Shopify Is Shutting Down Stocky on August 31, 2026 — What to Do

Updated June 2026 · 6 min read

If you run a Shopify store and rely on Stocky to decide what to reorder, there's important news: Shopify is retiring Stocky on August 31, 2026, and there is no native replacement coming. After that date, the demand forecasting you depend on simply stops.

This guide covers exactly what's going away, why it matters more than it sounds, and the fastest way to land safely on the other side.

What is actually being removed

Stocky's core value was demand forecasting: looking at your sales history to estimate how fast each product sells, when it will run out, and how much to reorder. Those forecasting methods are the features that don't survive the transition. Shopify's built-in admin does not include demand forecasting, and Shopify hasn't announced plans to add it.

In plain terms: after August 31, your store still tracks current stock, but nothing tells you what's about to sell out or what to buy next.

Why this matters

Stockouts are silent revenue killers. When a bestseller hits zero, you don't see an error — you just quietly stop making sales you would have made, while your ads keep sending traffic to an unavailable product. Overstock is the opposite tax: cash frozen in slow movers. Forecasting is the thing that keeps you on the right side of both.

Your options

  1. Track manually. Export your sales, build a spreadsheet, estimate velocity by hand. Workable for a few SKUs; painful beyond that.
  2. Move to a full inventory suite. Capable, but built as broad platforms, and pricing can climb into the hundreds per month as you grow.
  3. Use a focused replacement. If all you need is "tell me what to reorder and when," a lightweight tool gets you there in minutes without the suite-level price.

The fastest soft landing

Restockly was built for this exact moment. Import your Shopify sales export and it immediately shows, per product: your real sales velocity, days of stock left, the suggested reorder quantity, and the revenue you'll lose to each looming stockout — ranked, so you fix the costly ones first. Flat pricing from $19/mo. Setup takes about five minutes.

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