1. A network-based commerce system, said network commerce system comprising: a processor coupled to a memory through a bus; a fixed price-setting process executable from the memory by the processor to determine that a high proxy bid submitted for an auction item is less than a reserve price set for the auction item, the high proxy bid being the highest current proxy bid for the auction item and the reserve price being the minimum price at which a seller is willing to sell the auction item; and a communication engine to automatically publish, based on the determining, at least one of a proxy bid information set by a proxy bidder and the reserve price, the proxy bid information including the highest price that the proxy bidder is willing to pay for the item.