Wow, Benin in Africa. That's so cool. It's great to sell in far away places, isn't it?

I was surprised and delighted to have sales to Dubai and also to Novosibirsk, Russia. I looked up Novosibirsk on the map and it seemed so far away. But even knowing that a bunch of people were invited to a Golden Wedding Anniversary party in Shepperton, United Kingdom, with invitations that I designed was exciting and seemed exotic to me... whereas I'm certain that anyone from England would laugh at that thought. But if they sold to someone in Texas, Montana or Malibu, California, they'd be very excited, themselves, at the far off exotic places their products were going. Haha... it's all in the eye of the beholder. But you have a great point about how far and wide we reach with Zazzle... and it's just going to grow wider over time.

I hope others follow up this thread and let us know the exotic places they've sold... even if it's not exotic to anyone else.

I think I will start checking of countries on a map......seems like it would be a fun little project. You are up on me with your Dubai and Russia sales.....kudus to you!

I've yet to make a sale stick in Brazil too. You have some great sales. I don't have Israel or the Czech Republic. I've found a National Geographic wall map that I'm going to hang and start "pinning" the countries as I make a sale.

I like tracking where my sales are from.
I have created a Google Map to do so (I think you can see it if you click here)

My most "exotic" place has been Turkey (a sailing themed T-shirt).

Ema,

Bah ha ha! I know where both those places are and they are pretty ordinary! At least you didn't get any from Blue Balls or Intercourse, PA! (real places) Funny how our ideas of what is exotic just depends on where we are and our circle of experience. I would think of Turkey as exotic, for example. And Australia!

The world is a wonderful place.

Kara

There is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia called Innaloo... would hate to live there!

I had to go and check ...and the most exotic one for me is Bangladesh. I've had a few sales to Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Switzerland and United Arab Emirates (Dubai), too, but mostly I sell to USA, UK and Germany

And Australia IS strange ;-)

BkMuir... that map is really cool. I'm impressed, not only with your sales numbers and how far and wide they are, but also with your organizational skills! Thanks for reposting the link.

Bezizzled... thanks for sharing your delightful story of your time in Cappadocia. I love Turkey, too. It's been much too long since I've been there.

As a vegetarian it wasn't easy for me to eat there, especially since I was a picky teenage kid! The people are so hospitable that I'm not surprised that they let your wife cook and didn't charge you. (I can also tell you're lovable people.)

Your kite story reminded me of watching the ten year old Turkish boys easily get a piece of wrinkled paper up into the sky on a string, something I never mastered.

Lynnes_creations, I lived in Ankara for six years, but that was a long time ago. I loved it and I had my first horse there.

Where I live now, many would find very exotic, though it's not that way to me. I'm in the southwest of the US. Nearby are Pueblo Indian villages where the festivals include deer dances and corn dances, just the way they did thousands of years ago. But today they are educated and many are doctors, lawyers, inventors, artists and so on... The scenery around me looks the same as an old western Hollywood movie with red cliffs and flat topped mountains. I own six horses, myself. At the local bar, I heard that sometimes cowboys go in with six shooters strapped in holsters around their hips, just like in the olden days. These are only a few of the things that some would find exotic about the area where I live... Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

It's fun that we are all sellers here, most of us have art in common in one way or another, and most of us would think that where each other lives is exotic... or at least where some of our customers live is exotic. Being exotic is cool and so are we.

I am glad some of you are visiting and liking the idea.
Yes it is fun to see where your items are going to. I hope some of you also create your own maps. Have fun.

I too understand that wherever you are NOT is perhaps exotic. The everyday things tend not to be exotic or exciting - it is time to look at your surroundings with new eyes and see what might be exotic near you. I sometimes visit a nearby park to see the peacocks (an exotic bird) that are roaming "somewhat" wild. Or, I drive a ways out into the valley to watch the wind turbines turning in the wind. Or, drive to the coast to see the sealions sunbathing on the rocks ...
the world is exotic!