upsell

verb

Etymology

From up- + sell.

  1. derived from *selh₁-
  2. inherited from *saljaną
  3. inherited from *salljan
  4. inherited from sellan
  5. inherited from sellen
  6. prefixed as upsell — “up + sell

Definitions

  1. 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.
    • 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.
  2. The act of making such a sale.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA