# Multi-sided platform businesses { "id": "S2006007736", "title": "Multi-sided platform businesses", "url": "/topics/S2006007736", "kind": "topic-directory", "aeo_cohort": "topic-directory", "provider": "lcsh", "revision": "d7aae0a17199f18b", "catalogue_revision": "f050b5d4780b1289", "numeric_address": "10124096370681210464", "address_version": "morton4x16-v1", "coordinates": [ 0, 478, 17662, 57344 ], "answer_status": "Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review", "truth_status": "Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap" } Here are entered works on businesses that play an intermediary role between two or more different groups of customers, and depend for their success on the interaction between these groups, such as the real estate business, where agents serve as the intermediary between buyers and sellers, or the payment card industry, where the card-issuing company serves as the intermediary between merchants and cardholders. Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap. Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006007736 No owner-reviewed local answer yet.