Stocky shutdown

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Stocky closed on 31 August 2026. Most of what it did is now built into Shopify. The part that is not is the part that decides how much to order.

Marcus VolstedCo-founder, Restocio Published 7 August 2026Updated 10 October 20264 min read

Facts about Stocky and Shopify's built-in tools are taken from Shopify's own Help Center. Restocio is an independent product and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Shopify.

Shopify's own page now says it plainly: Stocky is no longer available as of 31 August 2026, and its APIs stopped working the same day. It was delisted from the Shopify App Store on 2 February 2026 and could not be reinstalled after that.

If you have not exported your data yet, you are probably not too late. Shopify says read-only export access continues for at least 90 days after the shutdown, which puts the floor somewhere around the end of November 2026. Shopify says "at least", not "exactly", so treat late November as the deadline rather than a promise. Our export walkthrough covers what to pull and in what order.

What actually gets replaced, and what does not

This is worth being precise about, because a lot of pages on this topic are vague on purpose.

What Stocky did	Where it goes after 31 Aug
Purchase orders	Built into Shopify admin
Stock transfers between locations	Built into Shopify admin
Inventory adjustments with reasons	Built into Shopify admin
History of inventory changes	Built into Shopify admin
Suggested reorder quantities	No direct equivalent. Sidekick recommends items and drafts the purchase order, per Shopify's Help Center (read 2 October 2026), which does not describe how it sizes the quantity
Minimum / maximum stock levels	Not built in. Needs metafields or a third-party app
Purchase-order spend per supplier	No dedicated report
Your supplier list	Cannot be exported from Stocky at all

To be fair to Shopify: the built-in tools genuinely do replace most of Stocky's day-to-day paperwork. Purchase orders, transfers, adjustments, history and bulk edits are all there, included in your plan, with no app to install. Their AI assistant, Sidekick, is included on every plan and will answer questions like “what should I reorder?”. If your needs are mostly record-keeping, you may not need anything else, and we would rather tell you that than sell you something you do not need.

Where a separate tool still earns its place

One thing did not survive the move: the part that decides. Stocky suggested reorder quantities. Shopify's built-in tools let you record the purchase order you already decided on. If you were relying on those suggestions, that is the gap you need to fill.

For stores that import, the gap is wider still, because the quantity is only half the question. The other half is how the goods travel:

Sea freight is by far the cheapest and can take around three months door to door.
If the shelf will be empty before the boat lands, some units have to come faster, by rail or by air, and those cost several times more per kilo.
Sending the whole order by air because you noticed late is where the money actually disappears.

Restocio was built for exactly this. It works out the quantity from your own sales history, then splits the order across sea, rail and air so the cheap route carries as much as possible and you pay premium freight only for the units that genuinely cannot wait.

Choosing honestly

If you mainly need purchase orders and transfers, use Shopify's built-in tools. They are included, and they are enough.
If you relied on Stocky telling you what to reorder, you need something that forecasts. That can be us or one of several tools.
If you import from Asia and freight is one of your biggest costs, that is the case we are built for, and it is not something the built-in tools address at all.

Common questions

Is Stocky gone, or does it still work?

It is gone. Shopify's transition page says Stocky is no longer available as of 31 August 2026, and its APIs stopped working the same day. It had already been delisted from the Shopify App Store on 2 February 2026. What remains is read-only access to export your data, which Shopify says lasts at least 90 days after the shutdown, so into late November 2026.

Does Shopify replace Stocky?

Partly, and honestly quite well for the basics. Purchase orders, transfers, adjustments, history and bulk operations are built into the Shopify admin. What is not replaced is automatic suggested reorder quantities, built-in minimum and maximum stock levels, and a report of purchase-order spend per supplier.

Will my Stocky data move over automatically?

No. Historical purchase orders and stocktakes do not migrate automatically, and your supplier list cannot be exported from Stocky at all. Anything you want to keep has to be exported by hand during the read-only window, which runs at least 90 days past 31 August 2026.

Is Restocio affiliated with Shopify or Stocky?

No. Restocio is an independent product. Stocky and Shopify are products of Shopify Inc.

Marcus Volsted

Co-founder, Restocio

Marcus co-founded Restocio and works on it daily with a Swedish importer who plans their purchasing in it every working day. Restocio is built in Sweden by two founders, one Swedish and one Danish, and Marcus is the Danish one. Why we are building it.