Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upsell

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables: up-sell
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

noun

The act of making such a sale.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

From up- + sell.

Usage

Inflected Forms

upsells (present, singular) upselling (participle, present) upsold (participle, past) upsold (past) upsells (plural)

Derived Forms

upseller

Phrases

bait and switch

Frequently Paired Words

oversell bait and switch

Synonyms

sell up

Questions

What does upsell mean?: To persuade a customer to buy more items, or more expensive items, than they had intended.
Where does upsell come from?: From up- + sell.

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