Blog | Optical Industry Insights, Guides & Tools for Opticians

Before we go deep: If you’re just looking for the quick formula, skip the theory and use our MBS Calculator. If you want to actually understand why MBS matters, how the math works, how lenses are made, and how they’re cut to fit a frame… keep reading.

Short Answer: To launch an optical ecommerce store, choose a platform that supports prescription lens customization (Shopify or WooCommerce work best for most optical shops),…

Children as young as 8 can wear contact lenses safely when supervised by a pediatric optometrist. Research from the CLIP Study and the Bullimore safety review confirms that adverse event rates in children aged 8-11 are comparable to or lower than those in teenagers.

Optogrid built a WooCommerce plugin specifically for optical retailers that simplifies prescription eyewear e-commerce with features for frames, lens add-ons, optical customization, and integrated remote PD/SH measurement. It is now released on WordPress.org as Optogrid Eyeglasses for WooCommerce. This is the technical background: why WooCommerce over Shopify, and how the two build phases came together.

Optigrid is now Optogrid. The name changed, but your account, data, measurements, and integrations remain exactly as they are. Here is what you need to know about the transition.

TL;DR: Childhood myopia (nearsightedness) often worsens each year as kids’ eyes grow. Unchecked, it can lead to high prescriptions and higher risks of serious eye…

See which eyeglasses innovations are shipping now, from smart frames and myopia control lenses to freeform digital surfacing.

Why look at PD at scale? The average pupillary distance across 14,904 real-world Optogrid measurements is 61.2 mm (median 60.6 mm), with 90% of adults…

How opticians fit high-Rx, prism, and occupational lens prescriptions: vertex distance compensation, prism splitting and verification, and segment height for work-specific lenses.

Digital pupillometers achieve ±0.5mm accuracy while online tools like Optogrid reach ±1mm, both meeting ANSI Z80.1 tolerances for progressive lenses. Traditional rulers average 0.5-2mm variance. This guide compares accuracy, cost, and ROI across four methods to help optical businesses choose the right fit.