Simple Contacts

Hey guys - I'm Joel and I'm one of the Simple Contacts founders. We're really excited to be on Product Hunt today! Those of you who don't wear contact lenses may not know that, in the United States, you need a valid prescription to buy contacts. Those prescriptions usually expire yearly, but many people's prescriptions don't change year to year. We built out a test on the iPhone (web coming soon) that allows people to renew their contact lens prescriptions from home (or really anywhere). We aren't changing prescriptions, simply confirming that your current prescription is accurate. Right now you have to buy lenses to pay for the test in the app, but if you email us for just the prescription we can do that manually on our end as well. Telemedicine is changing how people interact with our healthcare system and there are tons of interesting challenges faced by companies in this space, from a regulatory, operational, and technological stand point. We're excited to be featured here today and look forward to your feedback and thoughts on the telemedicine industry. We love Product Hunt, so if you install with this link http://go.simplecontacts.com/pro... you'll get $25 off your first purchase 😃

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

Incredible product & team. Congrats on this launch! :)

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?

Almost a year ago I met Joel at a friend's birthday drinks in NYC. I was months late for my yearly eye exam and wearing my contacts many times as long as I should. With my work and travel schedule, I could never make the time for a doctor's visit, which anyway seemed pointless since my prescription hardly changes. Joel pulled me out of the bar, administered the eye exam right there on Christopher St, and I had a new prescription and box of lenses within days. Driverless cars, reusable rockets, and A.I. are the kind of technological advancements that grab headlines, but companies like Simple Contacts are the ones that really excite me: ones that address the unsexy, day-to-day inconveniences that we've forgotten to even question. If you wear contacts, have had an in-person eye exam within the last five years, and live in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Washington, Colorado, or Rhode Island: save $$$ and time by trying out Simple Contacts

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.

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