Why is there not more talk about Stocky disappearing? We use it exclusively for inventory tracking, creating PO’s and receiving orders. The PO feature in shopify is brutally inadequate. Using it takes more than triple the time to place an order.
PegNorman, you’re not alone - there’s been a lot of quiet frustration about this.
The thing is, Stocky did three distinct jobs: PO creation and receiving, inventory tracking, and reorder suggestions based on sales velocity. Most replacements only cover one or two of those well.
For PO creation and receiving specifically, Inventory Planner is the closest match to what Stocky had. It imports your Shopify products, builds POs with supplier costs, and handles the receiving workflow. Cin7 Core covers the same ground but it’s more of a full warehouse system - overkill if you’re running a straightforward Shopify store.
If you’re mainly frustrated by the native PO experience (no email template, no cost-to-COGS link, takes forever), Stock&Buy is also worth a look. Smaller footprint than Inventory Planner but covers the basics.
What’s your rough order volume and how many suppliers are you working with? That changes the recommendation a bit.
You can replace Stocky with our Stock Control app. In fact would love to hear your feedback on it.
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There’s quite a bit, but I think people are finding there are solutions out there in App form. I’m going to suggest you take a look at FyreTrail as well.
FyreTrail offers you exactly what you’re asking for, but it doesn’t try to clone Stocky like the others. Instead, it offers you a more “natural” handling of these features:
- Purchase Orders: Provides full and partial deliveries, PDF printing and emailing, label printing for only the products on the PO and for the amount of labels you need. Tracking of purchase orders and Supplier management.
- Inventory Tracking: Provides stock take capability, inventory adjustments and history with custom reasons and reporting. It also allows for Cycle Counting, Area identification, ABC Analysis and active inventory analysis. On top of that it allows “fill the shelves” ordering which means you have Low Stock and Target Stock levels along with other bonuses like Supplier MOQ, MOV, Case Quantity ordering by supplier.
So, you’re saving time that you are worried about losing with the one-button ordering and the stock level setting. All of this can be adjusted and managed by supplier as well. Take a look - would love your feedback.
Hey @PegNorman
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@PegNorman worth clarifying before anyone points you in the wrong direction - which parts of Stocky were you actually relying on day-to-day?
The reason I ask: Stocky bundled a few distinct workflows and most replacements only cover one or two of them well.
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PO creation and sending to suppliers: building the order, PDF, emailing it
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Receiving and updating stock: scanning or confirming delivery, updating inventory automatically
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Reorder suggestions: Stocky telling you what to reorder based on sales velocity
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Inventory tracking / stock counts: physical counts, adjustments, history
If it’s mainly the PO and receiving workflow that’s painful, that points to one set of tools. If it’s the reorder logic you relied on most, that’s a different problem with different solutions.
What’s interesting is that most of the replacement conversations seem to split into two completely different categories:
- tools focused on inventory planning / forecasting
- tools focused on operational workflows like PO creation, receiving, and stock counts
Stocky wasn’t perfect at either individually, but it connected both in a lightweight way, which is why replacing it has been harder than expected.
A lot of teams seem to be discovering that once forecasting, purchasing, receiving, and inventory tracking get separated again, the operational overhead starts creeping back in through spreadsheets, exports, and reconciliation.
Feels like the biggest factor now is identifying which part of the workflow actually mattered most day-to-day.
Curious which side has been more important in your operation:
the replenishment/planning side, or the receiving + inventory control side?
Hello @PegNorman
Stocky hasn’t really had a clean “drop in replacement” built into Shopify, which is why you’re not seeing a lot of unified discussion. Most merchants relying on it heavily are in the same position as you, using it as a core inventory workflow tool rather than just a light PO system.
The closest practical direction right now is separating functions instead of replacing one tool. Inventory forecasting and replenishment is usually handled in dedicated inventory apps, while PO creation and receiving is either kept in Stocky where possible or moved into ERP style tools that sync back into Shopify.
Shopify’s native PO flow is intentionally simplified, so for high volume or structured purchasing workflows, merchants typically end up using a dedicated inventory management layer on top rather than relying on Shopify alone.
