Searching for Buy Opportunities (Without Posting)

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There are two ways to search for buying opportunities on PartBridge, Quick Search and Advanced Search.

Using Quick Search

PartBridge users can look for Buy Opportunities with Quick Search. Quick Search finds only exact matches between Manufacturer's Part Numbers.

Enter an entire Manufacturer's Part Number in the MPN: field and click the "go" button. Any exact matches (and only exact matches) will be shown on a summary page.

From the Quick Search results page, you can go to the Buy Opportunities page.

Using Advanced Search

The second method for searching is to use the Advanced Search.

To reach the Advanced Search window, click the Search button on the PartBridge home page or the Buy menu.

PartBridge displays the Advanced Search window.

Note: "Active Participants" are able to search for Buy Opportunities only. "Passive Participants" are able to search for Sell Opportunities as well as Buy Opportunities.

When entering values in the search window fields, note the following:

• If the Exact Match box is not checked, special characters such as underscores and commas are ignored. Example: A_123,45 is the same as A12345.
• Searches are not case-sensitive. In other words, A123 is the same as a123.
• For multiple character placeholders, use an asterisk (*). Example: A123* will find A123456, A12345678, etc.
• For a single character placeholder, use a question mark (?). Example: A123? will find A1234, A1235, etc.

To search for a part or item, follow these steps:

1. Select Buy as the opportunity type.
2. Enter a value in one or more of the following fields:
   1. Manufacturer Part Number
   2. Manufacturer
   3. Internal Part Number
3. Select "And" or "Or" radio buttons as appropriate.
4. Check the Exact Match boxes, where appropriate.
5. Select to see the results displayed in the window and by e-mail, or just by e-mail.
6. Click the Submit My Search button.

Note that you may want to run several queries using different variations of a manufacturer's name. For example, HP will not match Hewlett-Packard as the manufacturer.

Results of a search appear first in a summary window. Click the link to view the matches at the Buy Opportunities window.

A buyer's search expires at the end of the business day.