Yes, a trading platform that's accessed via a regular web URL is kind of what I need. I'd like to do something like eBay, except with very specific business logic for this particular area, so I'd really prefer to develop it in Delphi since I am pretty good with that. And then that Delphi "app" would be hosted on a web host like GoDaddy or such. GoDaddy seems very clunky though, as it seems to want to force you into specific paradigms. I need a "naked" web host to which I can FTP or otherwise upload complete HTML pages (or an app like the Delphi app I am considering building which would push dynamic pages to the client) ..
I once created, from scratch, a complex shopping cart entirely in Javascript, and I supposed that or Python or such is the standard way to go here. However, I want to do this myself, and I don't know Python, and Javascript is painful (to me) and I love Delphi - its just phenomenally powerful - so I wouldn't mind shoehorning this into a Delphi application that serves up dynamic web pages on the internet to users, based on their input search criteria. There would also have to be a database.. could be local on the web server, initially as least. Then, ported to AWS or Azure, possibly.
So, I would also like any recommendations for a web host as well. Long ago, I used a really good one called "Infinity" I believe, but they went out of business.
Anyway, that's about it... I sincerely thank you and welcome any input you and anyone may have. 🙂