How to Use upsell in a Sentence

upsell

1 of 2 verb
  • Walmart saw a grocery buyer and tried to upsell her.
    — Shekhar Natarajan, Forbes.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • At this point last year, people had taken to Ebay to upsell their stockpiles.
    — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 27 May 2020
  • First, there’s the session fee, which wasn’t too crazy, but the studio tried to upsell us every step of the way.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 Sep. 2025
  • It has even been programmed to upsell customers by pushing daily specials or larger sizes.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 May 2023
  • Also, be aware of any opportunities for your agent to upsell you during the buying process.
    — Jim Slavik, Car and Driver, 4 Apr. 2023
  • At that point, Disney also plans to try to upsell Disney+ subs who do not have Hulu to subscribe to both.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Appointments got shorter, and the pressure to upsell was obvious.
    — Ascend Agency, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Soon the peculiar stone fruit was being used to upsell wide-eyed buyers on overpriced mortgages, pledging that just two or three trees would bear enough fruit to pay them off.
    — Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • As always, carriers are happy to upsell plans with slightly better features, but every plan has its own unique pitfalls.
    — Jeffrey Van Camp, Wired, 10 July 2020
  • The law doesn’t only apply to car sales, but to most product sales that use false advertising to lure you in and then claim the product is not available and try to upsell you.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 2 July 2020
  • Once customers are seated, restaurants aim to upsell drinks, appetizers, or desserts, which boost margins far more than the headline offer.
    — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • By saving its best new features for the Pro devices or other higher-end models, the company looks to upsell more customers.
    — Mark Gurman, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022
  • And although many people should be able to use the free option, H&R Block does try to regularly upsell you.
    — Jennifer Yellin, CNN Underscored, 1 July 2020
  • Some ISPs might try to use this as an opportunity to upsell you on faster - and more expensive - service plans.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 16 May 2021
  • Some ISPs might try to use this as an opportunity to upsell you on faster — and more expensive — service plans.
    — Washington Post, 12 May 2021
  • That’s a result of the company’s strategy to upsell existing customers.
    — Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Auto mechanics will often attempt to upsell the OEM air filters.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 1 Nov. 2025
  • In some cases, customers are required to call and speak with a representative, who will often try to talk them out of cancellation or try to upsell them something else.
    — WIRED, 25 Mar. 2023
  • There's an opportunity to upsell passengers on an earlier flight.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Microsoft has also tried to upsell its OneDrive cloud storage with constant nags in Windows 11.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Privacy advocates say the trend gives theme parks greater opportunity to upsell visitors on merchandise, food and drinks.
    — Melody Petersen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The company purchased secondhand medical equipment; once the equipment was resold, billers followed checklists to upsell add-ons to buyers.
    — Yasmin Rafiei, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Rather than pursue new business opportunities at every turn, sales is likely tasked with retaining customers and finding ways to upsell or cross-sell to those accounts.
    — Mike Burton, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The objective of releases and launches is to reward your most loyal fans or attract new customers with an exclusive item, which catalyzes to upsell and cross-sell other products.
    — Frederick Daso, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Many businesses use out-of-the-box AI to give add-on or upsell product recommendations using past or aggregate data.
    — Alexandre Robicquet, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Sales representatives are then advised to visit the underperforming stores within those clusters where there would be potential to upsell.
    — Byjohn Kell, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2024
  • To mess with the invaders, Burlak, 30, and the other staff would sometimes intentionally mix up their pizza orders or upsell them on the more expensive drinks.
    — Michael Fiorentino, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2023
  • That simple move effectively unlocked the opportunity to upsell products priced over $5 and increase the overall basket size.
    — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • These are the conversations that uncover risks to retention and opportunities to upsell—the bottom line for advancement in a client service career.
    — Eric Gilbertsen, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • And in an echo of the way computer makers upsell memory, the base model of a smartphone typically includes a modest amount of data storage that isn’t likely to be enough to hold your photos, videos and apps for the long haul.
    — Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024

upsell

2 of 2 noun
  • On-site upsells, too, can make the scene a little more sparkly.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Sodenkamp added that if going to a health clinic is a sales pitch, drug treatment is an upsell.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Pressure would mount to run deeper sales, push the upsell, and open more locations.
    — Andrew Weaver, Outside Online, 13 May 2020
  • Include ideas for bonuses or upsells that could increase its value.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • There are no pricing tiers, no additional upsells, and no free versions.
    — Chris Stobing, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
  • No carbon offset upsells at checkout.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
  • And have lost entire days of my life to fighting unexpected random charges and upsells.
    — Kat Merck, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2025
  • And repair-as-a-service plans, which have long been used as an upsell in the consumer world, are now offered for much more serious tools.
    — Boone Ashworth, Wired News, 25 Dec. 2025
  • One smart upsell, one sensible downsell, and one tiny order bump can boost your revenue without adding a single new customer.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • At festivals around the world, the list of upsells and ticket packages now feels more at home in an airport terminal than around a stage.
    — Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The bet on tiered pricing has to be that options are more palatable for restaurants initially, opening the door for an upsell down the road.
    — Laura Forman, WSJ, 10 May 2021
  • This feature appears to be an upsell for premium Intel products.
    — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Of course, not all clients include different services in their first contract, which leaves a lot of the work of multi-line client engagement to upsells.
    — Pat McKenna, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The upsell should accelerate or exaggerate the result, the downsell should preserve the win, the bump should be a no-brainer.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Finally, strategic upsells, downsells, and order bumps are designed to double order value post-sale.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Expand your offers with upsells, downsells, and complementary products to increase your sales volume.
    — Melissa Houston, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • This is how Cloudflare sells, upsells, and cross-sells its numerous software and tech products–is the second aspect of its secret sauce.
    — Stockstory Team, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Those answers separate a clinic that’s pricing transparently from one that’s banking on the upsell after the door swings shut.
    — Allison Palmer updated June 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026
  • Those answers separate a clinic that’s pricing transparently from one that’s banking on the upsell after the door swings shut.
    — Allison Palmer june 16, Charlotte Observer, 16 June 2026
  • As with our existing frog-in-slowly-heating-water subscription culture, an upsell is inevitable.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The iPhone Pro models may also be helping Apple in its oldest upsell of all—memory.
    — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
  • With clear action items, clients can visually see real progress toward their goals and how your product plays a role that positions your client success teams for customer retention or an upsell.
    — Joseph Knecht, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The team at Android Authority have highlighted code snippets that talk about both the upsell and its availability.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • This increase is attributed to growth from existing customers, driven by an increase in the number of users and upsell of additional products and services.
    — Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Culinary tours, museum passes, concerts, and even sporting events—offered at checkout or through a brand app—become not just upsells but essential extensions of the stay.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Once a traveler has committed to the first bundle, the additional upsell feels proportionally small.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Nonetheless, Facebook groups are a great upsell for courses, running virtual events, and expanding your following.
    — Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 11 July 2022
  • Monitor conversions, drop-offs, upsells and recurring customer issues.
    — Kashif Saleem, Forbes.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Many incumbents now focus more on extracting value than creating it, resulting in bloated feature sets, endless upsells and six-month release cycles.
    — Zackary McKibbon, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But using a local account reduces the number of notifications and other upsells that Windows 11 will bother you with.
    — ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025

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