Agora vs Patent Monk

Build an Amazon Affiliates store on Shopify

Agora is a Shopify app that makes it easy to add Amazon Affiliate products to your Shopify store. Products imported into your store via Agora are imported as native Shopify products, but instead of checking out like normal, customers are redirected to the Amazon product with your Associate ID, so you collect your affiliate commission when a customer makes a purchase. This is a great place to start for someone interested in starting an eCommerce store, as you can learn the ropes without having to purchase and manage stock. As you learn the skills needed to run an online store, the fact that you're already on Shopify means it's super simple to eventually switch to your very own products!

Location: Melbourne, Australia

The patent search engine you always wanted to exist

Searching the web for patents, even reading them online, is a terrible experience. The most user friendly service is Google Patents. But that was designed back in 2006 and has barely seen as upgrade since.

(Here's why: https://medium.com/@PatentMonk/paul-graham-wants-to-blow-up-google-67a5d6c7a2d2)

That's why out of frustration we've modernized the design. Making it Web 2.0—and keeping it free. Basically, if you like what Wikiwand did for Wikipedia, you're going to love this. Because it creates a way for users to easily navigate the patent search process. And make it one less headache in their lives.

Who are the users? Since we launched on May 11, we've had 6,000+ users that range from lawyers, startup CEOs, journalists, inventors, tinkerers and more. It's become the go-to search tool for patents for a ton of different people with the number growing everyday.

Together with this rapidly expanding user base, we're rolling out incredibly new features they've suggested. Including auto-citing to the patent, advanced search abilities, rapid review functions, and more.