I'm 15 and built a web accessibility SaaS in two days and here's how it went
I'm Richard, 15, at school in the UK. Two weeks ago I built Vía which is a tool that can scan websites for WCAG 2.2 violations as well as rank them by legal risk, and uses AI to generate the exact code fix for each one.
The gap I spotted: accessibility tools are either cheap overlay widgets that don't actually work (AccessiBe got fined $1M by the FTC for this) or expensive enterprise consulting costing tens of thousands. Nothing in the middle for freelance devs and small businesses.
Stack: Next.js, Tailwind, Supabase, Stripe, Playwright + axe-core for scanning, Anthropic API for AI fixes. Built the MVP in about two days using Claude Code.
It's live at viascan.dev with two paid tiers (£20 and £50/month). No paying customers yet as i just launched.
To validate the market I scanned 5 major UK brands:
Gymshark — 112 violations (25 critical)
Missguided — 58 violations (21 critical)
The Body Shop — 68 violations (10 critical)
JD Sports — 35 violations (1 critical)
Trainline — 26 violations (1 critical)
The legal pressure is real with 5,000+ ADA lawsuits filed in the US last year, the Equality Act 2010 in the UK, EU Accessibility Act now being enforced, and 95% of websites still fail basic WCAG checks.
Would love feedback from the community. What would you do differently for GTM as a solo teenage founder with no budget?
Richard, this is seriously impressive. Not just for 15, full stop. You identified a real gap in the market, built an MVP in two days, and already have pricing live. Most founders twice your age are still stuck on idea validation.
The brand audit angle is smart. Scanning Gymshark and showing 112 violations is the kind of thing that gets shared on Twitter and LinkedIn. That's free distribution if you package it right.
One thing I'd focus on early: reach out to freelance web developers directly. They're the ones who get asked by clients to "make the site accessible" and have no good tool for it. A £20/month tool that saves them hours of manual checking is an easy sell. Find them in web dev communities, share your scan results as free value, and let the product speak for itself.
The legal compliance angle is your strongest card. Most small business owners don't even know they're at risk. Lead with that in your messaging.
Keep building and keep posting here. You're way ahead of where most people start.
Wow, I'm really impressed! And kudos on the smart auditing approach to marketing, showing where the pain point is can be more effective than explaining why your product is the best. Good luck!
Really impressive work, Richard — especially the stack choice. Next.js + Supabase + Stripe + Anthropic is basically the modern indie SaaS starter kit, and the fact that you had the instinct to pick that combination at 15 says a lot. We're using almost the exact same stack for our SaaS and it's a genuinely powerful foundation for shipping fast.
The market positioning is smart too. You've identified the gap between useless overlays and expensive consultants — that's a real wedge. The brand audit approach (scanning Gymshark, Missguided, etc.) is excellent marketing content. I'd lean into that hard: publish those results as blog posts, tag the companies on social, and reach out to web agencies who build sites for similar brands. Agencies are your ideal early customer because they manage multiple client sites and would pay for a tool that helps them avoid liability.
For zero-budget GTM, a few things that worked for us early on: Write SEO content targeting the exact problem your buyers search for — things like "WCAG compliance checker" or "how to fix accessibility violations." Those long-tail searches have high intent and low competition. Also, find communities where freelance devs hang out (Dev.to, specific subreddits, web dev Discord servers) and share your audit methodology as genuinely helpful content, not as a pitch. The product sells itself once people see the output.
The legal angle is your strongest GTM lever. Most small businesses have no idea they're exposed. Leading with "your site has X violations that could result in legal action" is way more compelling than "improve your accessibility score."