Did you notice the new yellow box on the Dashboard? The action items box is where you should look to see items that require you to do something. It shows you if you have any outstanding orders for which you have received payment but have not yet shipped. Use this tool to help you manage order fulfillment. The box also shows you if you have any outstanding partner requests – that is, if someone wants to partner with you or if you are waiting to hear back from others that you want to partner with.
If you use Facebook, this might remind you a little of the notifications box that they use in the upper right corner of your homepage when you log in to tell you about friend and application requests, updates, etc. We will add more types of notifications to this box in the future.