# Search for suppliers
When working on an event, from the [Suppliers invitation](https://docs.fairmarkit.com/buyers/events/create-an-event/add-questions/add-categories/manage-supplier-invitation) area, you can invite trusted suppliers from your master supplier list within Fairmarkit. As part of this area, you can search for existing suppliers by title, email, external ID, group, business classification, and tag.
### Access search
* From the Supplier invitation area on an event, click Add suppliers, then select Search existing suppliers.\
The search screen displays.
### Search for suppliers
Using the available fields, you can search for existing suppliers by title, email, external ID, group, and business classification. The list of available suppliers will automatically filter for these search fields.
### Search by tag
You can search the list of suppliers using one or more supplier meta tags or combine tags with AND or OR for advanced searching.
#### Search by one tag
Search for suppliers based on a meta tag. You can add multiple tag values, and the results will include suppliers that have any of the values.
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Click Add tag. The tag search area displays.
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Enter a Tag key and a Tag value. You can add multiple tag values; the search will be include suppliers that have any of the values.
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Click Add tag. The tag key and value are added and the supplier list is filtered.
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#### Narrow search with combined tags (AND)
When you use an AND, your results will include suppliers that match all of your tags, giving you a more precise search.
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Click Search by tag. The tag search area displays.
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Enter a Tag key and a Tag value. You can add multiple tag values as needed; the search will be include suppliers that have any of the values.
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Click Add tag. An additional key/value area is added and separated by an AND heading.
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Click Add tags. The tag key and value are added and the supplier list is filtered.
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#### Expand search with multiple tags (OR)
When you use an OR, your results include suppliers that match either of your tags, similar to searching one tag key with multiple values, giving you more options to choose from.
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Click Search by tag. The tag search area displays.
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Enter a Tag key and a Tag value.
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Click Add. An additional key/value pair is added and joined by an OR.
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Click Add tags. The tag key and value are added and the supplier list is filtered.
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{% endstepper %}
### Add supplier invite
Once you've search, select the check box for each supplier, and then click Add
