Stocky alternatives
Last reviewed
Stocky stopped working on 31 August 2026. Shopify's built-in tools now handle purchase orders and counts, but not reorder suggestions from your sales.
What happened to Stocky
Stocky was Shopify’s own app for purchase orders, stock counts and reorder suggestions. It launched in 2015 and came free with Shopify POS Pro.
- 2 February 2026: delisted from the Shopify App Store, so it can’t be installed any more.
- 31 August 2026: stopped working, and its APIs with it.
- Now: read-only access to export your data for at least 90 days after that date, according to Shopify.
Export before read-only access ends. Purchase orders, stocktake history and cost data come out through Stocky’s reports. Suppliers can’t be exported at all, so note them down.
What Shopify’s built-in inventory covers
Shopify’s transition guide points you to the inventory tools in the admin and POS:
- purchase orders and receiving
- transfers between locations
- adjustments and stock counts
- inventory history
For one store that buys from a few suppliers, that may be enough.
What it doesn’t do
Shopify’s own help page lists the gaps against Stocky:
- No emailing purchase orders to suppliers from Shopify.
- One static cost per variant. No weighted average or landed cost.
- One vendor field. Several suppliers or lead times per product need workarounds such as metafields.
- Min/max levels aren’t enforced.
- No sales-based reorder suggestions. It records what you have; it doesn’t tell you what to buy, or when.
That last gap is the one most Stocky users feel first.
Your options
| Option | Good for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify built-in | Recording POs, transfers and counts at no extra cost | No reorder suggestions; you work out quantities yourself |
| A spreadsheet | Full control, free | Sold-out days and promos drag averages down; it’s only as fresh as your last export |
| Inventory Planner | Established planning, the widest list of integrations | Quote-only pricing, no free trial |
| Prediko | Shopify-native planning, priced by revenue | Check what your revenue band costs |
| Flieber | Multichannel and wholesale brands | Plans start at $299/month on the Shopify App Store |
| Kerno Forecast | Shopify and Amazon brands that want the reason behind every quantity | In early access; pricing not yet published |
Where Kerno Forecast fits
Kerno Forecast is built for the job Stocky’s reorder suggestions did, done more carefully:
- It reads your Shopify orders as they come in and re-plans every night.
- It leaves out the days you were sold out, so a stockout doesn’t shrink the forecast.
- It keeps promo spikes out of everyday demand, and accounts for seasonality.
- It uses the lead time your past orders actually took, not the supplier’s quote.
- It counts stock already on order, and components sold inside bundles and kits.
- It drafts one purchase order per supplier, with the reason on every line. Nothing is sent until you check it.
It’s in early access. If you’re moving off Stocky, ask for early access.
Before you switch anything
- Export your Stocky reports now: purchase orders, stocktakes and costs.
- Write down your suppliers, their lead times and minimum order quantities.
- Recreate open purchase orders in Shopify so receiving keeps working.
- Then choose how you’ll decide what to reorder: a spreadsheet, or a planning tool.
Sources, checked 27 October 2026: Shopify Help Center, Transitioning from Stocky and Stocky; Stocky on the Shopify App Store.
See it in Kerno Forecast.
What you see once your store is connected, with example data. It opens on the view for this topic; click through the other tabs. More about Kerno Forecast
Overview
Every product across Shopify, Amazon and your warehouses, as of 5 Dec. Recalculated each morning.
- Buy list$9,421What the suggested orders cost, at each supplier’s price.
- Products to order this week4Products whose order-by date is in the next 7 days.
- In-stock rate91%Share of selling days each product was in stock, weighted by its sales. Last 90 days.
- Sales lost to stockouts$24,800Sold-out days × in-stock daily sales × price. An estimate. Last 90 days.
- Stock on order$10,310Open purchase orders not yet received, at cost.
- Overstock$5,240Cost of stock with more than 180 days of cover, or unsold for 90 days.
- Forecast accuracy87.0%1 − (units forecast wrong ÷ units sold), per product, last 3 months.
- Days of cover51 days(On hand + on order) ÷ in-stock daily sales. Median across products.
- Stock turns5.2×Cost of goods sold in the last 12 months ÷ average stock at cost.
- Supplier delay10 daysAverage days the last 3 orders arrived after the supplier’s quoted date.
Needs you today
Order 840 insulated bottles today.Ningbo has taken 38 days, not 25. Ordering later than today means a sell-out around 9 Jan, in the January sale.
Order cold brew jars and black mugs by 8 Dec.One Jingdezhen order for both, so the mugs ride in the same shipment.
3 purchase orders are late.The 200 bottles and 400 mugs are already counted, at their new dates. Chase the 200 straw packs Ningbo didn’t ship.
Black mugs at Amazon drop under 28 days this week.Send 90 from New Jersey before Amazon starts its low-inventory fee.
