How to Order Glasses Online in 5 Easy Steps
No matter which website you order glasses from online, I would suggest the following five steps: 1
- Get your prescription. When getting your eye prescription, being sure to have your physician provide your “Pupillary Distance.” 2 I’ve put together a chart at the bottom you can take with you to the doctor’s office.
- Measure your glasses. Measure your current glasses using a metric ruler. The most important measurement is going to be “Temple Width.” The “Temple Width” is the overall front width of your glasses.
- Choose frames. On the website of your choice, narrow down the available glasses by the “Temple Width.” From there you can narrow down the available choices.
- Wait. Both of the websites I ordered glasses from took about two weeks to get the glasses to me.
- Double check. Take your new glasses back to your eye doctor. They will have a machine that can check the prescriptions on the lenses.
SPH (Sphere) |
CYL (Cylinder) |
AXIS |
ADD (Addition) |
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O.D. (Right) | ||||
O.S. (Left) | ||||
Pupillary Distance |
mm |
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Temple Width |
mm |
Coupon Codes:
- I tried GlobalEyeglasses.com and used the coupon code “glassyeyes” for 10% off.
- I also tried Goggles4U.com and used the coupon code “glassyeyes” for 5% off. (I have no idea why they both use the same coupon code…)
Yesterday I had my doctor’s test out all four pairs of my glasses. Tune in next time for the reviews of GlobalEyeglasses.com and Goggles4U.com!
- Photo courtesy of Morningstar Lee [↩]
- The “Pupilary Distance” is the distance between your two pupils, measured in millimeters. [↩]