I always look forward to reviewing products that my nine year old can get involved in reviewing as well and lucky for me, the Jigglit is one of those products. What is a Jigglit, you ask? Well, let me tell you. A Jigglit is a product that resembles a watch and wraps around your wrist, but is much more interactive than your typical wrist watch. Think of it as a modern-day Magic 8 ball. It’s more compact, easier to take along anywhere and has a voice that speaks to you when you ask questions. What don’t these kids think of?! And yes, this was a product invented by a kid—a 16 year old who had an idea and made it happen. I love these kinds of stories and knew my son would be excited to review it.
As soon as the Jigglit arrived, my son tore open the packages and slapped the blue one on his wrist and was ready to go! It took him about 3 minutes to get the time set and then he was good to go. He started asking all sorts of questions. The voice (and motion) activated wrist band has a fairly large repertoire of responses which included “seriously” and “get real”, to “you bet” and “lucky you”, to “not a chance.” We definitely cracked up a few times and would then start asking sillier and sillier questions. He’s nine and a boy, so you have to figure that would happen! If you aren’t sure how to get started, there’s a tutorial available to help you figure out how it works as well.
What is really unique about this product is that it provides a way for kids to make extra money and give back to the less fortunate. The way it works is that kids can be a Jigglit Ambassador, which allows them to make $2.00 on each Jigglit that is sold using their Ambassador number. In addition, the Ambassadors can choose from a number of different charity organizations and .25 of the commission goes directly to his or her charity of choice. It’s simple and provides a great opportunity for kids to give back. The company has even created a free Young Entrepreneur’s business guide, which is downloadable to anyone. This guide will help younger people better understand business basics and how to maximize opportunities in selling Jigglits. They even offer the sellers their own business cards from the site to distribute.
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I can see how most kids would love to have this and the idea of selling this Jigglit answer band to turn the child into a young entrepreneur who also gives to charity is wonderful. However, they couldn’t be used in schools because a band like this would be a major distraction.
I bet kids will love the idea of selling to their friends. The Magic 8 ball concept is fun for kids; we’ve probably all had them on something like it. My daughter used to make a paper version with her friends for them to ask questions to. I’m not sure how schools will have a problem with them or if the selling might become an issue, but I look forward to many more styles in the near future. This would be a great present for my grandson; he just turned 8.