How to do a stocktake in Shopify now that Stocky is gone

Shopify's three ways to count

Source: Shopify Help Center: Migrating from Stocky to Shopify inventory management, checked November 12, 2026. For "strict external audit requirements," Shopify points to third-party apps with dedicated counting and approval workflows.

Which one to use

• One shop, one location, a count a quarter: Shopify's stock counts are free and cover it.
• A shelf you suspect is wrong: Quick count on POS.
• Counting on paper or a scanner that isn't Shopify's: the CSV round trip. Export first, so the counted file has the same rows.
• You want shrink in dollars over time: keep your Stocky stocktake exports (how to export them), because Shopify says you "can't reference specific historic Stocky purchase orders or stocktakes in Shopify."

How stocktakes work in Sutler

• Full, cycle or planned counts, scoped to everything or to one collection, vendor, tag or product type, at one location.
• Expected quantities are frozen when the count starts, so sales during the count don't move the target.
• Several people count at once; a manager reviews and approves, and only then are on-hand quantities set in Shopify. Items nobody counted are skipped or set to zero, your choice.
• A shrink report shows what was missing and what it cost, and the count downloads as CSV.
• Your Stocky stocktake exports import as approved past counts, so the shrink history starts with your Stocky years instead of from zero.

Quick answers

How do I do a stocktake in Shopify without Stocky?

Shopify says to use stock counts in the Shopify admin for full-location stocktakes and cycle counts: you plan the count, staff count in parallel, and a manager approves before inventory changes.

What is Shopify POS Quick count for?

Shopify describes Quick count as a way to spot-check specific products or zones, with up to 1,000 items in a single session. For a full stocktake Shopify points to stock counts.

Can I see my old Stocky stocktakes in Shopify?

No. Shopify says you can't reference specific historic Stocky stocktakes in Shopify, so export your stocktake history from Stocky's reports while read-only access lasts.

Check your Stocky export first: two minutes, nothing uploads.

The free Stocky Export Checker reads your Stocky CSV files in your browser and tells you what is inside them: purchase orders, products, suppliers named on your orders, open orders still to arrive, and what is missing. It also builds a list of the suppliers you'll need to re-enter, because Stocky can't export them.

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What Sutler doesn't do

What Sutler does and doesn't do: Sutler suggests what to reorder from your sales, lead times and minimums, with the math shown, but makes no promise about forecast accuracy, and it does not do transfers between locations. What it does is the purchasing desk: purchase orders, receiving, labels, stocktakes and landed cost, and it imports your Stocky export into working purchase orders.