Why Every Optometry Practice Needs an Eye Care Membership Plan (If You Like Money)

August 03, 2025
Topics: Vision
Written by: Ally Comstock

Wanna Make Eye Care Predictable, Profitable & Patient-Loyalty-Fueled?

If you’re tired of chasing reimbursements like a broke bounty hunter… and you’re sick of patients ghosting after one visit…

️ It’s time to flip the script and start thinking like Netflix, Amazon Prime, or Dollar Shave Club.

They figured it out: Predictable monthly revenue > one-off transactions.

So why not bring that same model to your eye care business?

Introducing: the Eye Care Membership Plan — your golden ticket to recurring revenue, patient loyalty, and business sanity.


From Feast & Famine to Financial Freedom

Let’s rewind to Dr. Kim.

Small town. Smart doc. Solid service.

But her income was an emotional rollercoaster:

  • Some months? Fully booked and flush

  • Other months? Phones dry, chairs empty

She was exhausted trying to market like crazy just to keep up.

“I thought I had a marketing problem… turns out I had a revenue model problem.”

Enter: BoomCloud™ — the eye care industry’s most powerful membership software.

Within 3 months, she launched a Vision Wellness Plan, turned her 2-exam-a-year patients into monthly subscribers, and never looked back.


What If You Stopped Chasing Patients and Started Owning Your Income?

Here’s the cold, blurry truth:

The average patient only visits every 18–24 months.
The average insurance payout is dropping annually.
And acquisition costs are rising like an Elon Musk stock tweet.

But membership patients?

  • Visit more often

  • Spend 2–4X more

  • Say YES to treatment

  • Stick around for years

All while paying you monthly. Predictably. Automatically.

With an eye care membership plan, you go from reactive to proactive. From chaos to calm. From survival to scale.


The Eye Care Membership Plan Blueprint (Built with BoomCloud™)

✅ What Is an Eye Care Membership Plan?

A subscription-based pricing model where patients pay a monthly or annual fee for exclusive access to eye care services, discounts, and perks.

Think: Eye exams + frame discounts + dry eye therapy = VIP patient experience ️

Why It Works:

  • Gives patients value & affordability

  • Gives you recurring revenue (aka MRR & ARR)

  • Cuts out insurance friction

  • Increases compliance + case acceptance


EYE-OPENING STATS (From BoomCloud™ Data & Real Practices)

Metric Traditional Patients Membership Patients
Avg. Annual Spend $280–$350 $900–$1,200+
Visit Frequency Every 18–24 months Every 3–6 months
Treatment Plan Acceptance ~35% 72%
Lifetime Value (LTV) ~$800 $3,500–$5,000+
Retention (3-Year Window) ~40% 85%+

MRR & ARR: Why You Should Think Like a SaaS Business

MRR = Monthly Recurring Revenue
ARR = Annual Recurring Revenue

You know what VSP doesn’t give you? Predictable monthly revenue. But your electric bill sure as hell is predictable.

Let’s run the numbers…

Example:

  • 400 patients join your plan at $30/month

  • That’s $12,000/month in MRR

  • That’s $144,000/year ARR

  • On auto-pilot. While you sleep.


How One Practice 3X’d Revenue with BoomCloud™

Dr. Mason Rivera in Arizona bought a dusty legacy practice in 2022. Everything was analog. Insurance-heavy. Revenue-light.

He launched a BoomCloud™ Eye Care Club in 90 days:

  • $39/month plan

  • 2 exams/year

  • 20% off lenses

  • Complimentary retinal scan

  • Emergency access included

One year later:

  • 578 members

  • $22,542 MRR

  • $270,504 ARR

  • Membership patients spent 3.2X more

  • Word-of-mouth referrals increased 67%

Dr. Mason now runs two locations… all without hiring a full-time marketing agency or begging insurance for scraps.


CREATIVE MEMBERSHIP PERK IDEAS (Steal These )

Use these inside your eye care membership plan to boost perceived value

  • 25% off designer frames

  • Dry eye therapy bundle

  • Annual retinal scan included

  • Frame styling session

  • Lens cleaner refills

  • ️ Exclusive frame drops for members

  • “Eye Spa” wellness events

Remember: It’s not about discounting — it’s about creating value + exclusivity.


MARKETING YOUR MEMBERSHIP PLAN LIKE A PRO

Here’s how to get your first 100+ members fast:

1. Launch Email/Text Campaign

“Get VIP eye care for just $1/day — now enrolling Vision Club Members!”

2. Add a Button on Your Website

“Join Our Membership Plan — Save Big, See Better”

3. Train Your Team to Offer It Chairside

“Most of our patients save $200+ a year with this — want me to show you?”

4. Offer a Time-Limited Bonus

“Join in the next 7 days and get $50 toward your next frame!”


HOW BOOMCLOUD™ MAKES IT CRAZY EASY

BoomCloud™ is built for healthcare practices to launch, manage, and scale subscription-based care plans. No spreadsheets. No guesswork.

⚙️ Features You’ll Love:

  • Automated monthly billing

  • Tax-compliant & HIPAA-secure

  • Real-time analytics (MRR, ARR, churn, etc.)

  • ✉️ Automated onboarding emails

  • Easy integration into your workflow

It’s like Shopify meets Netflix for eye docs.

Start here: BoomCloudApps.com


(The VIP Recap)

  • Eye care membership plans are the new standard for smart practices

  • BoomCloud™ turns your patients into subscribers

  • MRR + ARR = scalable, predictable, freedom-fueled revenue

  • Patients love them. Staff love them. Your CPA loves them.

  • Membership patients spend more, return more, and refer more


NEXT STEPS:

✅ Visit BoomCloudApps.com
✅ Build your plan — include your most valuable services
✅ Launch it to your existing patients first
✅ Track your MRR & ARR as it stacks month over month
✅ Celebrate the new recurring revenue you didn’t have to hustle for

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Author Bio

Jordon Comstock is the Founder & CEO of BoomCloud™, a software that allows practice, clinic & spa owners to build, manage and scale a membership program. This helps practice & clinic owners to create recurring revenue & improve loyalty via membership programs. Jordon is passionate about Music, Hawaii, Healthcare businesses like: dentistry, optometry, med spas and massage spas. Schedule a demo of BoomCloud™ and learn how membership programs can improve your business. Here are more dental books to improve your practice

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