Marcus Reyes
Supply Chain & Inventory Specialist | 12 Years
Marcus has managed supply chain and inventory operations in food & beverage manufacturing for over a decade, with a focus on compliance, lot traceability, and waste reduction. He has worked with FDA-regulated manufacturers across the US.
Stocky Shuts Down August 31, 2026 — Here's What to Do Now
Shopify's own Stocky app stops working completely on August 31, 2026 — not a feature getting deprecated, not a slow wind-down, but a full shutdown of the app and every Stocky API it runs on. If you're still using it, the priority this week is straightforward: export your purchase orders and stocktakes to CSV before the deadline, and go in knowing that Stocky's supplier records cannot be exported at all — if you want to keep that data, you have to copy it out by hand before the app disappears.
The timeline isn't new or a rumor. Stocky was delisted from the Shopify App Store back in February 2026, meaning no new merchants have been able to install it since then. August 31, 2026 is the date existing installations lose access entirely, app and APIs both. If you've been putting off doing anything about it because the app still technically works today, that grace period is now down to days, not weeks.
This post isn't another feature-by-feature "Stocky alternative" roundup rushed out to catch search traffic — a few of those already exist, including from inFlow, Stocksmith, Prediko, and Starshipit. It's a practical rundown of what to actually do with the time you have left, followed by an honest framework for what to look for next — including where Nstock genuinely fits and where it doesn't.
Before the Deadline: What to Export From Stocky
Do this now, not on August 30. Once the shutdown hits, there's no confirmed way back into the app to grab anything you missed.
- Purchase orders. Export your PO history to CSV — open orders, received orders, everything you might need later for supplier disputes, cost history, or reordering patterns.
- Stocktakes. Export your stocktake/cycle count history. It's your record of what you've actually counted and when — useful for audits and for spotting shrink trends even after you've moved to a new system.
- Product and inventory data. Export your product list and current inventory quantities to CSV. This is the file you'll eventually map into whatever system replaces Stocky, so treat it as your migration source of truth.
- Supplier data — by hand. This is the one that catches people off guard: Stocky doesn't offer a supplier data export at all. Supplier names, contact details, pricing terms, lead times — if you want to keep any of it, someone needs to open each supplier record and copy the information out manually before the deadline. There's no shortcut here.
- Screenshot the settings you'd otherwise forget. Reorder points, supplier-to-product links, location setups, any custom fields you've been relying on — a screenshot now saves you from reconstructing configuration from memory in three weeks.
If your team has been putting this off, this is the week to stop. A rushed export on August 30 with no time to check the file is worse than no export at all if something turns out not to have come through clean.
What a Good Stocky Alternative Actually Needs
Before picking anything, it's worth being clear about what you're actually replacing. Stocky handled purchase orders, stocktakes, and basic inventory sync with Shopify — so those are the non-negotiables for whatever comes next, regardless of which tool you land on.
- Real purchase order management. Creating and sending POs is table stakes; what separates tools is whether you can track partial receiving, see PO status against inventory in one place, and keep a usable history — not just a form that emails a PDF.
- Stocktakes and cycle counts that don't require a full shutdown. Look for barcode-scan-based counting and the ability to schedule and run counts on a rolling basis, not just one big annual count.
- Forecasting, not just static reorder points. A minimum-quantity trigger is better than nothing, but it doesn't account for seasonality or trend. If demand planning matters to your business, check whether the tool actually forecasts from your sales history or just alerts you when a number crosses a line you set manually.
- Shopify sync depth. Confirm whether inventory sync is genuinely two-way and near-real-time, or a one-directional push that leaves a gap between what Shopify shows and what's actually on the shelf. That gap is what decides whether you oversell during your first busy week on a new system.
None of this is Nstock-specific — it's the checklist worth running against any tool you're evaluating, Nstock included.
Where Nstock Fits for Former Stocky Users — and Where It Honestly Doesn't
Nstock is strongest here for a specific kind of Stocky user: Shopify merchants who make or assemble what they sell — not just buy finished goods and resell them. If your products involve components, ingredients, or a bill of materials — candles, cosmetics, supplements, food products, assembled goods — Nstock adds the production side Stocky never had: BOM-based costing, production runs, and lot tracking, on top of the purchase orders, stocktakes, and Shopify sync you're used to. See Nstock for Shopify sellers and DTC brands and the Shopify integration setup for the specifics.
Migrating the data itself is the part most people dread, and it's worth being direct about what it actually involves: there's no one-click connector that reaches into Stocky and pulls your data into Nstock automatically. You export from Stocky to CSV — products, stock, and whatever purchase order and stocktake history you've pulled — then import into Nstock. What lowers the risk on that path is the review step: Nstock's importer matches your file's columns by header name rather than position, so you don't have to reformat your Stocky export to match an exact template, and every row lands in an editable review table before anything saves, so a messy row from an old export gets flagged and fixed instead of silently corrupting your new catalog. See how CSV import actually works, or go straight to the CSV import feature details.
Here's the honest tradeoff: if your business is pure retail — you buy finished goods and resell them, with no production, no BOMs, no components to track — Nstock's manufacturing-first design means you'd be adopting a system built around a workflow you don't actually have. A retail-focused inventory tool, or a distribution-oriented platform like inFlow, is a more natural fit for that model than Nstock is. Craftybase (now Stocksmith) is worth a look too if you're at very small maker scale rather than a growing production operation. If your operation includes any real production step, the comparison shifts the other way.
Frequently Asked Questions
When exactly does Stocky stop working?
Stocky was delisted from the Shopify App Store in February 2026, so no new merchants could install it after that point. For merchants already using it, the app and all of its underlying APIs stop working completely on August 31, 2026. There's no partial shutdown or feature-by-feature wind-down — it's a hard cutoff on that date.
Can I export my supplier data from Stocky?
No. Stocky doesn't offer a supplier data export. Supplier names, contacts, pricing terms, and lead times have to be copied out manually, record by record, before the app shuts down — there's no CSV export or bulk option for this specific data.
What's the best Stocky alternative?
It depends on whether you manufacture or assemble what you sell. If your products involve components, ingredients, or a bill of materials, a manufacturing-focused tool like Nstock covers the ground Stocky did — purchase orders, stocktakes, Shopify sync — plus the production and BOM tracking Stocky never had. If you're a pure retailer reselling finished goods with no production step, a retail- or distribution-focused tool is a better fit for that simpler workflow.
Can I import my Stocky data into Nstock?
Yes, via CSV — not an automated one-click migration. Export your products, stock, and purchase order/stocktake history from Stocky, then upload the files through Nstock's importers. Column headers are matched by name rather than position, and every row goes through a review step before anything saves, so you can catch and fix issues from the export before they become bad data in your new system.
What happens if I miss the August 31 deadline?
Once Stocky's app and APIs stop working, there's no confirmed way to go back in and retrieve anything you didn't export beforehand. Treat August 31 as a hard deadline rather than a soft one, and get your purchase orders, stocktakes, product data, and supplier information out well before then — supplier data especially, since it has to be copied by hand and takes the longest.