WHEN IT COMES to bundling services, the telecommunications companies have it down to a fine art. Bundling phone, Internet and TV can save consumers a lot of money. That principle is becoming more common in the optical industry. Some frame companies have partnered with lens manufacturers to offer combined product while others promote a lens and premium lens features option.
Essilor has its Ultimate Lens Package which offers packaged lens features for single vision and presbyopic patients. Tifosi Optics, with its lightweight durable frames, is pairing them with HOYA Rx lenses. If beauty is in the eye of the beholder then some of these bundled packages could look very attractive to your patients.
EyeOs Premium Readers
SmartRx complete prescription eyewear package with aspheric or digital single vision lenses, as well as 100 percent backside digital progressive lenses. All SmartRx eyewear packages come with premium AR.
(800) 625-1880, eyeoseyewear.com
Shamir
The Shamir Autograph III: For Work – Shamir WorkSpace, and Play – Shamir Attitude III Fashion.
(877) 514-8330 shamirlens.com
Tifosi/Hoya
Advanced Sun Packages feature a Coppertone polarized lens and can be purchased in SingleVision iQ lenses or in the HOYALUX Array progressive lenses. Tifosi’s Marzen Tortoise frame with HOYALUX Array Brown lenses.
Tifosi Optics (866) 310-0996 tifosioptics.com
HOYA (800)818-4692, hoyaoptics.com
Essilor
The Ultimate Lens Package includes Eyezen+, Crizal Sapphire 360° UV and Transitions Signature VII for single vision patients and Varilux X Series, Crizal Sapphire 360° UV and Transitions Signature VII for presbyopic.
(800)377-4567, essilorusa.com
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Dr. Rahim KanjiModern Eyes Optometry, Virginia Beach, VA
Patient satisfaction is the highest we’ve ever had with any Essilor product with the Ultimate Lens Package and its current incentive. A majority of our patients have some form of medical vision insurance which discounts the cost of the first set of lenses and a portion or all of the frame. They get the second set of lenses of equal or lesser value at no charge and are responsible for the retail price of the second frame. In my 13 years of private practice this is the first time I have seen a promotion of this caliber directly from a manufacturer. In the exam room I say to my patients, “there’s a manufacturer’s promotion going on right now where they’re giving away a second set of lenses at no charge to you. It’s a deal of a lifetime and may not be offered again, so I highly recommend you take advantage of it.” The beauty is there’s a progressive lens and a single vision lens option. Both come with a smart blue filter, Crizal coating and Transitions. A majority of our patients take advantage of the polarized Xperio UV sunglass lenses for their complimentary second set of lenses. Before now, while many patients valued the importance of polarized sunglasses, very few actually purchased them until the Ultimate Lens Package came out in September. Our optical staff has been overwhelmed with multiple pairs sales and in the first few months of the promotion we sold more ophthalmic suns than we did the entire year leading up to the promotion. Many of our patients have also referred their friends, family members and co-workers to our office for the promotion too.
Sarah BocashEyelook Optical, Portsmouth, NH
Offering EyeOs’ SmartRx total frame and lenses package is a new avenue for us. We have always offered ZEISS lenses but previously when patients bought an EyeOs frame with a ZEISS CR39 lens with AR coating it cost them about $325. For the past few months we’ve been offering EyeOs ophthalmic quality frames with very good quality lenses in a complete frame and lenses package that costs $159+ for single vision and $269+ for digital PAL. We’re aiming the total package at Millennials who want convenience and quality products at an affordable price. We can create a customer relationship with them by giving them better quality than they would get online and by having our optician fit them. I also love to use SmartRx as a second and third pair option when price becomes an issue. We’re a high-end boutique and this deal has opened the door for us to offer a quality product at a good price. It’s a product we’re comfortable standing behind.
Dr. Cindy Seemann Design Vision Optical, Wauwatosa, WI
Tifosi is a new sunglass line for us. We carry other sun lines with RX but they are more expensive. With the Advanced Sun Package, Tifosi fits a great price point and we love the option of having the HOYA lab do the RX lenses. Tifosi has the frames and HOYA has the lenses — brands that are very well recognized in the active sports market.
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