Stocky shutdown · Data export · Before August 31, 2026

How to Export Your Stocky Data Before August 31, 2026

This is the exact, button-by-button process: what you can export, what you cannot (suppliers — with the workaround), and the order to do it in. Do it this week, not in August. If you haven't yet read what happens on shutdown day, start with the full Stocky shutdown breakdown. Already exported and need a replacement running? Jump to the free Stocky replacement.

The one thing everyone gets wrong about the deadline

Most guides say the app "stops working entirely" on August 31. That isn't quite what Shopify says. Per Shopify's official migration guidance, after August 31, 2026 you lose the ability to use Stocky for managing inventory, but you keep read-only access for a limited period afterward. That sounds reassuring. It isn't — the period is undefined, the APIs stop on the 31st, and read-only access includes no new export tooling. Treat August 31 as your hard wall.

What you can export vs what you can't

Read this before you touch anything — it's the part that catches stores out:

• Exportable (Stocky → Reports, as CSV): purchase order history, stocktake records, inventory adjustment history, and product cost / ABC analysis data.
• NOT exportable (no export button exists): supplier records — names, contacts, lead times, MOQs, payment terms. This is the trap. Recreate them by hand.
• Also not exportable: reorder points, safety-stock levels, min/max thresholds. Screenshot or transcribe these.

Step 1 — Export your purchase orders (5 minutes)

1. In Shopify admin, go to Apps → Stocky.
2. Open the Reports dropdown.
3. Select the purchase order report. Set the date range to your entire history — the default range silently truncates older orders.
4. Export as CSV. It includes PO numbers, line items, quantities, unit costs, and dates.
5. Save with a dated filename: 2026-06-25_stocky_purchase_orders.csv.

Don't export POs one at a time as PDFs — that's the slow trap Shopify's own community threads complain about. Use the Reports export for one combined CSV.

Step 2 — Export stocktakes and cost data (5 minutes)

From the same Reports dropdown, export each separately:

• Stocktake history — physical counts and "actual vs expected" variances.
• Inventory adjustment log — every manual change and its reason.
• ABC analysis / cost data — your product cost-per-item as Stocky stored it.

One verification step that protects your margins: Stocky's stored cost prices can drift from Shopify Admin's. Before archiving, spot-check a handful of SKUs against recent supplier invoices — merchants have found cost prices understated by thousands per container order during exactly this check.

Step 3 — Manually rebuild supplier records (5–20 minutes)

Because suppliers can't be exported, you have two practical options:

Fast method (most stores): open each supplier in Stocky and screenshot the full detail view — name, contact, lead time, MOQ, payment terms. Drop the screenshots in a dated Drive folder. Crude, but done in minutes.

Clean method (if migrating to a new tool): build a spreadsheet with columns for supplier name, contact, email, lead time, MOQ, and payment terms, and transcribe each. You can recover some details from the purchase order CSV in Step 1. This becomes your import file for the new system.

Step 4 — Store it where you'll actually find it

Put all CSVs and screenshots in one clearly named folder — Stocky Backup 2026 — in Google Drive, not on a single laptop. Set a calendar reminder for August 1, 2026 as a final check while Stocky is still fully functional.

What to do the moment your data is safe

Exporting preserves your history. It does nothing for going-forward tracking — the moment Stocky stops, you need something already logging new orders. Deploy a free replacement now and run it in parallel, so you have weeks of verification rather than a cold cutover on September 1.

Stocky Swap logs every Shopify order to a Google Sheet in real time via a Make.com webhook — free permanently, about four minutes to set up, no app install. If your store needs full purchase-order and forecasting workflows, compare paid options on the Stocky alternatives page, and use the migration risk scorer to gauge complexity. Then work through the full migration checklist.

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