Shopify Stocky Sunset Timeline: Key Dates and Migration FAQ

Shopify is sunsetting Stocky on August 31, 2026. After that date the app is no longer available, and any Stocky APIs stop working. Merchants who used Stocky as a system of record for purchase orders, supplier records, and inventory transfers have a hard cutover to plan over the next several months. This article lists the key dates from the official Shopify transition guide, explains what changes after the shutdown, and answers the most common questions about migration, exports, and how Shopify expects inventory to be managed once the app is gone. Each fact below is tied to a Shopify help center page so you can verify it yourself.

Key Stocky dates

Two dates anchor the Stocky sunset timeline, and both come directly from the official Shopify transition guide.

The first is February 2, 2026. Stocky was delisted from the Shopify App Store on that day. Merchants who already had Stocky installed before delisting can keep using the app through August 31, 2026, but new installs are not possible. If a merchant uninstalls Stocky after February 2, 2026, they cannot reinstall it.

The second is August 31, 2026. Stocky is no longer available after August 31, 2026. On that date the app stops being accessible, and any Stocky APIs stop working. The official transition guide does not document any extension or grace period beyond that date, and there is no publicly stated plan for a follow-on Stocky replacement product from Shopify itself.

Between February 2, 2026 and August 31, 2026 there is roughly a seven-month window for merchants to plan exports, migrate workflows, and rebuild any reporting that depended on Stocky-only data. Teams that ran Stocky as the primary record for purchasing should treat this gap as the planning horizon, not the migration horizon.

What changes after the shutdown

Historical Stocky data won’t automatically move into Shopify. If a merchant wants to keep purchase order history, vendor notes, cost adjustments, or any other Stocky records, they must manually export them before August 31, 2026. After the shutdown date that data is no longer accessible from the app, and the official guidance does not describe a way to retrieve it after the fact.

Suppliers can’t be exported from Stocky. The supplier list, supplier contact details, and any custom supplier fields stored in Stocky have to be rebuilt by hand in Shopify or in another tool of the merchant’s choosing. This is one of the sharper migration constraints because it has no scripted workaround in the official transition path.

After August 31, 2026, merchants manage inventory in Shopify admin and Shopify POS. Purchase orders, supplier records, and stock receiving live inside the Shopify admin going forward, and POS handles point-of-sale stocktake. The Shopify-native workflow set is what Shopify expects merchants to use after the sunset, even though it does not match Stocky feature-for-feature, and some Stocky-only capabilities have no documented replacement.

For most teams the practical work between now and August 31, 2026 looks like this:

How Shopify handles purchase orders and suppliers now

Shopify’s purchase orders workflow lets merchants record what they are buying from a supplier, when the goods are expected to arrive, and how much was paid. The official guide is Creating purchase orders, which covers the basic form, field set, and how a purchase order moves from draft to received. It does not match every Stocky feature one-for-one, but it covers the core purchase order lifecycle and is the workflow Shopify expects merchants to use after the Stocky sunset.

Supplier records live in a separate area of the admin. The supplier list stores contact details, shipping terms, and notes attached to the supplier rather than to individual purchase orders. Shopify’s Managing suppliers guide is the reference for adding, editing, and removing suppliers, and for linking suppliers to purchase orders. Because suppliers can’t be exported from Stocky, this is the area most teams will spend the most manual rebuild time on.

Inventory transfers between locations or warehouses are handled separately again. The relevant guide is Creating and managing transfers. Transfers are useful when a merchant has multiple stocking locations and wants to move units between them with an audit trail. The transfer flow has its own statuses, and a Stocky user moving over should read the guide in detail before treating Shopify transfers as a drop-in replacement for the equivalent Stocky workflow.

These three Shopify-native workflows together cover the most common things merchants used Stocky for: purchase orders, supplier records, and inventory movements. They do not, on their own, replace every Stocky feature. For example, Stocky’s demand-forecasting calculations have no direct Shopify-admin equivalent, and merchants who relied on that part of Stocky need a separate plan, whether that is another app, a custom spreadsheet model, or an external planning tool.

FAQ

Can I reinstall Stocky after I uninstall it? No. Stocky was delisted from the Shopify App Store on February 2, 2026. Merchants who uninstall Stocky after delisting cannot reinstall it, even on the same store account, and the official guidance does not describe any exception.

When do Stocky APIs stop working? Any Stocky APIs will stop working on August 31, 2026. Scripts, integrations, or third-party tools that pull from Stocky must be retired or pointed elsewhere before that date. Any automation that runs after the cutover and depends on a Stocky API call will fail, with no documented compatibility shim from Shopify.

Will my Stocky data move into Shopify automatically? No. Historical Stocky data does not automatically move into Shopify. Anything a merchant wants to keep must be manually exported before August 31, 2026. The export window is the same as the operating window of the app itself, so the practical planning constraint is the same August 31, 2026 deadline.

Can I export suppliers from Stocky? No. Suppliers can’t be exported from Stocky. The supplier list will need to be rebuilt in Shopify or in another tool. Merchants who treat Stocky’s supplier list as the source of truth should plan that rebuild now, not after the shutdown.

Where will I manage inventory after August 31, 2026? In Shopify admin and Shopify POS. Purchase orders, supplier records, and stock receiving live in the admin, and POS handles point-of-sale stocktake. Anything that previously sat inside Stocky moves to one of those two surfaces, or to a third-party tool the merchant brings in.

Is there a grace period after August 31, 2026? The official Shopify guidance does not document any extension or grace period. The article you are reading is based on what Shopify publicly states. If Shopify updates the date or publishes new transition tooling, the change will be reflected here on the next revision.

Should I plan the migration before or after I have a replacement tooling choice? Before. The hard deadline for the data export side is August 31, 2026 because Stocky is no longer available after that date. The hard deadline for picking a replacement is whenever your team can no longer absorb the workload manually. Those are two different deadlines that need to be planned together, not sequentially. A safe default is to use the Shopify-native purchase orders, supplier, and transfer workflows as the baseline, then layer additional tools on top only where the baseline workflow falls short for a specific job.

What fields are most important to capture in the manual Stocky export? At minimum: purchase order numbers, supplier identifiers, item-level cost adjustments, expected and received dates, and any notes attached to individual line items. The official transition guide treats the export as a merchant-driven task, so the field selection is the merchant’s responsibility. A reasonable rule of thumb is to export anything that would be expensive or impossible to reconstruct from other sources after August 31, 2026.

Limitations

Kijun does not replace every Stocky workflow. It does not forecast demand, auto-reorder inventory, or replace Shopify POS stocktake workflows. It focuses on supplier scoring, supplier risk monitoring, and Stocky CSV migration support. If the work you need is demand forecasting or POS-side stocktake, Shopify’s native tools or another app will fit the job better than this one. Treat this as an honest scope statement rather than sales positioning, and read the official Shopify transition guide first as the authoritative reference for dates and behavior.

If you want to evaluate whether the app helps with supplier scoring during the Stocky sunset period, you can install it from the Shopify App Store.

This article was drafted with AI assistance and checked against cited sources through kijun’s editorial workflow. Last updated: 2026-05-21.

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