Recently, ordering eyewear on the web has turned into a great way to make massive savings over buying designer glasses from established high-street opticians.

In this article we illustrate how to get the finest deal when ordering online.

Before you start the process you need to have your prescription to hand. By law, all optometrists must present you with your prescription particulars. You are not obliged to make a purchase of spectacles or contact lenses from the optometrist that carries out your sight test.

First off, look for the terms ‘designer spectacles’, ‘designer frames‘ or ‘glasses online’ in a search engine to find online stores – you ought to find lots to select.

You will hit upon a vast pick of frames presented to you at excellent prices and you will discover something that suits you. It sometimes helps if you’ve already tried on pairs to find the design that suits you.

Having found a pair of designer glasses you like you now need to check the size. Have you ever wondered what the row of numbers on the inside of your eyewear arms meant – that’s the size tag.

You may need a magnifying glass to uncover the numbers on the inside of the arms. Inside the arms you should find 3 numbers that look something like this 54[]18 135 which are the frames sizes in millimetres.

If you wish for a pair of glasses with a similar dimension to your current ones then pick out a pair of frames sized within 1 or 2mm.

You will need to select the option to indicate if the eyewear are for reading or for distance work. You will also want to specify if you require bifocal or varifocal lenses.

If you would like your specs lenses to look thinner, and also be noticeably lighter, then you ought to decide on thinner lenses.

You should pick a lens with a scratch resistant finish and most stores supply this as normal.

You can select an anti-reflection finish which reduces glare when driving, chiefly at night. A UV400 finish will help to safeguard your eyes from sun harm.

Adding a colour tint will help to convert your spectacles into elegant sunglasses. You can go for Transition lenses which turn dark in the sunlight automatically.

Decide on polarizing lenses for very bright light settings such as those experienced when skiing or fishing.

You don’t need to understand your prescription to order designer glasses on the internet. Just put the particulars shown on your prescription into the order form.

You will need to put in the ‘pupillary distance’ or PD value. It is the distance between the centres of the two pupils in millimeters. This size may not be shown on your prescription but the website should demonstrate how to measure it.

You can proceed to the shopping basket when you’ve entered all the prescription facts.

After submitting your order, sit back and chill out. You have just saved yourself a lot of cash!