Upsell

Quick meaning: Upsell is a verb meaning (transitive, intransitive) To persuade a customer to buy more items, or more expensive items, than they had intended.

Meaning

(transitive, intransitive) To persuade a customer to buy more items, or more expensive items, than they had intended.

More Meanings

1. The act of making such a sale.

Example Sentences

They were obsessed with trying to upsell me over and over again.

I gave up on subscribing to their SaaS because they wouldn't quit the constant attempts to upsell.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• upsells
• upselling
• upsold

Synonyms for upsell

Depending on context, synonyms include sell up.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sell up, plus, overshift, inboard, cross-buy, reprice.

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