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Stocky is shutting down: the checklist to work through first
Shopify is retiring Stocky. It came off the App Store on 2 February 2026 and stops working after 31 August 2026. Here is the practical checklist: what you lose, what to get out first and the order to do it in so you are never left uncovered.
By Fazeel Tanveer, Founder · Last reviewed 25 August 2026
If you read one thing
Export your supplier records this week. They are the hardest thing to get out of Stocky cleanly, nobody else has a copy and there is no way to rebuild delivery times and minimum order quantities once the app is gone.
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The two dates that matter
| Date | What changes |
|---|---|
| 2 February 2026 | Stocky came off the Shopify App Store. If you already had it, it kept working. Nobody new could install it. |
| 31 August 2026 | Shopify's Help Center says the app is no longer available after this date. Treat it as a hard stop. |
Shopify has moved deadlines on other retirements before, so check where things stand on the Shopify Help Center Stocky page rather than planning around a date you read anywhere, this page included. Plan for the earlier date either way. An extension is a bonus. A surprise is a bad week.
What you lose when Stocky goes
Six things go with the app. They are not equally bad, because some can be exported and some are already covered elsewhere for nothing. Work down this table before you start pricing replacements.
| What goes | Can you get it out | What covers it afterwards |
|---|---|---|
| Purchase order history | Yes, export the whole history | A full inventory app |
| Supplier records | Partly. Check the delivery time and minimum order quantity columns actually survived the export | A full inventory app |
| Cost prices | Yes | The Shopify variant cost field, free |
| Stock count history | Yes | Shopify admin, free |
| Demand forecasts | The numbers you were working to, not the model behind them | A forecasting app. The priciest piece to replace |
| The low stock report | Nothing to export | The Shopify admin filter for free, or a low stock alerts app |
Supplier records are the row to start on. Contacts, delivery times and minimum order quantities are the hardest fields to get out cleanly, nobody else holds a copy and there is no way to rebuild them from memory once the app is gone.
Do not uninstall early. Shopify warns that data from an uninstalled Stocky might not come back if you reinstall. Export everything first, then leave it alone until it switches itself off.
The export checklist, in order
- Suppliers first. Whatever the export gives you, open the file and check the delivery time and minimum order quantity columns actually came through. If they did not, copy them into a spreadsheet by hand. Boring for an hour. Impossible afterwards.
- Purchase orders, the whole history. Not just the open ones. What you received and what you paid is what gets asked for at year end.
- Cost prices. If they live in Stocky, move them onto the Shopify variant cost field so your margin reporting still works afterwards.
- Stock counts. Export them so you keep the record.
- The numbers you were working to. Write down the reorder points you were actually using. Those numbers hold real knowledge about your delivery times and they are not written down anywhere else.
- Store it properly. A dated folder in the team drive that gets backed up. Not one person's downloads folder.
Then work out what you actually need to replace
The expensive mistake is assuming you need one app that does everything Stocky did. Most stores only ever used a small part of it.
Be honest about which of these you actually did in the last three months:
- Raised a purchase order? You need a full inventory app.
- Acted on a forecast? Acted on it, not glanced at it. If yes, you need forecasting.
- Counted stock or moved it between locations? Shopify admin does this itself, free.
- Only checked what was running low? A simple low stock alerts app covers it, for a fraction of what a full system costs.
The full job by job breakdown, including which apps cover which piece, is on our Stocky alternative page.
Give yourself a week with both running
Set the replacement up while Stocky is still working. Compare the two for a week on real stock movement. Watch one product run down and come back up. Check the alert fired when you expected and cleared when you restocked.
Move on the last day and you find out about any mismatch at the exact moment you have nothing to fall back on. There is no reason to take that risk when running both costs you nothing.
Covering the low stock report before the deadline
If the low stock screen is the part of Stocky you will miss, Stockwell replaces it. Install it alongside Stocky, compare the two for a week, then let Stocky go knowing the warnings still arrive.
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Common questions
Can I keep using Stocky after 31 August 2026?
No. Shopify's Help Center says the app is no longer available after that date. It came off the App Store on 2 February 2026, so you already cannot install it fresh.
Why is Shopify retiring Stocky?
Shopify is moving inventory features into Shopify admin and Shopify POS rather than keeping a separate app going. Stocky had also seen very little development for a long time.
What happens to my purchase orders?
They go with the app unless you export them first. Export the whole history rather than just the open orders, because what you received and what you paid is what you will be asked for at year end.
Is Shopify's native inventory enough to replace Stocky?
For counting stock, adjusting quantities and moving it between locations, yes. It also costs nothing. It does not cover purchase orders, supplier records or any alert that reaches you without opening admin.