Stocky Is Shutting Down: How to Migrate Supplier and PO Data Before August 31

Shopify's Stocky app shuts down permanently on August 31, 2026, and there is a critical catch most merchants miss: supplier records cannot be exported from Stocky at all. Purchase order history must be manually downloaded before the deadline or it is gone. If you depend on Stocky for daily reorder decisions, you have a narrow window to act.

Key takeaways

• Stocky's hard shutdown date is August 31, 2026. After that date the app and all its APIs stop working.
• Supplier data (contacts, lead times, MOQs) cannot be exported from Stocky. It must be rebuilt manually or imported via CSV in your new app.
• Historical purchase orders can be downloaded as CSV from Stocky's reports, but cannot be imported into Shopify Admin natively.
• Shopify Admin replaces basic stock tracking only. Demand forecasting, reorder-point calculations, and supplier lead-time management are not included.
• A 4-to-6-week migration window is the practical minimum. Do not wait until August.

The Stocky shutdown timeline, in plain English

The wind-down started earlier than most merchants realised:

• July 7, 2025: Inventory transfers between locations and min/max forecasting were removed from Stocky. If you relied on those features, they have already been gone for over a year.
• February 2, 2026: Stocky was delisted from the Shopify App Store. New installs are impossible; if you uninstall it now, you cannot reinstall it.
• August 31, 2026: Full shutdown. The app stops working and all Stocky APIs go dark, breaking any third-party tools still connected to it.
• Post-shutdown: Shopify has confirmed at least 90 days of read-only access so you can export historical records, but you will not be able to manage inventory through Stocky after the deadline.

The pattern matters: Shopify is folding basic stock tracking into Shopify Admin, but the forecasting and supplier-management layer is not being replaced natively. That gap is where most Stocky users will feel the pain.

What Shopify Admin does and does not replace

Shopify's official guidance is to migrate to built-in Admin inventory tools. For simple setups, that is reasonable. For anyone managing dozens to thousands of SKUs, it falls short fast.

The gap is clear: Shopify Admin handles what you have, not what you will need. If you reordered by gut feel in Stocky, you were at least working with sales-velocity signals. Shopify Admin gives you a quantity number and leaves the rest to you.

The supplier data problem (and why it is urgent)

This is the part that catches merchants off guard. Supplier records cannot be exported from Stocky. Contacts, lead times, minimum order quantities, and case-pack sizes all live inside the app with no native export path. When Stocky goes dark, that context is gone unless you have already captured it.

The same applies to purchase order history. Historical POs can be downloaded as CSVs from Stocky's built-in reports, but those CSVs cannot be directly imported into Shopify Admin. You need either a third-party app that accepts PO CSV uploads, or you accept that your PO history exists only as an offline archive for tax and audit purposes.

What you need to pull from Stocky right now, before August 31:

• Every supplier: name, contact email, phone, payment terms
• Per-supplier lead times and minimum order quantities
• Case-pack or inner-pack sizes per SKU
• Open and recent purchase orders (CSV export from Stocky Reports)
• Stocktake records you want for audit purposes
• Any custom reorder points or safety-stock levels you have set

Open Stocky today, go to Reports, and start downloading. Even if you have not chosen a replacement yet, preserving the raw data costs you nothing.

How to run the actual migration: a step-by-step framework

A comfortable Stocky migration takes four to six weeks. Rushing it during a busy sales period is how merchants end up with stock levels that no longer reconcile.

Phase 1: Export and document (Week 1)

1. Download all purchase order history from Stocky Reports as CSV.
2. Manually record every supplier: name, contact, lead time, MOQ, payment terms. A simple spreadsheet works fine here.
3. Note any active open POs and their expected delivery dates.
4. Screenshot or export any custom reorder points you have configured.

Phase 2: Choose and install your replacement (Week 1-2)

Evaluate replacement apps while Stocky is still running. Running both side by side for two to four weeks lets you compare reorder recommendations and catch calibration issues before you are fully dependent on the new tool.

Key questions to ask any replacement:

• Can I import supplier data via CSV?
• Does it calculate reorder timing using lead-time and sales-velocity, or just flag low stock?
• Does it show why a reorder is recommended, or just that one is needed?
• Does it generate a daily or weekly signal on what to reorder first?

Phase 3: Import supplier data and validate (Week 2-3)

1. Import your supplier CSV into the new app. If the app supports CSV import for suppliers, this is a 20-minute job rather than hours of manual entry.
2. Map each supplier to their SKUs.
3. Set lead times per supplier. This single step is what turns a low-stock alert into an actionable reorder date.
4. Confirm that stock-on-hand figures in the new app match Shopify Admin. Any discrepancy needs to be resolved before go-live.

Phase 4: Run parallel and go live (Week 3-6)

1. Generate your first PO in the new app and compare it against what Stocky would have suggested.
2. Receive a shipment through the new app to confirm the receiving workflow works for your team.
3. Disable Stocky workflows once you are confident in the new system. Do not uninstall Stocky until after August 31 so you retain read-only access for the transition period.

What to look for in a Stocky replacement (beyond the feature checklist)

Most replacement-app roundups focus on feature lists. The more useful filter is explainability. Stocky showed you what it was recommending and some of the logic behind it. A black-box replacement that just says "reorder now" without showing the underlying math leaves you no better off than guessing.

Look for a tool that:

• Shows the sales velocity and lead time driving each reorder suggestion
• Ranks stockout risk by urgency, not alphabetically by SKU
• Surfaces dead stock separately so cash is not invisibly tied up in slow-movers
• Sends a daily or weekly digest so you do not have to log in to know what needs attention
• Accepts supplier CSV import so rebuilding your vendor list does not take a full week

If transparent math matters to you, Stockcast: Inventory Forecast was built specifically around this principle. Every reorder recommendation shows the exact calculation behind it, stockout predictions are ranked by urgency, dead stock is flagged separately, and supplier data can be imported via CSV to rebuild the context you are bringing over from Stocky. It is a practical drop-in for the forecasting and PO layer that Shopify Admin is not replacing.

Avoiding the two most common migration mistakes

Mistake 1: Waiting until August. The August 31 deadline feels far away until it is not. Factor in evaluation time, onboarding, data import, parallel running, and team training. Four to six weeks is a realistic minimum. If your peak season falls near August, add a buffer.

Mistake 2: Accepting Shopify Admin as a full replacement without testing it against your real workflows. Shopify Admin is genuinely useful for basic stock tracking. But if your daily operations included reorder suggestions ranked by urgency, a digest of what to buy this week, or lead-time-aware purchase order creation, you will notice those gaps immediately. Test the native tools against a week of real decisions before committing to them as your only solution.

FAQs

Can I export supplier data from Stocky before it shuts down? No. Shopify's own Help Center confirms that suppliers cannot be exported from Stocky. You need to manually document every supplier's contact details, lead times, and minimum order quantities before August 31, 2026, or rebuild that data from scratch in your replacement app.

Will I lose my purchase order history when Stocky shuts down? Not automatically, but you need to act. Historical POs can be downloaded as CSV files from Stocky's Reports section before the shutdown. After August 31, 2026, you will have at least 90 days of read-only access to do this, but it is safer to export everything now. Note that those CSV files cannot be imported directly into Shopify Admin.

Does Shopify Admin replace everything Stocky did? No. Shopify Admin in 2026 covers real-time stock tracking, inventory transfers, and basic draft purchase orders. It does not include demand forecasting, automated reorder-point calculations based on sales velocity and lead time, or a daily reorder digest. Merchants who need those capabilities require a dedicated third-party inventory planning app.