Gift boxes are covered for the peak.650 arrive from Leeds on 9 Dec, before the last week of Christmas orders.
Buy list
What to order, how many and by when. The order-by date allows for each supplier’s real lead time plus 7 days of safety stock.
| Product | Sold a day | On hand | On order | Days of cover | Lead time | Order | Order by | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insulated bottle, 750 mlNingbo Steelware, $6.40 each | 30 | 1,100 | 200 | 43 | 38 days | 840$5,376 | Today | Out of stock 27 of the last 90 days; the December peak is inside the cover window. |
| Spare bottle lidNingbo Steelware, $0.90 each | 9 | 420 | – | 47 | 38 days | 350$315 | 6 Dec | 5 of its 9 a day sell inside two bundles. Rounded up past the 300 minimum. |
| Steel straw packNingbo Steelware, $1.20 each | 6 | 380 | 200 | 97 | 38 days | 500$600 | 25 Jan | Not due until 25 Jan. Added to this Ningbo order so it ships in the same run. |
| Cold brew jarJingdezhen Ceramics, $5.50 each | 8 | 410 | – | 51 | 41 days | 420$2,310 | 8 Dec | Sales up 4% a month since June. The last 3 orders took 41 days, not 25. |
| Travel mug, blackJingdezhen Ceramics, $4.10 each | 19 | 580 | 400 | 52 | 41 days | 200$820 | 8 Dec | 400 already on order, so only 200 more. Goes on the same order as the jars. |
| Gift box setLeeds Print & Pack, $11.00 each | 25 | 300 | 650 | 38 | 21 days | – | Covered | 650 arrive 9 Dec and cover the rest of the peak. Sales fall to 6 a day in January. |
| Buy list | $9,421 | |||||||
Sold a day leaves out the days a product was sold out, and counts every bundle sale on each product inside it. Quantities round up to the supplier’s minimum and the bottle’s case of 24. Change any quantity and the purchase order follows.
Forecast
One model per product, picked by which would have forecast its last 12 months best. Every forecast shows its range, and you can change any month.
Insulated bottle, 750 ml, units a month
Solid: sold last year. Red: units it would have sold in September and October if it hadn’t sold out, which the forecast counts as demand. Dashed: the forecast, with the shaded range it expects to land in 9 months out of 10.
Every product’s forecast
| Product | Model | Next 30 days | Next 90 days | Accuracy | Your changes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insulated bottle, 750 ml | Seasonal, peaks in December | 1,380 | 3,140 | 88.0% | +180 in January for your planned sale, added by you |
| Gift box set | Seasonal, peaks in November and December | 620 | 900 | 81.0% | – |
| Travel mug, black | Steady | 570 | 1,710 | 91.0% | – |
| Cold brew jar | Growing, up 4% a month | 250 | 790 | 84.0% | – |
| Spare bottle lid | Follows the bottle and its two bundles | 270 | 830 | 89.0% | – |
| Steel straw pack | Steady | 180 | 540 | 90.0% | – |
| Insulated bottle, 1 l | New, borrows the 750 ml bottle’s pattern | 0 | 640 | New | Launches 20 Jan, set by you |
Accuracy compares the last 3 months’ forecast with what sold. Your changes stay on the forecast, labelled, until you remove them.
Purchase orders
Every purchase order from draft to received. Expected dates use each supplier’s real lead time, not the date they quoted.
| Order | Status | Lines | Value | Supplier said | Expected | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PO-124Ningbo Steelware | Draft | 840 bottles, 350 lids, 500 straw packs | $6,291 | – | 12 Jan | Approve and send today. |
| PO-125Jingdezhen Ceramics | Draft | 420 cold brew jars, 200 black mugs | $3,130 | – | 18 Jan | Approve by 8 Dec. |
| PO-123Leeds Print & Pack, sent 18 Nov | Confirmed | 650 gift box sets | $7,150 | 9 Dec | 9 Dec | On time. |
| PO-122Jingdezhen Ceramics, sent 30 Oct | Confirmed, late | 400 black mugs | $1,640 | 24 Nov | 10 Dec | 16 days late. Ask for a ship date. |
| PO-121Ningbo Steelware, sent 2 Nov | In transit, late | 200 bottles | $1,280 | 27 Nov | 10 Dec | At the port. The bottle’s buy list already counts it. |
| PO-119Ningbo Steelware, sent 20 Oct | Partly received, late | 200 of 500 straw packs still to come | $240 | 14 Nov | Not shipped | Short by 200. Chase them, or close the rest of the order. |
Drafts are ready to check and send as a PDF or email, in the supplier’s currency. Receive in part or in full; a short delivery stays open until you close it.
