Online eyeglass stores always get praise that they can offer larger inventory or stock than traditional optical stores. It is true that a large online optical store will probably have thousands of different glasses. Taking framesdirect.com as an example, the website claims that it is the largest online eyewear store in the world by stocking one hundred thousand eyeglasses online. Of course, not all online eyewear stores can keep up with that scale. But it is undeniable that those online eyewear stores are more capable of displaying thousands of eyewear products than local vendors.
The glasses differ mainly according to the types of frames. With a large inventory of eyewear products, it’s important for an eyewear store to rank their eyeglass frames online. Efficient forms of sorting are beneficial to both the supplier himself and his customers. From the seller’s point of view, well-organized eyeglass frames always lead to efficient business. And next to the customers, the efficiently grouped eyewear products allow them to search for one or more favorable ones without much effort. For example, they can simply use Google and type in a keyword or phrase that is closely related to ways of classifying eyeglass frames.
Over the last few years, there are common ways adopted by online eyewear stores to categorize eyeglass frames. It is easy to find the following frame categories. The gender is commonly used to group all eyeglass frames into men’s, women’s, and unisex. This classification approach is actually based on the different tastes between men and women. In general, women’s eyeglass frames are designed to feature thin temples and small lens frames. For most men, it is more common to choose formal and classic frames. Frames with slightly thicker temples are still acceptable. And unisex eyeglass frames are usually moderate in design. Another way customers search for glasses is based on the frame material. While metal and plastic frames are the two main categories, there are still some detailed keywords associated with frame material, including titanium, mixed material, memory metal, Monel, etc. As the old saying goes, everything has advantages and disadvantages.
Based on the style of the frame, online eyeglass frames are generally divided into full frame, half frame and rimless. Also, some online stores still offer a special category of parasol models. Sun visors are templeless mounts, so they can hardly fall into any of the three main types of mounts.