Scenario B. Tom, a student, studied the different models of the e-commerce market and gathered some information on a few companies using Internet commerce. HotChilly.com charges its customers a fee for its goods and services. Pinkslip.com asks its clients to pay a fee to use the site for promotions of their products and to gain demographics. Chrometech Inc. pays Autechnic.com a commission to launch promotions on websites associated with it. Corpdaily.com, a newspaper website, provides access to its services charging a monthly fee from its customers.
From Scenario B, it can be inferred that HotChilly.com uses the ________ model.
A. subscription
B. advertising support
C. transaction fee
D. affiliate
E. intermediary