That “separating functions” point feels like the core tradeoff a lot of merchants are now running into.
Specialized tools can absolutely solve individual problems well:
forecasting,
PO workflows,
receiving,
inventory counts,
supplier management.
But once those workflows span multiple systems again, teams often end up rebuilding operational continuity manually through exports, reconciliation, and process coordination.
For simpler operations that may be perfectly manageable.
The challenge seems to appear in the middle:
when teams have outgrown spreadsheets, but still don’t want the complexity of a full ERP rollout just to keep purchasing, receiving, and inventory workflows connected.
Feels like that’s the gap a lot of Shopify operators are now trying to navigate.
Let’s try this.
Mainly PO creation and receiving? Inventory Planner is where most merchants end up after leaving Stocky. It plugs straight into Shopify, stays in sync automatically, and handles replenishment based on real sales data — not guesswork.
Want something more modern with AI forecasting built in? Fabrikatör is worth a serious look. SKU-level demand forecasting, one-click PO automation, multi-warehouse transfers, and it plays nicely with Klaviyo, QuickBooks and Xero if you’re already on those.
Selling across Amazon, eBay or Etsy as well? That’s where Stocky always fell short and most basic replacements still do. Sumtracker handles proper multi-channel sync and is built for exactly that situation.
Just need something simple for PO basics without all the complexity? Stock&Buy or FyreTrail keep it straightforward — no bloat, just the essentials.
One thing a lot of people miss — you can’t directly export supplier data from Stocky, so go in now and manually save your supplier details before August. Don’t leave that until the last minute.
This is actually a really good breakdown because it shows how the market is naturally splitting by operational priority.
Some teams mainly need:
• forecasting and replenishment
• multi-channel inventory sync
• lightweight PO workflows
• receiving + stock control
• or broader operational coordination
And there are now solid tools emerging for each of those categories individually.
What still seems difficult for a lot of operators is deciding where they want the “system of continuity” to live once those workflows start spanning multiple tools and channels.
Especially once:
Shopify,
Amazon,
POS,
accounting,
forecasting,
receiving,
and supplier workflows
all start interacting together.
Feels like that’s why so many merchants are spending time right now not just evaluating features, but rethinking where their operational source of truth should actually sit long-term.
There is another thread on this topic already.
https://community.shopify.com/t/replacement-to-stocky/587141/58
We found that FyreTrail fits our needs. Many shops are moving to this app as the developer has integrated most of the requested features needed to replace Stocky, plus some that were not included in Stocky.
Shopify is not at all interested offering a replacement. The moment Shopify became publicly traded (and therefore owned by an investment firm), they ceased to care about the needs of their customers. Maintaining Stocky was a line item on a spreadsheet they could delete to increase shareholder value.
Like many Shopify merchants, we faced the disappearance of Stocky and the lack of simple alternatives for managing inventory transfers efficiently.
That’s exactly why we created Stock Transfer Pro.
I prefer to be transparent: I’m part of the team that develops the app.
The goal wasn’t to build a complex tool or an expensive ERP system, but rather a practical solution that is easy to use, quick to set up, and fully integrated with Shopify for managing inventory movements across multiple locations.
With Stock Transfer Pro, you can:
- Create and track inventory transfers easily
- Manage incoming shipments and validate received quantities
- Oversee multi-location inventory directly from Shopify
- Centralize your operations without leaving your Shopify admin
Many merchants today are looking for a simple alternative between Shopify’s limited inventory transfer capabilities and ERP solutions that are often costly and difficult to implement.
If you’re looking for a dedicated inventory transfer solution, you can learn more about Stock Transfer Pro here:
I’d also be interested to know which Stocky feature you miss the most today. Your feedback helps us continue improving the app in the right direction.
Late to this, but +1 on the bigger point earlier in the thread — the gap isn’t one feature, it’s the whole PO + receiving + inventory loop Stocky did. For the full stack, the inventory/transfer apps already named here cover more ground than I do.
