Stocky can't export suppliers. Here is how to get your list back.

Where your suppliers still live

Every Stocky purchase order names the supplier it was sent to. Export your purchase orders over the full date range (see the export guide), and that file contains every supplier you've actually ordered from, alongside what you bought from each of them and when it arrived.

What the export does not contain: supplier emails, phone numbers, lead-time settings, minimum order amounts and payment terms. Those were stored only on the supplier record, and the supplier record is the part that can't be exported.

Rebuild the list in four steps

1. Export your purchase orders from Stocky as CSV, full date range.
2. Run the file through the free Stocky Export Checker. It lists every supplier named on your orders and downloads a sutler-suppliers-to-capture.csv file with one row per supplier and blank columns for the details Stocky couldn't give you.
3. While Stocky is still readable, open each supplier in Stocky and copy the email, lead time, minimum and terms into that file.
4. Keep the file. Wherever you go next, whether Shopify's own supplier records or an app, you'll need these details.

Why lead times are worth recovering

Lead time is what turns "I'm low" into "order now." In Shopify, supplier details like lead time, minimum order quantity and case packs can be stored as metafields, but Shopify notes those metafields are "independent of purchase order ordering and receiving calculations": they're for your reference, not used in any reorder math. (Source: Shopify Help Center: Migrating from Stocky to Shopify inventory management.)

Sutler uses each supplier's lead time, minimum and case size when it suggests what to order. When you import your Stocky purchase orders, it also learns each supplier's real lead time from when your orders were placed and when they arrived.

Quick answers

Can you export suppliers from Stocky?

No. Shopify's migration guide says suppliers can't be exported from Stocky. Supplier names survive only on your purchase order export.

Where can I find my Stocky supplier names?

In your Stocky purchase order export. Every purchase order row names its supplier, so a full-range purchase order export lists every supplier you ordered from.

What supplier details are lost?

Emails, phone numbers, lead times, minimum order amounts and payment terms were stored only on the supplier record, which can't be exported. Copy them by hand while Stocky is still readable.

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.