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upsell

upsell verb: to persuade a customer to buy more items, or more expensive items, than they had intended.

Verb

upsell (third-person singular simple present upsells, present participle upselling, simple past and past participle upsold)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To persuade a customer to buy more items, or more expensive items, than they had intended.
    • I gave up on subscribing to their SaaS because they wouldn't quit the constant attempts to upsell.
    • They were obsessed with trying to upsell me over and over again.
    Synonyms:
    sell up

Noun

upsell (plural upsells)

  1. The act of making such a sale.

upsell meaning in Arabic

upsell in Arabic

to persuade a customer to buy more than intended
زَايَدَ zāyada

Examples of upsell in a sentence

  • 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:
  • 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”...

Synonyms of upsell

Forms of upsell

Verb
third-person singular presentupsells
present participleupselling
past participleupsold
pastupsold
Noun
pluralupsells

Origin of upsell

From up- + sell.

Words formed from upsell

Questions about upsell

What does upsell mean?
Upsell means to persuade a customer to buy more items, or more expensive items, than they had intended.
What is upsell in Arabic?
Upsell in Arabic is زَايَدَ (zāyada). See Upsell meaning in Arabic.
How do you use upsell in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is upsell?
Upsell can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of upsell?
The past tense of upsell is upsold.

Words near upsell in the dictionary

  1. upsee
  2. upsee-daisy
  3. upseek
  4. upseeking
  5. upseeks
  6. upsell
  7. upseller
  8. upsellers
  9. upselling
  10. upsells
  11. upsend

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