Meanings
plural bouncebacks
- A rebound.
- businessA customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift.
Bouncebacks encourage customers […]
1996, Night Club & Bar, volume 12, page 162 more examples
List management company and rental order service. Includes AMERICAN CONSUMER (10,372,518 names) covering such subject lists as horticultural products, art prints, books, jewelry and fashion items, diet products, beauty and cosmetics, housewares and gifts, general merchandise, catalog offers, bouncebacks, […]
1977, Richard D. Millican, National Mailing-list Houses, page 5It is not unusual to get as high as 15 or 20 percent return in bounceback orders if customer satisfaction with the original order is high and the appeal for a follow-up order is strong.
1991, Herman Holtz, Starting and Building Your Catalog Sales Business, page 11
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.
Origin
Deverbal from bounce back.
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