The system · 5 steps

From online marketing to your payout.

You focus on the sales conversation. Marketing, scheduling, AI advisory, workshop and payment are run by STEINER.

  1. 01

    Online marketing — by us

    STEINER runs performance marketing in your region. You pay £0 ad budget, we carry the ad risk.

  2. 02

    Appointment in your store

    Pre-qualified premium prospects book directly into your calendar — need confirmed, budget clarified.

  3. 03

    AI-powered advisory

    Lifestyle questions at the desk, three objectively matching lenses — each with a detailed, individual rationale why it fits the customer. Result: +38 % avg. sale price per pair — through traceable recommendation, not sales pressure.

  4. 04

    Order & free edging

    Order placed in the web app, trace file from your tracer included. Our master workshop edges every lens free of charge — you receive lenses ready to fit.

  5. 05

    Your payout

    Instant payment: on the day the customer pays. Invoice purchase: with delivery — STEINER carries default, dunning and collections.

Payment system

Your payout — straight to your account.

Instant or on invoice — however the customer pays: you receive your payout promptly. No dunning, no collections, no bad debt — all on STEINER.

Traditional
With STEINER
Pre-financing lens
No inventory commitment
Dunning & collections
STEINER handles — also for invoice purchases
Credit checks on customer
Happens in the background — not in your store
Bad debt
STEINER carries — on invoice purchase
Monthly reconciliation with supplier
Paid out with customer payment or delivery
Invoice purchase · 100 % default protection by STEINER

Whether paid instantly or on invoice — you receive your full payout upon delivery.

  • Invoice purchase: Customer gets the glasses now, pays later — you receive your payout promptly with delivery.
  • Default protection: If the customer defaults, it's our problem, not yours. No dunning letters, no collections, no calls — no credit theatre in your store.
Your frame · 90 % payout · full service included

10 % stays in the system — and works for your sale.

Lens and frame always run through STEINER in a single transaction — that's what enables breakage protection, invoice purchase and automatic payout. On your own frame you receive 90 % directly. The remaining 10 % funds three services that make closing easier — at no extra cost to you or the customer:

  • Customer breakage protection included: Every frame is automatically insured against breakage — a strong selling point you don't need to upsell.
  • Invoice purchase without extra fee: The customer picks the payment that suits them — no hidden surcharges, no credit theatre at the desk.
  • Full default protection: STEINER carries the risk on invoice purchase as well. You receive your 90 % promptly with delivery — regardless of whether the customer pays later.
No COGS · No pre-financing · No open items · Payout in GBP

All payout rates are based on net selling price. Glasses insurance portion excluded.

Service takeover · no detours

Complaints, warranty, prescription protection — we run it.

With traditional lens suppliers the optician sits between customer and manufacturer — carrying every rework, every goodwill case, every reminder to the supplier. Not with STEINER.

Complaints

Customer complains → you submit the specification in the web app → STEINER remakes. No back-and-forth, no goodwill debate between you and the customer.

Warranty

24 months on lens and coating. STEINER delivers the new lenses free of charge after your report — edging and handover in your store stay in your hands.

Prescription protection 24 months

Every STEINER varifocal lens is covered for 24 months against prescription change from ±0.5D. We deliver the new lenses free of charge — a massive argument for cataract and progressing presbyopia.

Specification basis

You're not the referee. Complaints run against measurement and refraction data — cleanly documented in the web app, transparent for all sides.

You lose no consulting time on complaints — and you don't end up between customer and supplier.

Partnership

Let's talk for 15 minutes.

You pay nothing, carry no risk — and pocket the top payout during the start phase. Not testing this means leaving money on the table.

No form, no sales show. A short call where we show you the AI live, answer your questions and jointly check whether your region fits and STEINER is the right lever for you.

  • 15 minutes · no obligation
  • No minimum term · no upfront fees
  • No bad debt — STEINER carries the risk
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