A business that uses the global communications infrastructure of the internet as a trading base is known as what?

• A. Franchise
• B. Partnership
• C. Primary sector
• D. Online business

Answer: (D)

Using the internet as the trading base means the business conducts almost all buying and selling online, through websites or apps, with payments and communications handled digitally and a global reach. This is exactly what an online business is: it sells goods or services over the web and relies on the internet’s infrastructure as its main trading platform.

A franchise involves following a brand’s established business model through a franchising agreement, not simply operating online. A partnership is a way of owning and running a business with joint ownership. The primary sector refers to industries that extract or harvest natural resources, not to how a business trades. So, the description best fits an online business.