Eclips

What Eclips does

eClips is a privately held, founder-owned manufacturer of custom clip-on lenses for prescription eyewear, founded in 1992 by optician David Salk and headquartered in Richmond, California. The company designs and hand-crafts clip-ons in three styles (eClips 3, Illusion, and Flip) that attach to a customer's existing prescription frames, offered with Standard, Polarized, and Blue Logic Lenses variants using proprietary Melanin-based blue light filtration technology. eClips holds a patent on the first rimless custom clip and has developed proprietary automated lens-drilling software to support its custom-fit production process.

The business operates through two channels: a direct-to-consumer e-commerce site (clipon.com) where customers mail in their frames for custom fitting, and a B2B2C network of eyecare providers (including a dedicated Oliver Peoples order portal and a Lab Stock Portal) who order, fit, and dispense clip-ons to patients. Pricing is unit-based, ranging from approximately $155 for entry-level e3 Standard clips to $200 for premium Illusion/Flip Blue Logic variants. There is no disclosed revenue, funding, or headcount data; the company appears to operate as a small, single-location manufacturer with a 25+ year operating history and a founder-led premium positioning in a niche product category.

Name

Eclips

Legal name

eClips Custom Clip On's

Website

https://clipon.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

eClips is a Richmond, California-based custom clip-on lens manufacturer founded in 1992, serving prescription eyewear wearers and eyecare providers with hand-crafted clip-ons and proprietary blue light filtration lenses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Optical Accessories

NAICS

Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing (339115), Optical Goods Retailers (45613)

SIC

Ophthalmic Goods (3851)

akta.pro primary industry

Optical Dispensing & Eyewear Devices (Frames, Lenses, Lens Edging/Finishing Equipment) (HLAHAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sunglasses (Non-Prescription) (CRAAAKAB), Eyewear Accessories & Care (Cases, Cleaning, Chains) (CRAAAKAI)

Keywords

• Custom clip-on lenses
• Prescription eyewear accessories
• Blue light filtration lenses
• Rimless sunglass clips
• Custom-fit optical clips

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Custom Clip-on Sales: One-time hardware sales of custom clip-on lenses and sunglasses. Products are hand-crafted to fit each customer's existing prescription eyewear. Customers send their frames to eClips, which creates personalized custom clip-ons and ships them back.
2. Blue Light Lens Upgrades: Sale of Blue Logic Lenses with Melanin-based filtration for blue light protection, available as an add-on or standalone product
3. Provider/Professional Orders: B2B sales to eyecare professionals who order custom clip-ons on behalf of their patients

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Eclips designs, manufactures, and sells custom hand-crafted clip-on sunglass and specialty lenses that attach to prescription eyeglasses. The company offers three proprietary clip-on frame styles (e3, Illusion, Flip) and a portfolio of lens types including Standard, Polarized, and the Blue Logic line (Glare Guard, Sleeprotect, Night Shift, Sunprotect), producing both finished clip-on eyewear hardware and targeted blue-light filtration solutions for prescription spectacle wearers.

Product overview

eClips is a custom clip-on sunglasses manufacturer offering three distinct clip styles (eClips 3, Illusion, and Flip) that attach to existing prescription eyewear frames. Founded in 1992 and proudly hand-crafted in the San Francisco Bay Area, the company provides economical alternatives to purchasing a second pair of prescription sunglasses. Their product portfolio centers on customizable clip-on solutions with multiple lens technology options including Standard non-polarized, Polarized, and Blue Logic Lenses™ variants (Glare Guard, Sleeprotect, Night Shift, and Sunprotect). All products feature premium quality construction with various color options in hardware and lenses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Blue Logic Lenses: A superior blue light filter product line that addresses blue light problems day and night, indoors and out. Includes products like Blue Logic 365 Lenses, Glare Guard, Sleeprotect, Night Shift, and Sunprotect.

Products and services

• eClips 3 (e3) Custom Clip-On
• Illusion Custom Clip-On
• Flip Custom Clip-On
• Blue Logic Lens Line (Glare Guard, Sleeprotect, Night Shift, Sunprotect)
• Polarized Clip-On Lenses
• Standard Clip-On Lenses

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Oliver PeoplescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounder David Salk collaborated with Larry Leight to design flip up clips specifically for Oliver Peoples eyewear. This is a co-development partnership for premium eyewear accessories.
• Focal Point OpticiansminorOthersFounder David Salk owns this high-end optical practice in Berkeley, CA, which serves as both a customer channel and product development testing ground.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Gunnar Optiks: Gunnar sells dedicated computer/blue-light glasses and gaming eyewear, addressing the same digital eye-strain and screen-related vision concerns that eClips' Blue Logic variants target. It competes for the same end-user wellness-driven spend via a different (dedicated-glasses) form factor.
• Felix Gray: Felix Gray is a digitally-native blue-light glasses brand selling directly to consumers for screen-time eye protection, a use case eClips also serves via Blue Logic Lenses. Both target the same screen-fatigue and sleep-quality buyer with non-prescription lenses.
• BluTech: BluTech licenses Melanin-based lens technology for blue-light and UV protection, the same Melanin-based filtration platform that underpins eClips' Blue Logic lens line. Overlap is in the blue-light protection value proposition rather than clip-on form factor.

Broad incumbents

• Oliver Peoples (Luxottica): Oliver Peoples is both an eClips co-development partner and a luxury eyewear brand owned by EssilorLuxottica. It competes in the premium prescription-eyewear space and is a customer/channel partner for eClips' flip-up clip collaborations.
• LensCrafters (EssilorLuxottica): LensCrafters is a large optical retail chain that sells prescription sunglasses in-store, directly competing with eClips' clip-on solution for consumers who want sunglass functionality. It represents the institutional retail channel eClips reaches via its B2B2C provider model.
• Warby Parker: Warby Parker is a vertically integrated DTC optical retailer selling prescription eyewear and sunglasses, including prescription sunglasses at price points that compete with eClips' value proposition of avoiding a second pair of prescription shades. It is a broad incumbent rather than a clip-on specialist.

Direct peers

• Cocoons Eyewear: Cocoons makes fitover sunglasses and clip-on styles that fit over prescription eyewear, the same core 'sun protection over glasses' use case as eClips. It is the most direct functional competitor in the clip-on/fitover accessory category, with broader retail distribution.
• Fitovers Eyewear: Fitovers specializes in polarized fitover sunglasses that slide over prescription frames, providing an off-the-shelf alternative to eClips' custom clip-ons. Targets the same prescription-eyeglass-wearing consumer with a no-custom-fit, instant-purchase model.
• Dioptics Medical Products (Solar Shield): Dioptics' Solar Shield brand sells fitover sunglasses designed to wear over prescription glasses, directly addressing eClips' primary pain point (sun protection for eyeglass wearers) through an alternative attachment mechanism. It competes in the same OTC/consumer accessory channel.

Others

• Cocoons Blue-Light / Clip-On Specialists (generic small players): Small specialty clip-on and blue-light accessory makers populate the niche alongside eClips; they are adjacent ecosystem participants with limited brand recognition but comparable form factors, representing the long tail of competition in the clip-on category.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/eclipscustomclipons
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/e-clips-custom-clip-on-sunglasses

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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