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The Story of a Brand

Lensabl - One Stop Shop for All Things Optical

The Story of a Brand

Ramon Vela

Business, Entrepreneurship

5145 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

****This episode was brought to you by ATTN Agency and Forum Brands.

 

In response to the recent pandemic, tons of different markets have been making the jump to direct-to-consumer shopping. Whether it’s ordering food, buying take-home tests to check your health, or even getting your prescription renewed, anything could be found at the tip of your fingers and in the comfort of your own home.

In the second part of this Feature, we sit back down with Andrew Bilinsky, co-founder and CEO of Lensabl. Through Lensabl, not only can you get your prescription renewed, but every customer could access quality optical care without leaving home.

After trial and error, Andrew and his team perfected the first version of Lensabl, starting with lens replacement in 2017. Lens replacement allowed customers to replace the lens in their glasses without ever having to replace the frame.

Now today, Lensabl has added tons of new services. Listen today as Ramon Vela and Andrew discuss how Lensabl is striving to be your one-stop-shop for all things optical.

In part 1, Andrew discusses: Working with updated tech such as Shopify; Creating the digital transformation for optical care; Using timing to your advantage; Expanding the market; Changing the traditional eye experience to bring accessible and affordable care; Where to find Lensabl; and much more.

For more on Lensabl, visit: https://www.lensabl.com/

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Recorded at Attention Agency Studios.

0:07.5

This is not your average entrepreneur or e-commerce podcast.

0:11.8

And he's not your average host.

0:14.3

This is the story of a brand with your host, Ramon Vela.

0:21.6

So, you know, I think we saw that and as we were, you know, getting more intrigued about the prescription lens side of the business,

0:29.6

it just happened that, you know, there really was no kind of large player that was selling prescription lenses direct to consumer in the form that we created.

0:38.3

And so we saw it as our way to kind of take a new market leadership role, even if it was a market that we had created entirely and it was very small.

0:49.3

It was a way for us to differentiate.

0:52.3

Have you built an opportunity? it was a way for us to differentiate.

0:59.9

Have you built an online brand that consumers love?

1:04.1

Do you sell in consumer categories that are essential to everyday life?

1:07.5

Do the majority of your sales go through Amazon FBA?

1:15.0

If this sounds like you, you should get to know Forum brands. Forum is a team of expert investors, operators, and many ex-Amazonians who provide entrepreneurs and owners with the most

1:21.6

efficient and lucrative way to sell their e-commerce businesses. If you're interested in exploring

1:27.4

a sale and cashing out

1:29.1

years of your profits in one day, visit us at forumbrands.com to schedule a call.

1:37.1

Hey, don't forget to listen to Part 1 of this amazing feature. Now, let's get back to the story.

1:44.1

You know, you said something right now that I just

1:47.3

thought of, it made me think of something. When you came out with, in 2017, with the lens

1:53.2

replacement, and I think that's, it sounds like what you did, you found an opportunity in the

1:59.7

market that wasn't being exploited in the way that you envisioned.

2:05.1

And so you found this really cool opportunity.

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