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Verb: presell (presold,preselling)
  1. (marketing) promote something before it is generally available to create demand in advance
    "The company presold the new smartphone model to build excitement"
     
  2. Sell in advance (esp. a book, film rights, etc.)
    "The author presold the movie rights to her bestselling novel"

Derived forms: presells, preselling, presold