About FramesDirect.com
It all started back in 1996 with an innovative idea...
Make it easy and affordable to buy eyewear online.
Our founders, optometrists Dr. Dhavid Cooper and Dr. Guy Hodgson, started as partners in a chain of successful optometric practices in Houston, Texas. But they dreamed of something bigger.
They wanted a way to provide patients with a better selection and more competitive pricing than they could offer in their brick and mortar practices.
With the Internet just gearing up for e-commerce, the timing couldn't have been better. The doctors assembled a small team to launch FramesDirect.com, doing most of the hands-on work themselves. In fact, Dr. Cooper designed and coded the original Website!
It's been 15 years since the doctors sold their first pair of glasses online, and we're proud to have provided quality eyewear to more than a million satisfied customers since then.
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Hurricanes Rita, and Ike caused evacuations and power losses in Houston but FrameDirect.com barely missed a beat. As many as 20 customer service representatives relocated with the doctors to their ranch in Austin, TX, while others worked remotely from home and kept things going during the evacuation.
Eventually, we moved the customer service and marketing departments to the ranch in Austin. In 2010, the growing team relocated to an office just south of downtown.
Lots of things have changed over the years here at FramesDirect.com, but one thing hasn't changed, we're as dedicated as ever to taking care of your eyes.
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Our core principles at FramesDirect.com:
- Make excellent customer service the cornerstone of our business.
We have a staff of highly trained and friendly opticians available to help you by phone, online chat or email.
- Use only the highest quality lenses available.
Our company was founded by doctors, and they promise to only sell lenses that they would wear themselves.
- Provide the largest selection of authentic brand-name eyewear anywhere.
We carry all the top brands of eyeglasses, sunglasses, prescription sunglasses, contact lenses and goggles, including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Gucci, Tom Ford and Maui Jim, just to name a few. We carry over over 100,000 products and 500 brands!
- Sell eyewear at competitive prices.
We offer fair, money-saving prices. Savings through us are as much as $150 or more on prescription eyewear and many designer sunglass lines. Our prescription lenses cost about half the price you would pay at most retail optical chains.
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Additional Testimonials:
Yazmin C. from Boulder , Colorado, 1/10/2012
Since this is the first time I've ordered glasses online, I was a
little nervous. However I just received my glasses from
FramesDirect.com and I am thrilled with them. They are great, they are
exactly what I expected.
Thanks so much for doing such a great job and and making the glasses
affordable!!
Dexter J from London, Kentucky, 1/10/2012
"Hello to all at FramesDirect, I have received my glasses in perfect condition. I now feel great and look fantastic thanks to you. I will now be purchasing my glasses direct from you- even though I still had to pay tax duty, but that's ok as it still works out cheaper than purchasing here in the UK. Once again thank you very much."
Regards
Dexter Joseph
London, England.
Kevin B., from Houston, Texas, 1/10/2012
"I was so impressed by how easy FrameFinder™ was to use! I could sort by category to easily narrow my selection down. Then I virtually tried on the glasses, and sent an email to my friends who helped me pick. There were so many great selections at great prices, I purchased two pairs. I have referred friends, and I will definitely use FrameFinder™ again."
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