Replacing Shopify Stocky Before August 31, 2026: Your Complete Guide

What happened to Shopify Stocky

In February 2026, Shopify quietly delisted Stocky from the Shopify App Store. No major announcement, no replacement product launched simultaneously — just a notice to existing users that the app would stop functioning on August 31, 2026.

Stocky was originally built by a company called Handshake, which Shopify acquired in 2019. For seven years, it served as the de facto free inventory management app for hundreds of thousands of Shopify merchants — handling purchase orders, reorder points, supplier records, and basic demand forecasting.

Shopify's stated reason: a strategic shift toward native inventory features in Shopify admin and AI-powered insights through Sidekick. The reality for merchants: Shopify's built-in inventory tools don't support the feature that made Stocky valuable — automated purchase order emails to suppliers. That gap is not being filled by Shopify natively.

If you're still using Stocky today, you have until August 31, 2026 to migrate. After that date, the app stops working entirely.

What you'll lose if you don't act before August 31

This isn't just about losing a UI. If you don't export and migrate before the shutdown, you lose:

• Your full purchase order history — every PO you've ever sent through Stocky, including supplier confirmations and delivery records
• Your supplier contact database — names, emails, MOQs, payment terms stored in Stocky
• Your reorder rules — the per-SKU thresholds and quantities you've configured over time
• Your demand forecasting data — historical velocity data that informs your reorder quantities
• Your in-flight purchase orders — any open POs that haven't been confirmed or received yet

Some of this data can be reconstructed from Shopify's order history and your email archives. Most of it can't — especially the supplier-specific configuration and PO history that only lived inside Stocky.

How to export your Stocky data (do this now)

Before you do anything else, export everything from Stocky while it's still running. This takes about 20 minutes.

Step 1: Export your purchase order history

1. Open Stocky from your Shopify admin
2. Navigate to Reports in the left sidebar
3. Click Purchase Orders
4. Select "All time" for the date range
5. Click Export CSV
6. Save the file — name it stocky-po-history-[date].csv

Step 2: Export your supplier list

1. Navigate to Suppliers in Stocky
2. There is no direct export button — manually copy or screenshot each supplier's details: name, email, phone, contact name, payment terms, MOQ, lead time
3. Alternatively, paste into a Google Sheet: Supplier Name | Email | Contact | MOQ | Lead Time (days) | Payment Terms | Notes

Step 3: Record your reorder rules

1. Navigate to Products in Stocky
2. For each product, note the reorder point (minimum) and reorder quantity configured
3. Export via Reports → Replenishment if available in your version

Step 4: Screenshot your demand forecast settings

Stocky's forecasting configuration can't be exported as data — screenshot your settings screen for each major SKU so you can replicate the parameters in your new tool.

What to look for in a Stocky replacement

Not all inventory apps fill the same gap. Before evaluating tools, get clear on which features you actually used in Stocky:

Core features most merchants used:

• Reorder point tracking — knowing when each SKU hits its threshold
• Purchase order creation — generating a PO document linked to a supplier
• Supplier management — storing supplier contacts, MOQs, lead times
• Receiving/reconciliation — marking stock as received when a PO is fulfilled

What Stocky never did (and you should look for now):

• Automated PO emails — Stocky created POs in its interface but never emailed them to suppliers automatically. You still had to copy-paste and email manually.
• Supplier reply tracking — no way to know if your supplier had confirmed the PO
• AI-powered reorder suggestions — Stocky's forecasting was basic; modern tools use actual sales velocity

The best time to upgrade is during migration. Don't just replicate Stocky — replace it with something that automates the manual steps Stocky left you doing.

Stocky alternatives compared

The key differentiator: Reorderly is the only tool that actually sends the PO email to your supplier automatically. Every other tool — including Shopify's own features — still requires you to email suppliers manually after creating the PO. That's the step that costs merchants 5+ hours per week.

How to migrate to Reorderly from Stocky

1. Sign up for Reorderly — free during early access, no credit card required
2. Connect your Shopify store — takes 2 minutes via Shopify Admin API
3. Import your suppliers — upload the CSV from your Stocky export or enter manually
4. Set reorder thresholds — import from your Stocky replenishment report or configure per SKU
5. Run in parallel for one week — keep Stocky open, verify Reorderly is catching the same reorder events
6. Go live — enable automated PO sending, let Reorderly run 24/7

The migration typically takes under 30 minutes for stores with fewer than 200 SKUs. Larger catalogs may take 1-2 hours for the initial configuration.

Your migration timeline

The hard deadline is August 31, 2026. Here's how to think about the window:

• Now through April: Export your Stocky data. Don't procrastinate — the earlier you do this, the more historical data you capture.
• April–May: Evaluate replacements, run a parallel test with your top choice.
• June: Complete migration and train your team on the new workflow.
• July–August: Run exclusively on your new system with Stocky as a backup reference.
• August 31: Stocky shuts down. You're already on your new system.

Waiting until August is a real risk. Supplier communication is mission-critical ops — you don't want to discover integration issues when you're 2 weeks from shutdown with no fallback.