The timeline is real, and it is short
Shopify has confirmed that Stocky — the inventory app bundled with POS Pro since 2015 — is being sunset. Two dates matter:
- February 2, 2026 — Stocky was removed from the Shopify App Store. New installs stopped.
- August 31, 2026 — Stocky shuts down completely. The app stops working and the Stocky API dies the same day.
Shopify has said it will keep a read-only view available for roughly 90 days after shutdown (until around November 30, 2026) so you can manually export from the interface. But the read-only window has two problems: the Stocky UI famously cannot export your supplier list, and its bulk export drops purchase-order line items. The API — which can pull suppliers and full line items — goes dark on August 31 with no grace period.
This is not a "maybe." It is a hard kill date. Every Stocky user is being forced to migrate whether they like it or not. The only question is whether you leave with your data or without it.
What you actually lose
Stocky was quietly deprecated for a while before the shutdown was announced — transfers and min/max forecasting were already removed on July 7, 2025. Long-time users on the Shopify community forums have been blunt: one 8-year merchant called the forecasting "completely useless" now; another called the app "completely abandoned." When it finally goes, you lose:
- Your supplier records — contact details, account numbers, addresses. This is the single most expensive thing to re-key, and the Stocky UI cannot export it.
- Purchase order history — every PO, with line items, costs and received quantities.
- Stock adjustments and tax types.
Settings that live only inside Stocky — lead times, MOQs, case packs, reorder rules — cannot be exported by anyone, even via the API. Screenshot those before August 31 if you rely on them.
Your options, ranked
1. Export everything now (do this first, today)
Regardless of where you land next, get a clean archive of your data while the API is still alive. Our free RestockLoop Exporterreads Stocky's documented v2 API and hands you suppliers, all purchase orders with line items, stock adjustments and tax types as tidy CSV + raw JSON — in one ZIP, with no signup. It takes about five minutes and your API key is never stored.
2. Decide where you are moving
Shopify added native purchase orders, transfers and Sidekick reorder suggestions to the admin in June 2026, so "do nothing and use native admin" is now a real option for simple shops. But native admin still has no proper forecasting, no reorder points, no supplier lead-time or MOQ tracking, and it caps inventory history at 180 days. If you place orders on velocity and vendor terms, you will want a dedicated app.
3. Import into your new tool without re-keying
The CSVs from the exporter are structured to import into the common replacement apps — and into the flat-rate reorder + PO app we are building, which will ingest your Stocky archive (suppliers included) in one click. That is the migration path that erases the re-keying cost entirely.
Bottom line
You have until August 31, 2026 before the Stocky API is gone for good. The read-only window afterward is a fallback, not a safety net — it cannot recover your suppliers or full PO line items. Export your data this week, then take your time choosing a replacement.