- Identify Target Buyers
- Create Online Store with Shopify
- Partner with Optical Lab for Prescription Lenses
- "Try On" Glasses Virtually with Apps like Auglio
- Obtain Licenses and Tax IDs
- Source Affordable Eyeglasses from Suppliers
- Market Online
- Consider Selling on eBay
- Ensure User-Friendly Website
- Research Optical Labs
The global eyeglasses industry continues to flourish so you have a good chance of success by meeting customer eyewear needs online. Create an online store with Shopify. Partner with an optical lab for prescription lenses. Have buyers "try on" glasses virtually with apps like Auglio. Obtain required licenses and tax IDs. Source affordable eyeglasses from suppliers. Market online. Consider selling on eBay. Ensure your website is user-friendly. Research optical labs. Unless there is a new disruptive innovation that renders glasses obsolete, this industry is a flourishing one. You have a good chance of being successful in selling a variety of eyewear online in the domestic as well as international markets.
Selling spectacle lenses is a visual process. People choose with their eyes. Patients want a hands-on experience designing their eyewear. The reason many go online to buy glasses is they’re used to a self-serve experience. The traditional way is to tell patients to select frames they like and bring them back to your desk.