The Best Places to Buy Glasses Online of 2021

Firmoo carries prescription glass frames, sunglasses, and blue-light glasses at low price points. The glasses I received from Firmoo were, style-wise, my favorite glasses of the bunch, but ultimately we found their try-on options and interface to be middle of the road.

Firmoo’s website offers a lot of search criteria so you can refine your search, which helps narrow down their stock, and they also carry a wide assortment of sunglasses that you can add your prescription lenses to.

Ultimately, we were pretty pleased with Firmoo, and would recommend checking them out if you want a similar ordering experience and web matrix to EyeBuyDirect.

GlassesUSA carries prescription glasses, frames, sunglasses, and contacts. They carry designer brands like Ray-Ban and Oakley, and similar to many of the retailers listed, you can search for glasses based on your individual search criteria by selecting from among the sorting tools on their website.

GlassesUSA also has an app with a Prescription Scanner that will allow you to assess your prescription, but since corrective lens prescriptions can be really tricky and specific, we don't recommend using it. Instead, use the prescription given by your doctor. When I tried the Prescription Scanner, it could not accurately reflect my actual prescription, and if you have a prescription in only one eye (as I do) it fails to reproduce a prescription that you can actually use to purchase your glasses.

While we enjoyed GlassesUSA when we first tested them (I wear GlassesUSA frames every day), the glasses we received for the purposes of this test were slightly discolored on the lenses. They might have ranked a bit higher if the lens hadn’t been so distinctly different than what we expected.

Liingo, much like many of the other retailers on this list, offers fixed prices for prescription glasses with various frames, add-ons, and more. They have great packaging for their frames and, like Warby Parker, offer a home try-on program that allows users to pick out five frames to try on at home.

Liingo scored right in the middle of the lineup. Essentially, compared to services like EyeBuyDirect and Warby Parker, their selection is somewhat lacking in the range of available sizes and styles. That said, they have moderate price points, and performed well throughout both rounds of testing.

Zenni Optical offers low prices for frames, prescription glasses, sunglasses, children’s glasses and sunglasses, and more. They have celebrity collections, including a large collection by Rashida Jones, and a fairly easy ordering process that allows the buyer to effectively sort out the kind of frames they want.

The retailer was my college glasses go-to, but after more formally revieweing Zenni Optical we determined that the quality of the glasses reflects their low prices. Their virtual try-on feature is skippable and their website is fairly negligible compared to other retailers we tested.

Zenni is a great option if you’re in a pinch, or if you’re looking to buy trendy glasses that you can swap out on a day-to-day basis. They’re also a good choice if you have kids who are looking for trendy frames.

Yesglasses carries prescription glasses, sunglasses, and children’s glasses. Yesglasses has a generous amount of frames to choose from, particularly if you're looking for trendy styles. The glasses we received weren’t standouts among the selection we purchased.

When we first reviewed Yesglasses, we discovered the frames didn’t reflect the image on the website when they arrived, and the same was the case to a lesser extent this time around.

Yesglasses claims that they offer “free” 1.61 lenses with your purchase, indicating that lenses are included in the price of the frames up to a certain lens index. My prescription is high enough that it was recommended I upgrade to a higher lens index, taking me out of the “free” bracket. If you have a heavy-duty prescription or prefer a high-quality lens, this feature of Yesglasses product won’t necessarily be helpful.

While Yesglasses does carry eyewear for kids, they don’t really have enough styles to make it a go-to stop for children’s eyewear.

Bonlook has a more boutique feel than any retailer on this list, which made it slightly difficult to compare with the other services. Bonlook offers its own brand of eyeglass frames at moderate to high price points. They have several celebrity collections and collaborations, as well as their own lines of glasses.

Bonlook is a great choice if you enjoy luxurious products and glasses, but ultimately we found their online features to be lacking. The physical glasses from Bonlook were well-made and durable, but we wished more attention had been paid to the challenges inherent with ordering products online.

Most notably, I received several emails from Bonlook regarding putting in prescription information again, and was eventually forced to get my prescription verified by Bonlook before they would begin creating my lenses. I also found the method for inputting and measuring your P.D. slightly clunky. If you have time to spare, they’re worth checking out, but if you’re looking for fast delivery then they wouldn’t be our first pick, as it took almost a month for the glasses to arrive after we placed our order.