Accesserty ALLY
ALLY tells visitors that a website’s maintainer has passed an active-maintenance review and is expected to keep handling accessibility reports. It is not an accessibility certification, and a Pro subscription does not buy it.
What ALLY represents
Some sites really do want to address barriers people report, but that work is often hard to see. ALLY turns that maintenance commitment into a public signal that Signal can show.
Signal can display ALLY as a badge, but that badge is not an audit pass. The review concerns the maintainer account’s maintenance activity, not certification of every page. It appears only for domains that the account currently has verified access to maintain.
Who can apply
Apply if you can install Pulse on the website and take responsibility for follow-up. Register at least one domain in Console, add your account’s Pulse snippet to the homepage HTML, and complete verification. Verification establishes access to the relevant Accesserty data, not legal ownership. Free accounts can apply too.
Application process
- Register and verify your domain
Get the installation snippet from Console, place it in the server-returned HTML of your HTTPS homepage, then run verification in Console. Listing a domain without completing verification does not grant data access.
- Review and handle Signal reports
While your verified access is active, review its associated Signal reports in Console, investigate the issues, and record their status. Taking over a domain does not give you the previous maintainer’s private report history.
- Submit an ALLY application
If the site is actively handling accessibility issues, submit an application in Console. Every application is reviewed by a person.
What needs to continue
- Continue reviewing and handling Signal user reports.
- Review reminders and plan appropriate follow-up.
- Do not present ALLY as proof of full WCAG or legal compliance.
ALLY is not permanent
ALLY belongs to the approved maintainer account. Its current and later-added domains may display ALLY while verified access remains active. Pending verification, suspension, removal, or expired access stops that display. Another account taking over does not inherit the former maintainer’s ALLY status.
An Accesserty administrator may revoke ALLY when reports remain unattended, reminders receive no response, or active maintenance no longer continues. Revocation does not itself remove current verified domain access.
A revoked account cannot reapply for three months. After that, the maintainer may apply again once its report-handling process has improved.
Start by verifying a domain you maintain
Sign in to Console to register a domain and get the Pulse installation snippet. A paid plan is not required to apply for ALLY.
Frequently asked questions
No. ALLY is reviewed maintainer status, displayed only for domains with current verified access under that account. It does not guarantee that every page conforms to WCAG or legal requirements.
No. Free lets you verify one domain, handle Signal reports you currently have access to, and apply for ALLY. Review considers verified domain access and actual maintenance, not a Pro subscription.
An Accesserty administrator may revoke ALLY when reports remain unattended, follow-up reminders receive no response, or maintenance stops. Current verified domain access remains intact, but ALLY reapplication is blocked for three months.
No. ALLY reviews the maintainer account. Its current and later-added domains may display ALLY while verified access remains active. Unverified domains do not display it, and another account taking over does not inherit the former account’s status.