Stocky is shutting down on August 31, 2026 — the migration guide

Shopify is retiring Stocky, the inventory-planning app bundled with POS Pro, on August 31, 2026. If you've relied on it for demand forecasting, purchase orders, supplier records, or stock analysis, that functionality goes away — and some of your data goes with it unless you export first.

This is a practical, no-fluff guide to leaving Stocky: what actually disappears, what native Shopify Admin does and doesn't replace, exactly what to export before the deadline, the one data trap that catches most stores, and an honest comparison of where to go next — competitors included.

We build RestockIQ, a lightweight Stocky replacement, so we have a horse in this race. We've still tried to make this the guide we'd want to read if we were the ones migrating. Where another tool is the better fit for you, we say so.

In a hurry? The feature-by-feature parity map shows every Stocky capability and exactly where it lives next, plus the pre-shutdown export checklist — this guide is the long version.

What actually shuts down on August 31

When Stocky is retired, you lose access to the app and everything that lived only inside it:

Demand forecasting and reorder-point suggestions — the core planning engine.
Purchase orders — open and historical POs, plus the PO PDF/email workflow.
Supplier records — supplier names, contacts, and per-supplier costs and lead times that you entered into Stocky (not into Shopify products).
Stocktakes / inventory counts run through Stocky.
Stocky's analysis reports — ABC analysis, sell-through, stock value, dead stock, and demand reports as Stocky presented them.
Cost and margin data you maintained in Stocky beyond Shopify's single "Cost per item" field.

What you keep, because it lives in Shopify itself, not in Stocky:

Current inventory quantities per location.
Products, variants, SKUs, and the single Cost per item value on each variant.
Order history (this is the raw material any forecasting tool needs).
Locations and basic stock transfers.

The distinction matters: anything you only ever typed into Stocky is at risk. Anything that syncs to the Shopify product or order record is safe.

What native Shopify Admin replaces — and what it doesn't

Before you pay for anything, know what you already have. Shopify Admin covers the tracking basics but was never a planning tool.

Capability	Native Shopify Admin	Stocky did this
Current stock levels per location	✅ Yes	✅
Stock transfers between locations	✅ Basic	✅
Cost per item (single value)	✅ One field per variant	✅
ABC / sell-through analysis	⚠️ Partial in Analytics (higher plans)	✅
Demand forecasting	❌ No	✅
Reorder points / low-stock alerts	❌ No true reorder points	✅
Purchase orders to suppliers	❌ No (Stocky provided this)	✅
Supplier records, lead times, terms	❌ No	✅
Long-term stock-level history	❌ Not retained	✅ (limited)
Multi-supplier costs per product	❌ Single cost field only	✅

The short version: native Admin tells you what you have right now. It will not tell you what to order, when, or from whom — which is the entire job Stocky was doing. That gap is what every replacement is selling against.

Export your data before the deadline

Do this while Stocky is still live. Per Shopify's help docs, read-only CSV export stays available for roughly 90 days after the August 31 shutdown — but Stocky's API switches off with the app, and two things exist only in the API, not in any CSV: the real received date per delivery and the true per-delivery supplier cost. If you have a Stocky API key (Stocky → Preferences → API Access), RestockIQ can import everything directly from the API — suppliers, full PO history, received dates and supplier costs — until August 31. After that, the CSVs below are what's left.

Supplier list. In Stocky, open Suppliers and export the list (name, contact, email, and any lead-time/terms you entered). If there's no clean export, copy the table into a spreadsheet manually — this data is nowhere else.
Purchase order history. Export or save each PO you'll want for the record — what you ordered, quantities, costs, and dates. This is the hardest data to reconstruct later (see the trap below).
Costs. If you kept costs in Stocky that are richer than Shopify's single "Cost per item," export them. Shopify only stores one cost value per variant.
Reorder points and settings. Note the reorder points, safety-stock, and lead-time values you tuned per product. You'll want these to seed a new tool instead of starting from scratch.
Any report you rely on. Run and download your ABC, dead-stock, and sell-through reports now, so you have a baseline snapshot.
Your product/variant list with SKUs and costs — export from Shopify Admin → Products (this one is safe either way, but grab it so everything is in one place).

