Shopify Stocky Is Shutting Down: Complete Migration Guide for Merchants

If you've relied on Shopify Stocky to manage purchase orders and track inventory, you have a deadline: August 2026. Shopify is discontinuing the app, and merchants who haven't migrated will lose access to all Stocky features — purchase order history, supplier records, demand forecasts, and the reorder point alerts you may have been relying on for years.

This guide covers what Stocky actually did, what you'll lose when it's gone, what to look for in a replacement, and how to migrate without losing data or creating gaps in your inventory management process.

Stocky was a free inventory management app developed by Shopify and available exclusively to Shopify merchants. Unlike third-party apps, it had direct access to your Shopify product catalog, orders, and inventory levels — no OAuth, no webhooks, no API keys.

• Purchase order creation and management — create POs, send to suppliers, receive stock
• Demand forecasting — basic sales velocity calculations to suggest reorder quantities
• Reorder point suggestions — inventory level thresholds that triggered a reorder alert
• Supplier management — store supplier contact information alongside products
• ABC analysis — classify products by revenue contribution to prioritise ordering
• Inventory adjustment logs — track manual stock adjustments and their reasons

The shutdown affects more than just the interface. Any data that lives exclusively in Stocky — supplier contacts, historical POs, inventory adjustment notes — will be inaccessible unless you export it before the cutoff.

• All purchase order history — you won't be able to look up what you ordered, from whom, or when
• Supplier contact database — names, emails, lead times you've stored against each product
• Reorder point configuration — any custom thresholds you've set up per SKU
• Demand forecasts — Stocky's historical forecast data and accuracy records
• Inventory adjustment history — notes and reasons for manual stock changes

Before you migrate to a new tool, export everything Stocky has. This is time-sensitive — once the app shuts down, this data is gone.

1. 1Open Shopify Admin → Apps → Stocky
2. 2Go to Settings → Export Data (or check each section for its own export button)
3. 3Export your purchase order history as CSV
4. 4Export your supplier list
5. 5Screenshot or export any custom reorder point settings
6. 6Save all files to a folder labelled with today's date — you may need to reference them during migration

Not all inventory tools are equivalent replacements for Stocky. When evaluating alternatives, the key question is whether the tool gives you actionable decisions — not just dashboards and charts.

Forestock is designed as a direct Stocky replacement — and it goes further. It doesn't require a Shopify app install, calculates exact stockout dates (not just reorder suggestions), and shows the revenue at risk for each at-risk product. Here's how to migrate:

1. 1Export your Shopify orders as CSV: Shopify Admin → Orders → Export → Last 90 days
2. 2Export your current inventory: Shopify Admin → Products → Inventory → Export
3. 3Go to getforestock.com/forecast and upload your orders CSV
4. 4Set your supplier lead time in days (use the realistic number, not the optimistic one)
5. 5Run the forecast — you'll see every SKU ranked by stockout risk with exact dates
6. 6Review the reorder quantities and export a purchase order for any critical SKUs

Stocky was a capable tool, but it was built when inventory management was simpler. Forestock is built for the current reality: faster-moving D2C brands, unpredictable demand from ad spend and social traffic, and the need for instant decisions rather than weekly check-ins.

The worst time to switch inventory tools is during your highest-volume period. If you sell through festivals, seasonal peaks, or campaign-driven spikes, migrate and complete at least one full forecasting cycle before that window arrives.

Forestock's free tier lets you run unlimited forecasts on up to 5 products at no cost — enough to validate the tool and get comfortable with the workflow before you rely on it for your full catalog.