Chimpers puts limited edition jerseys on sale through DYLI

In Brief:

• Chimpers is selling limited edition jerseys through the collectibles marketplace DYLI, with digital rewards attached to each purchase.
• DYLI’s model separates ownership from delivery: buyers hold the item digitally and redeem the physical version when they choose.
• The announcement gave no price, edition size, sizing or closing date.

Chimpers has put limited edition jerseys on sale through DYLI, with digital rewards attached to every purchase, the character brand said in a post on X.

“Chimpers Limited Edition Jerseys are here!” the post said. “Collect, redeem, and unlock exclusive digital rewards with your purchase on @dyli_io.” The listing sits at dyli.io/p/chimpers.

What the post didn’t say: what the jerseys cost, how many exist, what sizes are offered or when the window closes. It told followers to “secure yours before they’re gone.”

How DYLI handles the physical side

DYLI splits ownership from delivery. Collectors buy and trade items digitally, then redeem the physical goods whenever they’re ready and have them shipped home, or leave them on the platform.

Items sent in are tokenized onchain and can be traded, sold or stored in the platform’s warehouse. DYLI also buys items from eBay or PSA Vault listings on a user’s behalf, verifies them and adds them to that collector’s account.

The rewards layer runs on diamonds and tickets. Every dollar spent earns one ticket, and diamonds come from every box opened. Diamonds buy entry to diamond-only fair drops, extra spots in giveaways and monthly ticket allocations toward prizes.

The platform has run drops for other profile-picture brands, including Pudgy Penguins mystery boxes.

Jerseys have shown up before, as prizes

Chimpers apparel has circulated as a reward rather than a product. Tales from the Taco Dojo, the card campaign built with Bones by Jarritos, listed limited edition Chimpers x Jarritos fridges, jerseys, T-shirts, 3D avatars, a Chimpers NFT, two Jarritos NFTs and 500,000 CHMPSTR among its leaderboard rewards. The fridges went only to collectors with a US delivery address.

That campaign put more than 1,000,000 CHMPSTR and 16,000 ApeCoin toward collector rewards. Packs held two cards each, carrying original artwork and music, with some cards opening the door to physical collectibles. A Vending Victory Loot Box let holders redeem a card for a share of the ApeCoin and CHMPSTR pools plus a commemorative T-shirt and a Chimpi avatar.

The card app is the through line

The jersey drop lands on top of a redemption business Chimpers has been building for a while.

“Since we launched the @ChimpersHQ Card App 12 months ago we’ve grown it into a living proof of concept for phygital collectibles,” Ser Joey said in a post on X, citing more than 12,500 collectors and digital cards carrying lore, animation and music alongside physical redemptions.

The app runs across Base, ApeChain and Abstract, with collaborations including Final Bosu and Bored Apes. Holders of a Chimpers Collectible Card on Base can redeem a physical twin. Free memento claims ran at ApeFest Lisbon, NFT Paris and Art Basel.

Planned next: retail toys, cards and keychains that open packs inside the app, plus collaborations with lifestyle brands from outside crypto.

Chimpers itself is a transmedia character brand fronted by the mascot Chimpi. In March it rebranded, giving every character a name, a story and a kawaii art update. Merch runs through chimpers.com and shop.chimpers.com, the collector hub through collect.chimpers.com, and card drops through cards.chimpers.com.

DYLI’s own pitch is blunter than the jersey copy. “Collect digitally, own physically,” the marketplace’s tagline reads.