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Product description

Meaning in e-commerce, with examples

nounCore term

In e-commerce, product description means: The text on a product page that explains what the item is, what it is made of, how it is used and why someone might want it.

In Turkish: ürün açıklaması

How it is used

Written by copywriters, content teams and sellers, and checked by SEO specialists. You write, update, translate or optimize product descriptions. Good ones answer customer questions before they are asked and reduce returns.

Example sentences

  1. The product description should mention that the bag fits a 15-inch laptop.

  2. We hired a native speaker to rewrite our product descriptions for the UK site.

Common collocations

  • write a product description
  • detailed product description
  • product description template
  • translate product descriptions
  • product pageThe page of an online store that shows one product in detail, with its photos, price, description, options and an add-to-cart button.
  • product listingThe entry for a product on a marketplace or store, made up of its title, photos, price, description and details; also the work of creating these entries.
  • localizationAdapting a store for a particular country, including language, currency, sizes, units, payment methods, legal texts and cultural details, not only translating the words.
  • product feedA file or data connection, often in XML or CSV, that sends a store's product details such as titles, prices, stock and images to marketplaces, ad platforms or comparison sites.

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