1. A network-based commerce system including: a processor coupled to a memory through a bus; and a fixed price-setting process executed from the memory by the processor to cause the processor to facilitate the operation of a network-based auction price-setting process for a listing of an item, the fixed price-setting process to provide a fixed price offer for the item and to publish the fixed price offer on the listing, responsive to a bid to buy the item reaching a certain value during the auction.