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Agents of Shield Agent Shield has also patented technology that allows for an easy add-on to an existing website, in this case, tools that not only assist with marketing of agents and new property developments, but also solutions that help protect the agent from adverse sales interactions. In explaining company products such as Website Shield and Agent Tracker, Duon says, “Agents and brokers are sometimes hesitant about linking to a developer’s website out of concern of losing customers who may contact the developer instead of the agent. This also impacts developers who lose out on traffic to their website as well as sales opportunities.” Website Shield therefore enables agents to utilize a developer’s website as their own marketing tool. Agent Tracker works similarly, but when a customer is reviewing a developer’s website, the contact information is converted to that of the agent as opposed to that of the developer. Another company product is Agent Toolbox, a resource that allows real estate professionals to rapidly acquire relevant floor plans, home designs, pricing data, renderings or other material. As Duon says, “This allows developers to save time from repetitive tasks but also empowers them to work with agents more efficiently.” For Duon, it wasn’t too difficult relating to the advantages of such technology … he spent years in the real estate trade before focusing on the software. REliable & REwarding The final member of this collective is a real estate technology provider called REfindly. The company was founded by Ryan Tremblay, a native of Na \