How Derek James grew his Amazon business to over sixty million in three years
Derek James, the man behind VA Relief, is not just an average entrepreneur and investor. Other than VA Relief, he also owns three other eight-figure e-commerce companies with revenues amounting to about sixty million dollars a year online. He has become a common name in the e-commerce industry and is making waves all over the states - especially by winning Albany Business Review’s “40 under 40” Award.
Derek is branded in the space as one of Amazon.com’s top sellers and a premier influencer in e-commerce. He recently acquired a brand called EnerPlex and revamped it, now it is bringing in over thirty million dollars per year. He also owns Mayfair Brands, dealing in high-end products like pillows, air mattresses, facemasks, etc. Derek says he is an entrepreneur and an advisor!
When asked about his entrepreneurship journey, Derek admitted that his first six attempts at e-commerce failed. After this, he joined SureDone as their Head Of Sales. SureDone is a high-end e-commerce software. Derek says this job was pivotal for him because this company helped break him into e-commerce.
He closed deals with Alibaba, Etsy, and stamps.com, etc. after four years at SureDone he started Magic Digital Media, a boutique amazon agency. Initially, it was designed to help take large scale manufacturers to Amazon.
Once it was successful, he started selling products himself. He stopped helping clients directly and just did consulting for brands.
Later Derek formed Mayfair Brands and was able to scale extremely fast on Amazon, and other channels. His ecommerce companies were so successful that he ended up leading a seed round investment with his business partner in a gaming company that has over 5 million followers on TikTok pre launch.
Talking about his ambitions and goals in the future, Derek admitted that he wants to help the gaming company he is currently investing in to become a billion-dollar one!
He also wants to start speaking publicly about his e-commerce skills and teach and allow other people to do what he did!
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