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FAQs

Ordering Contact Lenses Online - Frequently Asked Questions

Your prescription

In Australia and New Zealand, the law dictates that you need a valid contact lens prescription to purchase contact lenses. A contact lens prescription differs from a spectacle prescription because more information is required to ensure good ocular health. The information includes brand, size (curvature and diameter) and power. Your contact lens prescription is valid for 2 years. When you’re about to confirm your order, there will be a box you’ll need to tick to confirm that you have a valid prescription.

How do I find my contact lens prescription?

There are two ways you can find your contact lens prescription:
1. From a script that your Optometrist has provided you
2. From the box of your current contact lenses

Contact lens prescriptions can be a little confusing to read. Below are the terms that you may come across and how they match to our ordering page. Not all fields will be required for your prescription.

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Example of prescription details on a contact lens box

ODRight eye
OSLeft eye
D or SPH or PWRPower (select for each eye)
Add PowerAdd Power
CYLCYL (select for each eye)
AXIS or XAxis (select for each eye, this will be a number between 5 - 180)
BCBase Curve (select for each eye)
DIADiameter - no selection required, this is fixed for your contact lens

How often should contact lens wearers get their eyes examined?

Although your contact lens prescription is valid for 2 years, eContactLenses.com.au strongly recommends yearly check ups to ensure good ocular health and longevity of wear of your contact lenses. Although your prescription may not change, it’s always a good idea to make sure your eyes are healthy. Remember, if your eyes ever get sore, red or just don’t feel right, remove your contact lenses and see your optometrist as soon as you can.

Which contact lenses should I choose?

In order to choose the best contact lenses, it is essential to consider factors such as your lifestyle, visual needs, optometrist’s recommendation and your personal commitment to wearing and cleaning them. You can choose between daily lenses, fortnightly and monthly lenses, extended wear lenses, astigmatism, multifocal and coloured contact lenses.

How can I reduce the risk of contact lens related problems?

Good compliance of contact lens care is crucial for trouble-free contact lens wear. The correct use of the contact lens solution that was prescribed by your optometrist (replacing the solution after each wear and rubbing your contact lenses with solution before storage) and replacing your contact lens storage case every 3 months will reduce the risk of complications.

Counterfeit Contact Lenses

At eContactLenses.com.au we guarantee the contact lenses ordered through us are the genuine article. When you’re putting something in your eye for 10-14 hours, you want to make sure it’s the real deal. Don’t risk your eye health on potential counterfeit lenses.

How do you sell contact lenses at such low prices?

At eContactLenses.com.au, we can distribute some of the cheapest contact lenses in Australia due to our ability to buy direct from the manufactures and sell these heavily discounted products in our online store, passing the saving on to our customers.

Can I claim my contact lenses on my health fund?

Yes. If you have optical cover with your health fund, most Australian health funds will supply a rebate on prescription contact lenses. We’ll provide you with an itemised receipt, with health fund codes, that you can submit to your health fund for reimbursement.

Postage, Shipping and Notifications

We exclusively use Australia's most trusted delivery service - Australia Post, to deliver our contact lenses so you’ll know they’re safe. You can choose from Australia Post's Standard Delivery, or Express Delivery options. Standard delivery should arrive within 2-7 business days after dispatch, and Express delivery should arrive within 1-3 business days after dispatch. There are no hidden costs and we do not charge a handling fee.

You will receive an email shortly after ordering to confirm your order, a second email confirming that your order has been processed and a third email to let you know your contact lenses have been shipped. Most of our contact lens orders will be dispatched within 2 - 5 business days, so you should receive your contact lenses within 3 - 7 business days from placing your order. If for any reason, including back-ordered products, we can’t get your contact lenses to you within 7 business days, we will notify you.  If your order is urgent, please let us know in the notes field when placing your order and we will contact you if there are any delays.

Proclear Toric XR and Frequency Xcel Toric XR contact lenses can take up to 4 weeks as they are custom made in the UK by Cooper Vision.

At this stage we only supply contact lenses within Australia. We’re aiming to introduce New Zealand ordering in the near future.

Return Policy & Guarantee

We offer a 100% money back guarantee (excluding postage). We use genuine, brand new contact lenses with long expiry dates. If for any reason, you wish to return your contact lenses, you can return to eContactLenses.com.au within 28 days of purchase and we will refund you the purchase price (as long as the boxes of contact lenses have not been tampered with – opened or written on).

Payment Methods

We accept Visa, MasterCard and PayPal.

Security

We use Westpac Banking Corporation (www.westpac.com.au) as our payment gateway and our merchant facility. Westpac is PCI DSS compliant  ensuring your credit card details are always safe.  Your details are encrypted via a 256-bit RapidSSL Certificate (owned and operated by GeoTrust , one of the world's largest SSL certificate providers) so you can rest assured that you’re in a secure environment.

Privacy Policy

We respect your privacy and will never disclose your personal information to any other party.  We only use your information for seamless reordering of your contact lenses or to send you information regarding your order status. We give you the option to be on our mailing list to ensure you don’t miss out on the latest promotions. If at any time you wish to opt out of the mailing list, please click the unsubscribe button on the email. If you wish your details to be removed from our database, please email [email protected].