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The Stocky exit checklist

Stocky went dark on September 1, 2026 at 12:00 UTC. The deprecation page still offers a Request data export button, and Shopify said read only export access lasts at least 90 days after the shutdown, which puts the end of that window around November 30, 2026.

That shutdown time is Stocky's own notice, read off the app itself, and it is a day later than the August 31 date Shopify's migration page gave. Nothing in Stocky migrated into Shopify admin on its own.

So the countdown this page used to run is over, and the order of the work changed with it. The export is the only part with a deadline left on it. Everything after step 1 is rebuilding a workflow, and that goes at whatever pace receiving allows. Here is the whole migration in six steps.

Step 1: request the export, and know what is not in it

There is one button now, Request data export on the deprecation page, and it replaces what used to be an hour of clicking through report screens. Press it before anything else in this list. What should come back:

The one nobody warned about: suppliers, and for most stores it is already a loss. Stocky never had a supplier export, and the advice while it still opened was to copy contacts, lead times and order minimums out by hand. If you did not, that screen does not open any more. Rebuild those records from the places the same facts survive: past invoices, the email thread where you agreed terms, and the supplier column on the purchase orders in your export.

Longer version of this step, including what each export is actually for and the three checks worth doing when it arrives: how to export your Stocky data.

Save whatever arrives in one folder and put a copy in cloud storage before you start picking through it. If a report you expected is missing, you want to notice that while there is still time to ask, not in six months when a supplier disputes a price.

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, checked again in September 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 for reorder ideas. If you relied on Stocky's low stock reports, that is an app decision.
  3. Shopify admin has stock counts under Inventory, where staff count by barcode scanner or by hand and a manager approves the differences before stock levels change. 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 your next delivery lands. 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, my 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 my app, AK: PO & Barcode Label Printer, 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 mine.

AK: PO & Barcode Label Printer is live on the Shopify App Store. Install it at apps.shopify.com/aislekit-label-print. The free plan needs no card, and questions go to support@aislekit.app.

Step 5: check your other apps

If any other app touches Stocky for labels, reporting or sync, ask its support one question: did it keep working after Stocky's API stopped answering? 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.

Where this stands now

Request your data export before the read only window closes, because that is the only part of this with a deadline left. Then read the purchase orders in it for supplier names, because that export is the last place that list exists in one piece.

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