The best Stocky alternative
for Shopify (2026)

What was Shopify Stocky?

Shopify Stocky was a free inventory management app built and maintained by Shopify. It was available exclusively to Shopify merchants and provided core purchase order management features: creating POs, tracking supplier orders, and managing reorder points per SKU.

Stocky was particularly popular among small to mid-size merchants (20–500 SKUs) who needed basic inventory management without paying for an enterprise solution. At its peak, Stocky had hundreds of thousands of active users across the Shopify ecosystem.

Key features of Stocky included:

• Manual purchase order creation and tracking
• Reorder point configuration per SKU
• Basic supplier contact management
• Inventory demand forecasting (limited)
• Integration with Shopify inventory levels
• Barcode scanning for receiving orders

Stocky’s biggest limitation was that it was entirely manual. Merchants had to log in, check inventory levels, decide when to reorder, and draft their own purchase orders. The app organized the process but didn’t automate it.

What Reorderly does better than Stocky

Reorderly was built from the ground up to address Stocky’s biggest limitation: everything was still manual. Here’s how Reorderly is fundamentally different:

Automated purchase orders (Stocky couldn’t do this)

Stocky could track your inventory and show you when items were running low, but you still had to manually create and send every purchase order. Reorderly sends POs automatically. When stock hits your reorder threshold, Reorderly drafts and sends a professional PO email to your supplier — without any action from you.

AI-drafted supplier emails

Reorderly’s AI writes personalized, professional purchase order emails for each supplier. The email includes the correct product names, SKUs, quantities, pricing, and your preferred delivery window. Your suppliers receive a properly formatted PO, not a generic template.

Supplier reply tracking

After Reorderly sends a PO, it monitors your inbox for supplier confirmation emails. When your supplier replies to confirm the order, Reorderly marks the PO as confirmed automatically. You get a complete picture of PO status without manually tracking email threads.

Sales velocity-based reorder points

Stocky let you set static reorder points per SKU. Reorderly calculates reorder points dynamically based on your actual sales velocity, supplier lead times, and the buffer stock you want to maintain. As your business grows and sales patterns change, reorder thresholds adjust automatically.

Duplicate prevention

Reorderly’s 7-day deduplication window ensures you never accidentally send the same PO twice. Even if inventory dips temporarily between receiving orders, your suppliers won’t get duplicate purchase orders.

How to migrate from Stocky to Reorderly

Migrating from Stocky to Reorderly takes less than 5 minutes. Here’s the exact process: