The Stocky exit checklist

Stocky stops working on August 31, 2026. Nothing in it migrates to Shopify admin on its own. Shopify says you keep read only access to export your data for at least 90 days after the shutdown, so the popular claim that everything is deleted on August 31 is wrong, but the app itself goes dark and so does everything that depends on its API.

The date that actually matters is earlier. Shopify's own transition guide says to stop creating new purchase orders in Stocky about 14 days before the shutdown and to close out open ones before the deadline. That makes roughly August 17 your real switch date. Here is the whole migration in six steps. Most stores can do it in an afternoon if they start now.

Step 1: export your history first (40 to 60 minutes)

Export every report type to CSV, today, in one sitting:

• Purchase orders, the full list plus line item detail if your plan shows it
• Stocktakes, each completed one
• Inventory adjustments
• Product cost data, since Stocky's cost fields do not all live in Shopify
• Forecast or demand reports if you used them
• Any report you actually look at monthly

Longer version of this step, including what each export is actually for and the three checks worth doing while you are in there: how to export your Stocky data.

Save everything in one folder, put a copy in cloud storage, and screenshot each report screen before exporting so you have proof of what existed.

Step 2: map what you actually use (15 minutes)

Write down which of these you touch weekly: creating POs, receiving against POs, printing barcode labels from POs, stocktakes, transfers between locations, reorder suggestions. Most stores use two or three of the six. You only need to replace what you use.

Step 3: know the three native gaps

Shopify admin now has native purchase orders and transfers, and they are fine for basic flows. Three gaps as of July 2026:

1. Native POs cannot batch print barcode labels. If you sticker products at receiving, you need a label app and new templates.
2. Reorder suggestions and forecasting as you knew them do not exist natively. Shopify points you at Sidekick, their AI assistant, for reorder ideas. If you relied on Stocky's low stock reports, that is an app decision.
3. Full store stocktakes changed shape. The new Quick Count in POS is built for spot checks, about 1,000 items a session. For a complete count, Shopify's own guide says to export inventory to a spreadsheet, count offline, and import it back. Full method: doing a full stocktake after Stocky.

Step 4: rebuild your label printing

This is the step where migrations get stuck, because label re-templating only reveals its problems at the printer. If you print barcode labels at receiving, pick a label app, rebuild your template at the exact size you use, and print a real test sheet on your actual printer before mid August. Longer version, including the three questions that actually separate the apps: printing barcode labels after Stocky.

If you want to test your printer and your label stock today, before choosing anything, our free barcode label generator takes a pasted list of SKUs or barcodes and gives you a print ready PDF. No account and no store connection.

Full disclosure: this page is published by Aislekit, and our app, Aislekit Label Print, exists for exactly this gap. It prints barcode labels from purchase order CSVs, native inventory transfers, or any product selection, on label sheets or Zebra roll printers, with a free tier that covers small runs. It is one of several apps that can do this job, and this guide is complete whether or not you use ours.

Step 5: check your other apps

If any other app touches Stocky for labels, reporting or sync, ask its support one question: does this keep working after Stocky's API dies on August 31? Do not assume.

Step 6: train whoever receives stock

One page, printed: how to create a PO, how to receive against it, and how to print labels in the new setup. The person who does receiving on a Tuesday afternoon is the one who finds out the migration was not finished.

If you would rather not do it yourself

We do this migration for stores as a fixed price job. Same people who wrote this page. You pay when the work is delivered and you have checked it, never up front.

• History and supplier rescue, $49. Every report exported and organised, plus the supplier records typed into a clean spreadsheet, which is the part with no export button.
• Label template rebuild, $150. Your label rebuilt at the exact size you actually use, with a test sheet you print on your own printer before you trust it.
• The whole move, $300. Both of the above, your receiving flow rebuilt on native purchase orders and transfers and tested end to end, and a one page instruction sheet for whoever receives stock.

Most jobs come back inside two working days. Tell us your store size and which of the six steps you are stuck on and you get a straight yes or no, with a firm price, the same day: aislekit@gmail.com.

Worth saying plainly: if you only use two of the six workflows, you probably do not need us. Step 1 and a free afternoon covers most small stores, and this guide is the whole method either way.

The dates, in one place

• Now: export everything (step 1), suppliers by hand.
• By about August 17: stop creating POs in Stocky, have your replacement flow tested end to end, labels included.
• August 31: Stocky stops working.
• After August 31: read only export access for at least 90 days, then it is gone for good.

Questions this page does not answer? Email aislekit@gmail.com and a person will reply.