upsell en · NOUN
Etymology
From up- + sell.
Meanings
- The act of making such a sale.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| upsells | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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upsell en · VERB
Etymology
From up- + sell.
Meanings
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(intransitive, transitive) To persuade a customer to buy more items, or more expensive items, than they had intended.
Communicate an amazing deal to get people into your store and then when that product is no longer available, switch them and upsell them to a more expensive product.
2018, Roddy Mullin, Promotional Marketing, Routledge, →ISBN:They were obsessed with trying to upsell me over and over again.
Even some of the benefits of kiosks touted by chains — they upsell customers by suggesting menu items and speed up orders — don’t always play out.
2024 September 20, Nathaniel Meyersohn, “McDonald’s touchscreen kiosks were feared as job killers. Instead, something surprising happened”, in CNN:I gave up on subscribing to their SaaS because they wouldn't quit the constant attempts to upsell.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| upselling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upsells | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| upsold | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upsold | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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Translations (3)
es sobrevender (to persuade a customer to buy more than intended) · ar زَايَدَ (to persuade a customer to buy more than intended) · fi tehdä lisämyyntiä (to persuade a customer to buy more than intended)