Save all of it as CSVs in one folder. Whatever you migrate to, this folder is what you'll import.

The supplier-data trap (the part most people miss)

Here's what catches stores off guard: your current stock levels are safe, but your supplier and PO history usually aren't cleanly portable.

Shopify products carry one cost field and no supplier. Everything about who you buy from, how much they charge, and how long they take lived in Stocky.
Purchase-order history in particular is easy to lose. Many stores assume they can rebuild it from Shopify — you can't. Shopify never saw those POs.
Lead times and safety-stock settings are judgment you accumulated over months. Losing them means a new tool starts guessing from zero.

Workarounds:

Export suppliers, costs, and PO history to CSV now (step 1–4 above).
Pick a replacement that can import those CSVs, not just read your live Shopify catalog. Forecasting from order history is table stakes; importing your supplier and PO history is the feature that actually saves the migration.
If you can't export cleanly, at minimum screenshot or PDF each supplier record and open PO so you have a human-readable copy.

If you take one thing from this guide: export supplier and PO data before August 31. It's the only data that doesn't exist anywhere else.

Where to go next — an honest comparison

There's no single right answer; it depends on your size and budget. Here's the landscape, described fairly.

Option	Best for	Trade-off
Native Shopify Admin only	Tiny catalogs, few SKUs, gut-feel ordering	Free, but no forecasting, reorder points, or POs — you're back to spreadsheets
Premium planning suites (e.g. Inventory Planner, Cogsy, Prediko)	Larger, multi-channel brands that want deep analytics and can pay for it	Powerful, but typically premium-priced and heavier than a former Stocky user needs — verify current pricing
Other new Stocky replacements (e.g. Stockful and similar)	Stores wanting a like-for-like swap	Newer entrants; check reviews, data import, and how mature the forecasting is
A spreadsheet + a reorder formula	The disciplined and patient	Free and flexible; manual, error-prone, and doesn't scale
RestockIQ	Former Stocky users who want the essentials — forecasting, reorder alerts, POs, reports — without the enterprise price	Focused and lightweight by design; not an all-in-one ops suite

A few honest pointers regardless of who you choose:

If you're a large, multi-channel brand with real analytics needs and budget, a premium suite like Inventory Planner may genuinely fit you better than a lightweight tool. Don't under-buy.
If Stocky already did everything you needed and you mostly want it back without the POS-Pro bundle, a focused replacement (that's the niche we built RestockIQ for) will feel closest.
Whatever you pick, test the import first. Sign up, import your supplier/PO CSVs, and confirm the data lands correctly before August 31 — not after.

A simple decision tree

Handful of SKUs, order by feel? → Native Admin is probably enough. Save the money.
Want forecasting + reorder alerts + POs, but not a $200/mo suite? → A lightweight replacement like RestockIQ is the closest thing to "Stocky, but standalone."
Big catalog, multi-channel, analytics-heavy, budget available? → Evaluate a premium suite (Inventory Planner, Cogsy, Prediko). Buy the depth.
Genuinely love spreadsheets and have the discipline? → A reorder-point formula in Google Sheets works. Just know it won't scale.

Frequently asked questions

Will I lose my current inventory counts? No. Stock quantities live in Shopify, not Stocky, and stay put. It's your supplier records, PO history, and Stocky-only costs/settings that are at risk.

Can I get my purchase-order history out of Stocky? Yes — export the CSV (read-only export access lasts ~90 days past August 31), or import it directly from Stocky's API before the 31st, which also captures the per-delivery received dates and supplier costs the CSV leaves out. Shopify never stored those POs, so Admin can't reconstruct them.

Does native Shopify do demand forecasting now? No. Admin shows current stock and some analytics on higher plans, but there's no demand forecast or true reorder point built in.

How long does migrating take? If you've exported your CSVs, importing into a modern replacement is usually minutes, not days — the slow part is exporting from Stocky, so start there.

Is it too late to switch? Not yet — but don't wait for the deadline. Export your supplier and PO data now, pick a tool, and test the import while Stocky is still live to fall back on.

Leaving Stocky? RestockIQ imports your suppliers, costs, and full PO history, then forecasts demand and flags what to reorder — built specifically for stores losing Stocky on August 31. Join the waitlist →