Method and system to publish a seller fixed price offer

Abstract

An auction method presents an auction price-setting process and a fixed price process for purchasing a seller's offering to a buyer. The seller is provided with a mechanism to adjust and publish a seller fixed-price offer during the auction price-setting process.

1 . A network-based commerce system to facilitate operation of a network-based commerce system, and the network-based commerce system including: 
 a processor coupled to a memory through a bus; and    an auction price-setting process executed from the memory by the processor to cause the processor to facilitate display of a reserve price of a listing an item in connection with an auction price-setting process to a seller, the seller being one of a plurality of sellers.    
     
     
         2 . A network-based commerce system to facilitate a network-based auction price-setting process, the method including: 
 a processor coupled to a memory through a bus; and    an auction price-setting process executed from the memory by the processor to cause the processor to communicate a plurality of at least one of a reserve price or a fixed-price offer within the context of the auction price-setting process, wherein a specific price is communicated to a specific buyer from a seller.    
     
     
         3 . The network-based commerce system of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one of the reserve price and the fixed-price offer is based on a location of the buyer.  
     
     
         4 . The network-based commerce system of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one of the reserve price and the fixed-price is adjusted based on the seller.  
     
     
         5 . The network-based commerce system of  claim 2 , wherein the auction price-setting process further causes the processor to automatically publish at least one a proxy bid information and a reserve price.  
     
     
         6 . A network-based commerce system to facilitate operation of a network-based commerce system, and the method including: 
 a means for facilitating display of a reserve price of a listing in connection with an auction price-setting process to a seller; and    a storage means, coupled to the means for facilitating, for storing the reserve price.    
     
     
         7 . A network-based commerce system including: 
 a means for communicating a plurality of at least one of a reserve price and a fixed-price offer within the context of the auction price-setting process, wherein a specific price is communicated to a specific buyer from a seller; and    a storage means, coupled to the means for communicating, for storing the reserve price.    
     
     
         8 . A machine-readable medium having instructions to cause a machine to perform a method to facilitate operation of a network-based commerce system, and the method including: 
 facilitating display of a reserve price of a listing in connection with an auction price-setting process to a seller.    
     
     
         9 . A machine-readable medium having instructions to cause a machine to perform a method to facilitate a network-based auction price-setting process, the method including: 
 communicating a plurality of at least one of a reserve price or a fixed-price offer within the context of the auction price-setting process, wherein a specific price is communicated to a specific buyer from a seller.    
     
     
         10 . The machine-readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein the at least one of the reserve price and the fixed-price offer is based on a location of the buyer.  
     
     
         11 . The machine-readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein the at least one of the reserve price and the fixed-price is adjusted based on the seller.  
     
     
         12 . The machine-readable medium of  claim 9 , further comprising: 
 automatically publishing at least one a proxy bid information and a reserve price.    
     
     
         13 . A method to facilitate a network-based auction price-setting process, the method including: 
 communicating a plurality of at least one of a reserve price or a fixed-price offer within the context of the auction price-setting process, wherein a specific price is communicated to a specific buyer from a seller.    
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the at least one of the reserve price and the fixed-price offer is based on a location of the buyer.  
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the at least one of the reserve price and the fixed-price is adjusted based on the seller.  
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising: 
 automatically publishing at least one a proxy bid information and a reserve price.