Question

Consider the following list, and classify each item according to the appropriate type of two-sided market-audience-making, matchmaking, shared input, or transaction-based-and write a one sentence answer justifying your classification. (Hint: You may wish to check out the firms' Web sites to assist in answering this question.)

a. Mastercard.com

b. FreeBSD.com

c. Plentyoffish.com

d. WSJ.com

Short answer

a.Mastercard.com acts as a platform for connecting people.

b. FreeBSD.com is a website dedicated to the FreeBSD open source operating system.

c. Plentofish.com acts as a platform.

d. WSJ.com provides business news reporting, which draws advertisers.

Step-by-step solution

Given information 

That are given sentences are :(a)

Mastercard.com acts like a platform credit cards

Explanation (a)

a.

Mastercard.com functions as a platform, connecting people who pay with debit or credit cards to banks, which then clear payments in a transaction-based market.

Given information 

That are given sentences are : (b)

FreeBSD.com is an open source op market.

Explanation (b)

b.

FreeBSD.com is an open source operating system that operates in a shared input market.

Given information 

That are given sentences are (c).

Plentoffish.com acts like a platform

Explanation (c).

C.

Plentofflish.com functions as a platform that connects those looking for romantic matches in a matchmaking market.

Given information 

That are given sentences are : (d)

WSJ.com provides business

Explanation (d)

d.

WSJ.com provides business news reporting, attracting advertisers within a market-making audience.