Suppliers
| Supplier | Quoted lead time | Real, last 3 orders | On time | Minimum order | Currency and terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ningbo Steelware | 25 days | 38 days | 1 of 3 | 300 per product | USD. 30% with the order, the rest before it ships |
| Jingdezhen Ceramics | 25 days | 41 days | 0 of 3 | 200 per product | CNY. 50% with the order, the rest before it ships |
| Leeds Print & Pack | 21 days | 21 days | 3 of 3 | 250 per product | GBP. 30 days after delivery |
The buy list plans with the real lead time. When a supplier speeds up, the next three orders bring the figure back down.
Locations
Stock and days of cover at each place you sell from. Each location is forecast from the orders it ships.
| Product | Own warehouse, New Jersey | ShipMonk, Las Vegas | Amazon FBA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insulated bottle, 750 ml | 52040 days at 13 a day | 18026 days at 7 a day | 40040 days at 10 a day |
| Travel mug, black | 38048 days at 8 a day | 408 days at 5 a day | 16027 days at 6 a day |
| Cold brew jar | 30060 days at 5 a day | 11037 days at 3 a day | 0Not stocked |
Suggested transfers
| Product | Move | From | To | Freight | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel mug, black | 120 | Own warehouse, New Jersey | ShipMonk, Las Vegas | $46 | Las Vegas runs out in 8 days; New Jersey has 47. After the move both have about 32 days. |
| Insulated bottle, 750 ml | 70 | Own warehouse, New Jersey | ShipMonk, Las Vegas | $38 | Evens both sites to about 35 days, so west coast orders don’t ship from New Jersey at twice the postage. |
Approve a transfer and Kerno writes the transfer order, or the inbound shipment for ShipMonk. A transfer is suggested only when it costs less than ordering more.
Amazon FBA
Amazon FBA, from Amazon’s inventory, restock, inventory-planning and storage-capacity reports. Amazon’s own restock suggestion sits beside Kerno’s.
- Ready to ship674Units Amazon can sell now.
- Reserved96In customer orders, moving between warehouses, or being checked.
- To send this week90Units Kerno suggests sending from your own stock.
- Storage used182 of 300Cubic feet against your limit for standard-size items.
- Aged surcharge$168Amazon’s estimate for next month, on stock over 180 days old.
Send 90 black travel mugs to Amazon this week.Send 90 from New Jersey this week. Under 28 days, Amazon adds a low-inventory fee to every unit.
210 sage travel mugs are 271–365 days old.Amazon estimates a $168 surcharge next month. A removal order at about $0.97 a unit costs less, or run a coupon first.
Stock at Amazon
| Product | Ready to ship | Reserved | Unsellable | Amazon suggests | Kerno: send now | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insulated bottle, 750 mlB0C7K2M4QX | 340 | 6035 in orders, 20 moving | 4 | 280 | – | Covered to 14 Jan. Kerno plans the next send for 20 Dec, from the 12 Jan order. |
| Travel mug, blackB0C9TRVM6K | 130 | 3022 in orders, 8 moving | 2 | 180 | 90 | Send 90 from New Jersey this week. Under 28 days, Amazon adds a low-inventory fee to every unit. |
| Travel mug, sageB0C9TRVS2P | 204 | 62 in orders, 0 moving | – | – | – | Remove 150 or run a coupon before the aged surcharge rises in January. |
Amazon’s suggestion assumes you can send any amount at any time. Kerno’s counts what is in your own warehouse, what is on order from the supplier, and the next send date.
Units by age at Amazon
| Product | 0–90 days | 91–180 | 181–270 | 271–365 | Over 365 | Surcharge, next month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insulated bottle, 750 ml | 400 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Travel mug, black | 150 | 10 | – | – | – | – |
| Travel mug, sage | – | – | – | 210 | – | $168 |
After this week’s send, storage use is 191 of 300 cubic feet. Inbound shipments are planned to avoid Amazon’s placement fee where splitting the shipment costs less than the fee.
Bundles
Bundles are built from stock of their parts, so Kerno forecasts each part from every listing it sells in.
| Bundle | Made from | Sold a day | Can build now | Limited by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottle and two spare lids | 1 × insulated bottle, 750 ml, 2 × spare bottle lid | 2 | 210 | Spare bottle lid |
| Starter set | 1 × insulated bottle, 750 ml, 1 × steel straw pack, 1 × spare bottle lid | 1 | 380 | Steel straw pack |
Where each part’s demand comes from
| Part | Sold on its own | In bottle and two spare lids | In starter set | Total a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insulated bottle, 750 ml | 27 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
| Spare bottle lid | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Steel straw pack | 5 | – | 1 | 6 |
A spreadsheet that only counts lids sold on their own sees 4 a day and orders less than half of what you need.