Where I can actually help is the narrow slice: printing labels for what you receive. I build LabelCraft (the label half only) — you paste or upload your received SKU+qty list, it matches to your products and prints the batch, and it generates a valid GS1/EAN-13 on the spot for anything missing a barcode. There’s a check-digit audit that flags invalid or duplicate codes before you print, and the exact-size preview means Dymo/Zebra/Brother rolls and Avery sheets line up the first time (±0.1mm).
Reading from native Shopify Transfers directly is coming, not live yet. If your real pain is the PO/inventory side, the others fit better — happy to just answer label questions either way.
That distinction is helpful.
What’s been interesting across a lot of these discussions is that people seem to be finding solid solutions for individual parts of the workflow, but the challenge is figuring out where the handoffs happen between them.
Planning leads to a PO.
The PO leads to receiving.
Receiving leads to labeling and put-away.
Then inventory and reporting need to stay aligned afterward.
A label workflow by itself is relatively easy to solve. A transfer workflow by itself is relatively easy to solve.
The harder question seems to be how many separate systems a team is comfortable managing before operational overhead starts creeping back in.
Appreciate you being transparent about where your tool fits in the process.
I get a completely different view. I think people know what they want and have had a tool that has provided it to them (Stocky). I’ve not seen discussions regarding your interpretation about a feature handoff gap. The “proposed” solution to use Shopify native POs is where the handoff problem is at - not current features. Native POs (currently) do not meet the needs of stores and a better solution is needed.
Most stores need Shopify to meet their needs in the Purchase Order space. They want POs to support a great many things that only apps like FyreTrail and a few others provide - but it would be much nicer to not have to pay for the services that Stocky used to provide for free.
The key to the transition Shopify is forcing is that removing Stocky is like removing a whole set of features that stores depend on and expecting them to just be OK with it. The suggested replacement is severely lacking at the moment so it’s really a slap in the face to those stores who depend on those features.
The problem is not a lack of an app that meets these needs - the problem is how a full feature set is being handled by Shopify.
That’s exactly the right way to frame it — the individual pieces aren’t the hard part, the seams between them are. And you’ve put your finger on the real constraint: it’s not “can we solve labeling” or “can we solve receiving,” it’s how many separate systems a team will babysit before the overhead you removed quietly creeps back in.
That’s the lens I try to keep LabelCraft honest against. Nobody should adopt a system just to print labels — so it deliberately doesn’t plan, manage POs, or write inventory levels back. It’s just the labeling seam between receiving and put-away: hand it the received list (paste, a supplier CSV, or — just rolling this out — a Shopify Transfer read directly), it matches to your live variants, prints exact-size labels, generates a valid EAN-13 for anything missing one, and flags unmatched SKUs before it prints rather than after. No re-keying, no separate source of truth — your forecasting tool still owns the numbers.
If you ever want to pressure-test that, try it on one real received transfer on the free tier (200 labels/month) — genuinely curious whether it removes a handoff or just moves it.
Yeah, I think you’re right, and it’s a fair correction to how I framed it. The wound isn’t “no app exists.” It’s that Shopify is pulling a feature set stores built their workflows around for years and pointing them at native POs that aren’t close to ready. That’s the real gap, and no third-party app (mine included) makes that fair or makes it Shopify’s problem to fix. PO depth is its own hard category; FyreTrail and a few others live there, but you’re right that paying for what used to be free stings regardless. For the record, I only work on the labeling slice of what Stocky did, so I won’t pretend it touches the PO side. That part is Shopify’s to own.
Stock Savvy is amazing! It’s also not expensive!
I believe they are doing away with stocky so we have to purchase an app which generates more revenue for Shopify
The tricky part with Stocky going away is that it bundled four separate jobs — PO
creation, receiving, reorder suggestions, and inventory tracking — and most single
apps only nail one or two. So it’s worth deciding which of those is your real
bottleneck before picking a replacement.
If PO creation + receiving is the core for you, the workflow-heavy tools cover
that. If it’s the reorder suggestions you’ll miss most, that’s a forecasting job:
reorder point = (avg daily sales × lead time) + safety stock, which a lightweight
tool can do without the full PO suite.
Which side of Stocky are you most worried about losing — the PO/receiving workflow,
or the reorder suggestions?