Online Subscriptions Upselling Working Group Best Practices, report prepared by the Center for Democracy & Technology, February 27, 2012.
From the report: "In recent years, there has been increasing attention given to the issue of online subscription upselling, the practice of marketing subscription offers to consumers while they are engaged in other separate ecommerce transactions. For example, a consumer purchasing a book from an online vendor might see an offer for an unrelated “shoppersʼ club membership” from an unknown third party while completing the first transaction…. Online subscription upselling is a relatively new practice without clear standards and guidelines for companies to follow in presenting consumers with subscription upselling offers in a clear, consistent, and fair fashion…." Read more
