is not fundable and doesn't need to be (06).

The five things that matter

1. The law is real, and so is the delay. The EAA has applied since 28 June 2025, to businesses anywhere that sell covered services to EU consumers, including e-commerce. Germany can fine up to €100,000 per offence (BFSG §37, checked against the statute). France can fine up to €50,000 per service, renewable every 6 months, plus up to €25,000 for missing information. But no confirmed EAA fine had been reported by mid-2026. Enforcement so far is notices, complaints and court orders. Buyers feel risk, not urgency.
2. Most small shops are exempt. A business with under 10 staff and ≤€2M turnover or balance sheet is outside the service rules (BFSG §3(3) and §2 no. 17, mirroring the Directive). That removes most of the Shopify and WooCommerce stores in the original target. The rest already have $0–29 scanners and overlay apps to choose from.
3. Scanning is a commodity. axe-core is open source. Pope Tech starts at $25/month, WebYes Accessibility at $29/month, and Equalize Digital's WordPress checker at $190/year, or $2,250/year for 25 sites. Siteimprove, Silktide, Level Access and Deque own the enterprise end on annual contracts. A scanner alone is not a business.
4. Honesty is the product, and also the limit. Automated testing covers 16 of the 50 WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria and finds ~57% of issues by volume (Deque). In the UK government's test, the best tool found 40% of planted barriers. The FTC fined accessiBe $1M for claiming automated compliance. You can only sell monitoring, workflow and evidence, never compliance.
5. The agency is the right buyer. An agency brings 10–40 sites, bills its clients monthly already, and needs white-label reports, statements and an evidence file to sell an "accessibility care plan". That turns a one-off scan into a recurring line, which is the only way this keeps customers past month 3.

Feature sort (headline)

• Table stakes: automated WCAG scanning and monitoring, basic "how to fix" text, a generic statement generator (the W3C one is free).
• Differentiators: the evidence file (dated scans, manual checks, fixes, statement versions), template-grouped fix lists, country- and language-specific statements kept live from scan data, and white-label multi-client reporting that agencies resell.
• Distractions: small-store self-serve, SEO and uptime bundles, mobile app testing, a US ADA version at launch.
• Liabilities: any compliance claim, badges or scores that read as "passed", AI auto-fixes injected into client sites, and anything that looks like legal advice on enforcement letters.

Most likely cause of death

No urgency. Enforcement stays soft through 2027. Agencies nod, say "we'll wait until someone gets fined", and the few who buy cancel after the first cleanup. Early warning: fewer than 3 of your first 20 agency calls agree to pay for a concierge report (05).

Next 90 days

Do: pick one market (Germany/Austria or the Netherlands) and one agency type. Hand-run a monthly white-label report and statement for 5 agencies paying ≥€99/month by day 45. Then build a thin v1 on axe-core (08). Stop: targeting small stores, and using the word "compliant" anywhere.