upsells

Promotes pricier options

Upsells are attempts to get a customer to buy something more expensive or additional to what they're already purchasing.

A server suggesting premium toppings, a salesperson recommending the extended warranty—these are upsells.

The verb upsell describes the practice: The clerk tried to upsell me on a bigger TV.

Compare cross-sell, which promotes related products rather than upgrades.

addon

extras

Additional items included

packages · premium · accessories · complementary · enhancements · extensions · features · options · services · customizations

profit

revenue

Business income total

growth · monetization · commission · conversion · sales · turnover · yield · return · gain

retail

checkout

Payment completion process

showroom · ecommerce · counter · register · merchandise · products · shopper · purchase · supermarket · boutique

persuasion

pitch

Frequency of sound

sway · motivate · encourage · entice · suggest · recommend · nudge · prompt · sweet-talk · smooth-talk

impulse

temptation

Urge toward the unwise

craving · desire · allure · lure · whim · last-minute · spontaneous · irresistible · treat · FOMO

strategy

personalization

Tailoring to individual needs

Categories
Opposites
sales direction/value

upsellsdiscounts

Subtractions from full price

undersells · cheapens · devalues · strips down · cross-sells

sales pressure/approach

upsellscomps

No-charge items, informally

gives away · undercharges

sales direction/value modification

upsellsdiscounts

Subtractions from full price

reduces · downgrading · strips down · de-escalates

Family

upsell, upselling

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G