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Gilboa: No company offered a home try-on program before Warby Parker

Dave Gilboa · Warby Parker: Dave Gilboa & Neil Blumenthal (2016) · Feb 19, 2018 · at 9:12

Dave Gilboa, co-founder of Warby Parker, explains how the company addressed customer skepticism regarding purchasing eyewear online without trying it on first.

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“And that's when kind of this light bulb went off for the home try-on program, which really no, no company was offering until that time”

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The claim, plainly

No eyewear company offered a home try-on program before Warby Parker launched one.

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Assessment

Dave Gilboa claimed that no company offered a home try-on program prior to Warby Parker's launch. Warby Parker launched its website and 5-pair 'Home Try-On' program in February 2010. However, historical records confirm that UK-based online eyewear retailer Glasses Direct had already established a home trial program prior to 2010. Glasses Direct introduced early home trial models following its 2004 founding and officially launched its free 4-frame, 7-day 'Home Trial' postal service in late 2008, documented by contemporaneous consumer records in December 2009.

Glasses Direct launched a free 4-pair, 7-day postal 'Home Trial' box service in the United Kingdom in late 2008.
Contemporaneous consumer forum records from December 21, 2009, document active customer use of Glasses Direct's home trial service prior to Warby Parker's launch.
Warby Parker launched its direct-to-consumer website and 5-pair Home Try-On program in February 2010, after Glasses Direct had already implemented the model.

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[1] markhub24.com [2] glassesdirect.co.uk [3] glassesdirect.co.uk [4] myoptique.co.uk [5] glassesdirect.co.uk [6] glassesdirect.co.uk [7] glassesdirect.co.uk [8] moneysavingexpert.com

"Glasses Direct" launched "home trial" OR "home try" eyewear "home try-on" OR "home trial" before 2010 "home trial" "Glasses Direct" Jamie Murray Wells first online eyewear home try on before Warby Parker "Glasses Direct" "Home Trial" 2006 OR 2007 OR 2008 OR 2009 "Glasses Direct" "Home Trial" OR "home try-on" OR "try at home" eyewear "home try-on" history "Glasses Direct" "Home trial" glasses 2005 OR 2006 OR 2007 OR 2008 OR 2009 -site:warbyparker.com eyewear home try on program before 2010

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