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Ecommerce Investor,
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Meet Tom
Tom Shipley
Tom Shipley is a serial entrepreneur, Ecommerce investor, strategic advisor, speaker and over the past 20-years has become one of the leading experts in omni-channel brand building.
Tom’s brands have sold over $1B though Direct-to-Consumer Marketing and Retail. His brands are widely-recognized household names that can be seen on TV, radio, and online and found in major retailers like Costco, Ulta, CVS, Nordstroms, HSN, and more.
Tom now spends his time investing in, and advising other established Ecommerce businesses using the same structures and marketing principles that built his success.
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Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
The T. Shipley Catalog
One of Tom’s first startups, a marketing and operations consulting agency led in 1999 to launching and growing The T. Shipley Catalog, a $20M catalog and ecommerce brand in just 3 years.
Atlantic Coast Brands
Starting with no capital, Tom and his partner launched Atlantic Coast Brands (ACB) in 2005, and grew it into one of the largest direct to consumer multi-brand companies in America.
During the 2008 financial crisis, Tom leveraged low cost media in DRTV and DR Radio to grow ACB from $35M to $100M within 18 months.
ACB’s first brand, Hydroxatone, grew to over $500 M in sales through digital, DRTV, DR radio and retail distribution in ULTA, HSN and Costco.
In 2010, ACB launched Keranique, which is now the #1 hair regrowth brand for women in America with over $400 M in sales through Digital Channels, DRTV, Amazon, HSN, salons and retailers such as Ulta, CVS and Riteaid.


Strategic Advisor
Strategic Advisor
Tom’s biggest passion in business is working with onfire entrepreneurs as an advisor to grow multi-channel Direct-to-Consumer businesses to iconic brands. He loves working with $3M-$30M businesses with the goal of hyper growth in profitability and increasing enterprise value for exit opportunities.
To grow brands to $100M+, Tom used the learnings from his success and failures to develop his business blueprint. As an investor and strategic partner, Tom leverages this framework for incorporating strategy, product, people, systems plus a Rolodex of contacts to help grow to 8 and 9 figure businesses.
Testimonials
What Others Are Saying About Tom
Don’t just take it from us, let these Entrepreneurs do the talking!
Brian Burt
Founder & CEO, Canopy Management
Adi Jaffe, PHD
CEO, Founder, IGNTD
Emily Long
Wake Up Wonder Woman
Daniela Liscio
Founder, Eat for Sports
Brian Tully
Certified Elder Law Attorney, Founder, Tully Law PC
Tammy Donnell
Entrepreneur
Rus Sarnoff
Integrated Marketing
Tom is without peer as a marketer having innovated and mastered every conceivable channel of direct-to-consumer sales; catalog, print, radio, DRTV, eCommerce, telemarketing, retail…Tom has done it all. He’s built enduring brands of his own while helping so many others scale up theirs.
Brian Burt
Founder & CEO, Canopy Management
Adi Jaffe, PHD
CEO, Founder, IGNTD
Emily Long
Wake Up Wonder Woman
Daniela Liscio
Founder, Eat for Sports
Brian Tully
Certified Elder Law Attorney, Founder, Tully Law PC
Tammy Donnell
Entrepreneur
Rus Sarnoff
Integrated Marketing
Tom is without peer as a marketer having innovated and mastered every conceivable channel of direct-to-consumer sales; catalog, print, radio, DRTV, eCommerce, telemarketing, retail…Tom has done it all. He’s built enduring brands of his own while helping so many others scale up theirs.