Stocky shutdown checklist

The checklist

1. 1

   Export your reorder points and lead times

   These two fields live in Stocky — they are not part of your Shopify product data, and no Shopify feature will inherit them. Export the Low Stock CSV now and keep an independent copy. Shopify promises read-only exports for at least 90 days after end of life, but the window is finite.

   • Save the file exactly as Stocky produces it. Do not open it in Excel and re-save: spreadsheet apps silently rewrite the character encoding and reformat dates, which is the most common reason an import fails later.
   • Keep a copy outside your laptop — cloud storage or email it to yourself.
2. 2

   Copy suppliers through the Stocky API

   Stocky has no supplier CSV export. Use an API migration before August 31 to copy supplier records and their purchase-order relationships, and save a simple contact backup. Shopify now has native supplier management, but Stocky suppliers are not transferred into it automatically.

   • If you email purchase orders to suppliers, the contact email column is the one you will miss first.
3. 3

   Preserve your purchase order history

   Shopify has stated that past Stocky purchase orders cannot be imported into Shopify. Save the reports Stocky offers and/or copy the records through the API before its August 31 deadline.

   • Purchase order history is also what tells you which supplier each product actually comes from — useful even if you never look at an individual old order again.
4. 4

   Copy stock adjustments and eligible purchase tax types

   Adjustment history explains past discrepancies. Use an API migration for stock adjustments and Stocky tax-type records before August 31, and keep any relevant reports Stocky offers.

5. 5

   Decide what replaces the decision layer

   Shopify now provides native supplier management and purchase orders, Sidekick can recommend products from sales and draft a purchase order, and Flow can send low-stock notifications. Decide whether that is enough or whether you need persistent reorder policies, lead times, MOQs, automatic alerts and supplier-ready order emails.

   • Finish API-based copying before August 31. Shopify’s read-only export window continues for at least 90 days, but it does not extend the API.

What Shopify gives you instead

Shopify has expanded its native inventory tools: supplier management and purchase orders, Sidekick recommendations based on sales that can produce a draft purchase order, and low-stock notifications built with Shopify Flow. These are real alternatives to a spreadsheet. What they do not reproduce is a persistent product-and-location replenishment policy with supplier lead times, minimum order quantities, automatic alerts and supplier-ready order emails.

Shopify has also said plainly that historical Stocky purchase orders cannot be imported. So the native features are a starting point, not a migration path — which is why the export step above is not optional.

Common mistakes

Opening the CSV in Excel and saving it again

This rewrites the character encoding and reformats dates. Keep the original file untouched and work on a copy.

Assuming your reorder points are in Shopify

They are not, and neither are lead times. Confirm you actually have them in a file before the deadline.

Waiting until the last week

Shopify states that every Stocky API stops on August 31. The later read-only period does not keep API migration working, so leave time to retry before the deadline.