upsell

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upsell

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From up- + sell.

verb upsells · upselling · 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.

    Similar: sell up

noun upsells

  1. The act of making such a sale.

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verb to persuade a customer to buy more than intended

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@misc{upsell_2026,
  title = {upsell},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/upsell},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}