selling point

Definition of selling point

: an aspect or detail of something that is emphasized (as in selling or promoting)

Examples of selling point in a Sentence

The car's new sound system is a selling point. The house's big selling point is its location.

Recent Examples on the Web This supreme portability would be more of a selling point in a world that wasn’t constrained by a global pandemic, but the Surface Laptop Go won’t be a burden to lug around in any setting. — Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica, "Microsoft Surface Laptop Go review: Goldilocks and the three SKUs," 7 Nov. 2020 Adding a companion piece of equipment to the suspension training game might be a strong selling point for anyone looking to get more variations on the suspension itself. — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, "Best TRX-like suspension trainers of 2020 for home gym workouts," 6 Nov. 2020 Keep in mind that the Series S is backwards compatible with literally thousands of games, which is a big selling point. — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, "The Xbox Series S gives you a next-gen experience that doesn’t disappoint for $299," 5 Nov. 2020 That could be an international selling point for Russia compared to vaccine candidates that use a similar technology, such as ones from pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson and the Chinese company CanSino Biologics. — Washington Post, "In race for coronavirus vaccine, Russia ramps up rhetoric to defend Sputnik V," 4 Oct. 2020 Having a wide range of voices to choose from is always a strong selling point, but traditional piano or organ students using rehearsal keyboards don't necessarily require models containing 100-plus digital voices. — Michael Pollick, chicagotribune.com, "The best digital keyboard of 2020," 26 Sep. 2020 Instantaneous loading is also a key selling point for the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 launching later this year. — Brad Chacos, PCWorld, "How Microsoft and Nvidia plan to kill game-loading times on PCs," 3 Sep. 2020 The coronavirus pandemic shifted real sports schedules and offseasons, so games can’t rely on roster updates as a selling point. — Ebenezer Samuel Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, "Let's play hockey: 'NHL 21' offers a rewarding video game experience," 4 Nov. 2020 Google would eventually expand this idea to the Google Home speakers in 2016, which featured whole-home, mesh-speaker music as a major selling point. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "RIP Google Play Music, 2011 – 2020," 28 Oct. 2020

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20 Nov 2020

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“Selling point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selling%20point. Accessed 26 Nov. 2020.

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