Simple Contacts

Let’s get you lenses you love

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Let’s get you lenses you love

5 followers

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Simple Contacts provides quality contacts from many different brands. We offer a simple way to buy contact lenses and renew your prescription with our quick & easy online vision test. Enjoy free shipping, no annual commitment and no hidden fees.

Launch tags:iOS•Health & Fitness•Tech

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Re:amaze

My wife got contacts two months ago and the entire experience was super inefficient. She had to go back two or three times just to get things re-checked and retried. I'll have her give this a go. How does this detect things like astigmatisms to ensure the proper contacts? @joelwish

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9yr ago

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Maker

@davidsfeng Great! We get dozens of emails and notes a week from customers that basically say "OMG, finally someone made this contact lens renewal experience not suck", so hopefully she has a similar experience! Unlike the Optometrist office, this service is just for patient's who are happy with their current lenses (including Astigmatism). So if she has lenses she likes, she can get a fresh Rx and reorder lenses in less than 5 minutes. No retrying, no lines at the doctors office, no hard sell on product at the end of your visit. Have her install from the link in my comment and it'll apply that discount for future use.

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9yr ago

Re:amaze

@joelwish Sounds good. What is the vision test designed for? Just to confirm her current prescription?

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9yr ago

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Maker

@davidsfeng Exactly. 80% of patient's get the same Rx when they go get their lenses renewed (like me for the last 10 years). This is meant to solve that problem.

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9yr ago

Re:amaze

@joelwish I wish you can do this for glasses. I've had the same prescription for 10 years and never went to the eye doctor. But if I want a new pair, I need to get a new prescription even 2 years or something even though I just want to use the old one. Apparently that's not allowed in CA. The prescription is never really the exact same and my custom sunglasses now don't match. First world problems...

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9yr ago

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Maker

@davidsfeng It's not coming out right this moment, but we're going to have a similar product for glasses. We actually do it on an ad hoc basis if you know all your Rx details including your Pupilary Distance. Just take the test in your glasses, checkout with any contact lenses (you won't be charged) then email us at support@simplecontacts.com and we can manually get your sorted. We do this for close friends while we build a more integrated solution.

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9yr ago

Elon Musk Book Summary

how can i get notified when the android app is out? i am European living in nyc and that has been always a pain. What happens to the ones that might have lost their prescription or it's too old?

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9yr ago

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Maker

@pfanis Want to email us team@simplecontacts.com and we'll add you to the Android announcement list. Also we'll be launching a web product that may be helpful before the end of the year. We made the app especially for people who need a valid Rx but whose eyes haven't changed - so if that is you, welcome to the family!

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9yr ago

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Maker

@pfanis hey! We just launched the Android app this week. https://play.google.com/store/ap... PS We didn't forget about you ;)

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8yr ago

CollegeBacker

I tried this about a month ago and found it to be a very slick experience with A+ customer support. Will definitely use again.

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9yr ago

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Maker

@jordanglee Thank you sir! How did you learn about us?

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9yr ago

CollegeBacker

@joelwish @tikhon!

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9yr ago

@jordanglee just got my contacts last week. Couldn't agree more.

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9yr ago

Salesmsg

It's such an annoying problem! My prescription hasn't changed in 15 years, yet every year I have to get a new prescription. How do you get passed the doctors requesting that I see them in order to be renewed?

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9yr ago

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Maker

@chrisbrisson We work with a number of Ophthalmologists who practice telemedicine and understand that an office visit isn't necessary for a contact lens renewal. Obviously we still advocate regular office visits for eye health, but holding your Rx hostage for an unnecessary office visit is wrong.

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9yr ago

Recall Patrol

How are you positioning this versus Opternative (https://www.opternative.com/)? Just tried Opternative the other day and it was a really good experience directly integrated with 1800-Contacts.

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9yr ago

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Maker

@jonmrich We're fans of what Opternative is doing - We're both making it easier to get Rxs, but we do it in different ways and for different types of patients. If your Rx has changed and you need a full exam, Opternative is great. Most people (80%) don't have changes and want the quickest way to renew their lenses (not just their Rx). For them, our exam costs only $10 and takes 4 minutes vs. Opternative which is more intense of an exam and costs $40 and takes a little more than 30 minutes plus time to check out on a different partner site with your lenses.

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9yr ago

Journy

Total game changer. My prescription expired 6 months ago and I just ran out of contacts. There's no way I'll find time to head to the optometrist this week and I just managed to order new lenses in a few minutes and paid with my fingerprint. I LOVE TECHNOLOGY. Thanks Joel for an awesome and necessary founder-time-saving product.

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9yr ago

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Maker

@susan_ho made this for you Susan! Remember back when we were thinking about this idea and you were like "YES, YES, YES!!!" Feels like so long ago ;)

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9yr ago

Journy

@joelwish I remember because I had to go find my wallet cuz you didn't have Apple Pay then!

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9yr ago

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Maker

@susan_ho Those were the olden days. Apple loved our ApplePay integration so much they featured us 2 weeks ago on "Apps we love" ;)

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9yr ago

ShadowBid

How is the cost different through your service than if I was to buy from my doctor? I love that you are making it easier, but am just curious about cost as well.

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9yr ago

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Maker

@goforwes Thanks for your question Wesley. The typical Optometrist exam costs $150 and lenses are generally marked up about 25%. Our test costs $10 and the average person saves about $85 on lenses in a year.

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9yr ago

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