News & Updates
Part 2: Raising Interest and Promoting
Written by guest author Erik Czerwin for Wholesale Chess.
While you’re building that rapport with the kids, you’ve got to raise interest. It’s hard to recruit kids when they don’t know you exist. Have chess events as often as you can stand them. My first year, I attempted a tournament. The tournament didn’t go very smoothly (we didn’t even have a chess clock), but at the end, we had a life-size chess game. The two finalists competed using a real people chess set. I asked some popular seniors to create a massive paper chessboard in the school foyer. They recruited a 32 of their friends and parents to play the pieces. They made hats for bishops, crosses for kings, and had little toy horse-head things for the knights. As each piece was captured, the person slapped a whipped cream pie into the captured person’s face. Of course, the two finalists didn’t care about quality chess, they just captured a piece every turn they could. By the end, there was only one person who hadn’t been pied, and the others chased him around spraying him with whipped cream.
Though we didn’t play quality chess, that event made a big Read more �
It’s finally here! Your favorite sale of the year is in full swing now through November 1. This sale offers some of the biggest discounts of the year on overstocked and scratch and dent wood chess sets other chess equipment as well as free shipping for orders over $100. Hundreds of chess sets are ready to be sold at up to 80% off MSRP.
Two new product lines to come to www.wholesalechess.com this fall are featured in this clearance sale. Less than a month ago, chess shirts were added to the Wholesale Chess collection, along with glass chess sets.
Chess shirts have long been in high demand by Wholesale Chess customers. Endgame Clothing branded chess shirts can now be found at discount prices in four different styles and a number of different sizes. Coming soon are lower priced Wholesale Chess shirts in three different designs and 4 different colors.
Also new to www.wholesalechess.com are glass chess sets. These finely crafted chess sets made of glass are the perfect gift for any chess enthusiast. The sets come in a variety of different colors and are packaged with care so your sturdy glass chess sets arrive in your home in perfect condition.
All membership discounts still apply as does the free shipping for orders over $100. Orders under the $100 limit can choose to receive basic shipping for only $7.99.
They’ve arrived! We’re extremely excited to announce that Wholesale Chess now carries select chess shirts from the popular Endgame Clothing brand!
The great thing about these chess shirts is that you can feel comfortable wearing them out in public! There’s no need to hide in a corner, or save it for yardwork like some other chess t-shirts you can buy out there. . . you can wear these chess t-shirts with pride.
You can now find 4 different Endgame Clothing chess shirts at www.WholesaleChess.com. In the following weeks we will be adding a few additional chess shirts that will sell at a lower price that will fit perfectly for chess clubs and youth programs on a budget.
Click here to see the Chess Shirts!
Okay, here they are! The much-anticipated finalists of our t-shirt selection contest. Wholesale Chess is gearing up for the new scholastic chess season and adding chess t-shirts to our great selection of chess equipment and accessories. Before we go preparing those chess t-shirts, we want to hear what you think!
The winning t-shirts will be available for pre-ordering in the coming weeks at a discounted price (normal selling price will be around $13.99 – $15.99). More information will come as the voting finishes out at the end of August.
Which t-shirt design is your favorite? (More coming later this week – be sure to check back!)
How likely would you be to buy shirts for yourself or your chess club/program if they were priced around $13.99 – $15.99 each (with discounts available for those buying in quantities.) (Thick, quality cotton/poly shirts with long lasting print).
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