Notifications

The notification system on the INBULK platform keeps you informed about important events related to your trading activity, orders, logistics, documents, and team. Notifications ensure you never miss critical updates that require your attention or action.

🔔 1. Notification Center

Overview

The Notification Center is accessible via the bell icon in the platform header. It displays all recent notifications for your account, organized by priority and time.

Accessing Notifications

1. Look for the bell icon 🔔 in the top-right corner of the platform header
2. A notification count badge appears when you have unread notifications
3. Click the bell icon to open the notification dropdown menu
4. The menu shows your most recent notifications with unread count at the top

💡 Tip: If you have more than 99 unread notifications, the badge will display “99+”.

Notification Display

Each notification in the list shows:

Managing Notifications

• Click “Mark all as read” to dismiss all unread notifications at once
• Click on individual notifications to mark them as read and navigate to the relevant page
• Action-required notifications display Accept/Decline buttons directly in the notification

📋 2. Notification Types

Company & Verification

Team & Invitations

Documents & Access

Orders & Trading

Logistics & Delivery

Chat Messages

💡 Tip: Chat notifications are grouped by conversation. If you receive multiple messages from the same business chat, they appear as a single notification with a message count badge.

🎨 3. Notification Priority & Colors

Notifications are color-coded to help you quickly identify their importance:

Priority Order

Notifications are displayed with priority ordering:

1. Company documents required — always shown first
2. Expiring documents — shown as high priority
3. All other notifications — sorted by most recent first

⚡ 4. Action-Required Notifications

Some notifications require an immediate response directly from the notification panel:

Invitation Notifications

When you receive a company invitation:

1. The notification displays “Accept” and “Decline” buttons
2. Click “Accept” to join the company
3. Click “Decline” to reject the invitation
4. The notification is marked as read after your action

Document Access Requests

When a counterparty requests access to your documents:

1. The notification shows who is requesting access
2. Click “Accept” to grant document access
3. Click “Decline” to deny the request

Navigation Notifications

Most other notifications navigate you to the relevant page when clicked:

• Order notifications → Open the order details
• Business notifications → Open the business page
• Chat notifications → Open the business chat

🔄 5. Real-Time Updates

Notifications are delivered in real-time via WebSocket connection:

• New notifications appear instantly without page refresh
• The bell icon badge updates automatically
• Notification count syncs across browser tabs

⚠️ Important: If you notice notifications are not appearing in real-time, check your internet connection. The platform will sync notifications when the connection is restored.

💡 Tips and Possible Errors

Tips

• ✓ Check your notifications regularly — some require timely responses (e.g., counter-offer deadlines)
• ✓ Use “Mark all as read” to clear the notification list when you’ve reviewed everything
• ✓ Pay special attention to red and yellow notifications — they may require urgent action
• ✓ Document expiration notifications are sent in advance — act on them before documents expire
• ✓ Click on notifications to navigate directly to the relevant page instead of searching manually

⚠️ Possible Errors

🎯 Summary

After reading this guide, you know how to:

✅ Access the Notification Center via the bell icon in the header

✅ Understand different notification types and their priority levels

✅ Respond to action-required notifications (invitations, document access)

✅ Navigate to relevant pages directly from notifications

✅ Manage and clear your notification list

The notification system ensures you stay informed about all critical platform events — from trading activity to team management — so you can respond promptly and never miss important updates.