Shopify is permanently closing Stocky on August 31, 2026 and deleting all data after that date. Over 200,000 merchants are affected. This page covers exactly what happens, what data is at risk, what the timeline looks like, and what store owners need to do before the deadline.
Every key date from the announcement to permanent deletion — and what each means for your store.
Not all your Shopify data lives in Stocky. Here is exactly what gets deleted and what is unaffected.
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Shopify Stocky was a free inventory management app built and maintained by Shopify. Available to all merchants at no cost, Stocky provided purchase order creation, supplier management, stock-level monitoring, demand forecasting, and inventory adjustment directly inside the Shopify admin. Because it was free and native to Shopify, it became widely adopted — particularly among small and mid-size stores that could not justify the cost of paid inventory management tools.
Stocky handled core inventory workflows: creating purchase orders from suppliers, tracking incoming stock, adjusting inventory based on stocktakes, forecasting reorder needs based on sales velocity, and providing a basic overview of stock levels across products and variants. It was tightly integrated with Shopify's admin interface and required no external connections or webhook setup.
Shopify has not provided a detailed public explanation for the Stocky shutdown. The likely reasons include the cost of maintaining a first-party inventory app as a free product, the maturity of the third-party Shopify app ecosystem for inventory management, and Shopify's strategic focus on its core commerce platform rather than adjacent operations tooling. Shopify's public messaging directs merchants to the App Store for third-party alternatives rather than announcing a built-in replacement.
The shutdown is consistent with Shopify's broader pattern of sunsetting free first-party apps (including Kit, Shopify Ping, and others) where third-party solutions have grown to cover the same functionality at scale. For inventory specifically, the paid app ecosystem offers significantly more advanced features than Stocky ever did — but leaves a gap for merchants who only needed basic tracking and cannot justify enterprise pricing.
After August 31, 2026, all data stored inside Stocky is permanently deleted. Shopify has confirmed this data will not be automatically exported, migrated, or made available through any other channel after the shutdown date. The data affected includes purchase orders, supplier records, stocktake history, demand forecasting data, and any product cost or margin information entered in Stocky. This data cannot be recovered after deletion — there is no grace period and no appeal process.
Crucially, Shopify order history, product catalogues, customer records, and current inventory levels stored in Shopify Admin are not affected. Only the data that lives inside the Stocky application itself is deleted. Merchants who export their Stocky data before August 31 retain full access to their historical purchase order and supplier information.
Over 200,000 Shopify merchants are estimated to have used Stocky and are affected by the August 2026 shutdown. Because Stocky was a free, native Shopify app with no barrier to adoption, it was widely installed across the merchant base — particularly among merchants on the Basic and standard Shopify plans who were not subscribed to third-party inventory tools. The shutdown therefore affects a disproportionate share of smaller operators who have fewer migration resources and less technical capacity than larger merchants.
The best free Stocky replacement is Stocky Swap by Stack Architect — a free inventory automation that logs every Shopify order to Google Sheets in real time using a Make.com webhook. It costs $0 per month permanently, deploys in approximately 4 minutes, requires no code, and runs on Make.com's free tier (1,000 operations per month). It does not replicate Stocky's purchase order or supplier management features, but covers the core function most merchants relied on Stocky for: real-time inventory tracking and order logging.
For a full comparison of all Stocky alternatives including paid options, see the Stocky alternative comparison page. For the free replacement specifically, see the Stocky Swap deployment guide.
As of April 2026, Shopify has not announced a built-in replacement for Stocky. Shopify's official guidance directs merchants to the Shopify App Store to find third-party inventory management solutions. Shopify's core admin does include basic inventory quantity management and low-stock alerts, but does not replicate the purchase order management, supplier tracking, or demand forecasting that Stocky provided. Merchants who relied on those features will need a third-party solution — either the free Stocky Swap for basic tracking, or a paid tool for advanced functionality.
The most common questions from Shopify merchants about the Stocky shutdown.
Stocky Swap automatically logs every Shopify order to Google Sheets in real time via Make.com. Free forever. Deploys in 4 minutes. No code. No monthly fees. No migration risk. Run it alongside Stocky now to verify it before the shutdown date.
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