Looking For The Cheapest Site For Contact Lenses? Stop Wasting Time

I started the website Contacts Advice because I saw that there was a huge number of people choosing to buy their contact lenses online to save money. But even when people thought they found the cheapest site for contact lenses, they were still paying a lot more than they should.

This happens because there are dozens of websites that sell contact lenses online and they all claim to have the lowest prices. However, this is far from the truth. In fact, they are all deceiving you, because there is no site that is the single cheapest place to buy contact lenses online.

If you want to pay the best price for your contact lenses, you have to consult a contact lens price comparison site, such as Contacts Advice.

Here's why:

Price notice: The specific price examples in this article are from 2016 and are no longer current. For today's lowest prices, compare contact lens prices here.

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Not All Websites Have The Same Prices

There is no question that shopping for contact lenses online is cheaper than shopping for them at your eye doctor's office. But just because you're buying your contact lenses online, does not necessarily mean that you're getting the best price.

Nowadays, there are more websites that sell contact lenses than I can even keep track of anymore. And they do not all charge the same price for their contacts.

There are many different factors that go into what these sites end up charging for their contact lenses, but the bottom line is that the online marketplace is wild and highly variable, and you have to be just as vigilant and skeptical when you shop online as offline.

Some Sites Offer The Best Price On Some Brands, And Overcharge For Others

This is the number one reason why you will never find a single site that has the lowest prices on all brands of contact lenses.

When you find a site with really low prices for certain brands, rest assured that they make up for it by overcharging for other brands.

For example: a single box of Air Optix Aqua cost $12.76 more at Walmart compared to Lens.com. For a year-supply of 4 boxes, that's an extra $51.04 for the exact same product just because you didn't know where the lowest price was.

But that doesn't mean that Lens.com is the best site for all contacts. A single box of ULTRA cost more at Lens.com than at 1800contacts.com for annual orders, resulting in a $72.00 difference per year.

As you can see, Lens.com has the best price for Air Optix Aqua, but over-charges for ULTRA compared to its competitors. A single box of Proclear 1 Day 30 Pack cost nearly twice as much at Walgreens compared to ContactLensKing — almost twice the price! Yet ContactLensKing is not the best for every brand either.

Above we see just a few examples, but the same is true for every single brand. This being the case, it is futile to look for the best site, as every site has good and bad prices depending on the brand.

Instead, what you should be doing is looking for the lowest price for your specific brand. That's what consulting Contacts Advice can do for you.

I compare the price of all the top contact lens brands, across the top 10 contact lens websites to uncover where the best price can be found for each individual brand. Now you can buy contact lenses online and rest assured that you won't pay a dollar more than you have to.

Prices For Contact Lenses Online Change Often

Throughout the years that I have been doing contact lens price comparisons, I have seen this happen many times. From one day to the next, all of the prices on certain sites will have changed. Some prices will have gone up, and some down. It's very unpredictable, and strange.

The frequent change in contact lens prices seen across most contact lens websites is not a response to changes in the prices set by the manufacturers. Contact lens manufacturers have a set pricing schedule that doesn't change nearly as often as the prices on contact lens retailer websites do.

How exactly contact lens websites decide to price their contact lenses, and what causes the prices to change so often, I do not know. But, it hardly matters to you because all you have to do is consult Contacts Advice's Contact Lens Price Comparison to discover where your brand is currently being sold for the lowest price.

To make sure that the prices you find are up to date, I update them regularly. I cycle through every single brand from every manufacturer across all the sites to make sure you can save money.

Some Sites Just Aren't Very Good At All

Not all contact lens websites are created equal. Whereas some sites might have the lowest price for a few brands, some sites never have the lowest price on any brand whatsoever. These are good sites to avoid, as anything you buy from them you would be able to get cheaper elsewhere.

Some examples of sites that I have never seen have the lowest price for any contact lens brand are:

• 1800anylens
• Coastal
• LensMart
• Walgreens
• AmericasBest

Are There Any Reasons Not To Buy At The Lowest Price?

Some sites offer you other incentives that can outweigh the fact they don't have the lowest contact lens prices.

39dollarglasses.com

One such site is 39dollarglasses.com. This site generally doesn't have the lowest prices compared to other sites like discountcontactlenses.com, but what they do offer is a free pair of glasses valued at $39 for every purchase of 1 year supply of contact lenses.

This means that, if by paying the lowest price, you don't end up saving more than $39 compared to what you would be paying at 39dollarglasses.com, then you would actually save more by getting the free pair of glasses, assuming that that's something you need of course.

For example: a year supply of Acuvue Oasys 12-pack costs $33.92 more at 39dollarglasses.com compared to discountcontactlenses.com, but you would get a free pair of glasses valued at $39. Therefore in that case (if you need a new pair of glasses), it would save you money to buy at 39dollarglasses.com, even though they don't have the lowest prices for contact lenses.

However, for 1-Day Acuvue Moist 30-pack, the price difference amounts to $48.12 over a year supply. In that case it would be best to buy from discountcontactlenses.com even though you would get a free pair of $39 glasses at 39dollarglasses.com.

Vision Benefits

Another situation where you may not necessarily save the most money by purchasing contacts at the lowest price is if you have vision benefits. There are not currently many sites that will allow you to claim your vision benefits online, but some do. There is no point in spending your own money on contact lenses, even if you are getting the lowest price, if you could be spending your insurance benefits.

Summary

If you have been looking for the single cheapest site for contact lenses, unfortunately it doesn't exist. There is a cheapest place to buy contact lenses, but depending on your brand, it can be any one of several websites. Find out where your contact lens brand is sold for the lowest price at Contacts Advice's price comparison page.