Overstock
Stock with more than 180 days of cover, or nothing sold in 90 days. $5,240 at cost, kept off the buy list until it sells down.
| Product | Units | At cost | Sold a day | Days of cover | Last sold | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel mug, sage$4.10 each | 640 | $2,624 | 0.4 | 1,600 | 21 Nov | Bundle it with the black mug, or mark it down 30%. It is off the buy list. |
| Bottle carry strap$1.10 each | 1,200 | $1,320 | 2 | 600 | 4 Dec | Add one free to bottle orders over $60 until it is under 180 days. |
| Cold brew jar, 2 l$7.20 each | 180 | $1,296 | – | No sales | 3 Aug | Ask the supplier about a return, or clear it at cost. |
The sage mug includes 210 units at Amazon, where it also costs an aged surcharge. See the Amazon FBA tab.
Budget
Your buying plan by month: stock arriving, what you pay and when (deposits included), against the budget you set.
| Month | Forecast sales | Stock arriving, at cost | Paid to suppliers | Budget | Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | $142,000 | $10,070 | $9,540 | $15,000 | $5,460 |
| January | $96,000 | $9,421 | $6,600 | $12,000 | $5,400 |
| February | $88,000 | $14,800 | $11,200 | $12,000 | $800 |
| March | $99,000 | $18,900 | $16,400 | $12,000 | −$4,400 |
| April | $103,000 | $12,300 | $10,900 | $12,000 | $1,100 |
| May | $108,000 | $11,700 | $11,000 | $12,000 | $1,000 |
March is $4,400 over budget.Spring stock for the 1 l bottle launch lands then. Move its second order to April, or raise March’s budget; the forecast shows what each choice does to stock.
Plan to a sales target
Set a target and Kerno shows the stock it takes. To reach $650,000 from December to May, 8% over the forecast, you’d buy about $8,400 more, mostly bottles and gift boxes, and pay $2,600 of it in March.
Kerno Forecast compared with the main alternatives.
| Feature | Kerno Forecast | Inventory Planner | Netstock | Prediko |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forecast model | One per product, picked by which forecast its last 12 months best | Choose a model per product, adjustable | Picks from about 10 statistical methods for each product | AI-assisted; model not named |
| Sold-out days | Left out of demand, and the lost sales estimated | Not documented | Optional uplift for months with a stockout, set from 0 to 100% | Not documented |
| Lead times | From each supplier’s last 3 deliveries, not the quote | Not documented | Measured from 3 or more past receipts, otherwise set by hand | Not documented |
| Why each quantity | A plain reason on every line | Forecast calculation visible | Shows the policy and constraints behind each order quantity | Reviews call it a “black box” |
| Bundles and kits | Each part forecast from every bundle it sells in | Not documented | Component demand from bills of materials | Bundles across locations; BOM add-on $20 |
| Purchase orders | Drafts by supplier, rounded to minimums and cases | Yes, with minimum-order scaling | Recommended orders, rounded to minimums and multiples, sent to your ERP | Unlimited |
| Transfers between locations | Suggested only when cheaper than ordering more | Yes | Distribution plans and excess redistribution, as transfers in your ERP | Yes |
| Amazon FBA | Restock beside Amazon’s own, aged stock and storage limits, during early access | Amazon connection | No Amazon or Shopify connection; works through your ERP | Amazon connection |
| Buying budget | By month, with deposits paid when they’re due, during early access | By month or retail week | Not documented | Revenue-target planning |
| Overstock | Cost, days of cover and a next step | Last sold, units and cost | Excess and obsolete stock flagged against your stock policy | Not documented |
| Price | Free during early access, then a founding price you keep | Quote only | From $900 a month, billed yearly | From $49 a month |
From each vendor’s website, pricing page and Shopify App Store listing, checked October and November 2026. “Not documented” means their pages don’t describe it.
Frequently asked questions
Is Stocky still available?
No. Shopify delisted Stocky on 2 February 2026 and it stopped working after 31 August 2026, when its APIs also stopped. Shopify says merchants keep read-only access to export their data for at least 90 days after that date.
What does Shopify recommend instead of Stocky?
Shopify points merchants to its built-in inventory tools in the admin and POS (transfers, purchase orders and receiving, adjustments, stock counts). It doesn't name a third-party app.
Can I move my Stocky purchase orders into Shopify?
Not directly. Shopify's transition guide says historical purchase orders and stocktakes don't move to Shopify, and suppliers can't be exported from Stocky, so you recreate them. Export what you need from Stocky's reports while read-only access lasts.
Does Shopify suggest what to reorder?
Not from your sales history in the way Stocky did. Shopify's transition page mentions its Sidekick assistant can recommend items and draft a purchase order, and min/max levels aren't enforced natively. For forecasts that account for sold-out days, lead times and seasonality, merchants add a planning tool or use a spreadsheet.