The Stocky alternative for Shopify brands
Stocky is gone. Manifold gives a Shopify brand purchase orders, receiving, stocktakes and landed cost — with batches, wholesale and Amazon on the same stock count.
Who Stocky is for
Stocky was included with a Shopify POS Pro subscription, for purchase orders, stocktakes and stock analytics.
Shopify Help Center: Stocky, checked October 2026Why businesses look elsewhere
- Shopify says Stocky is no longer available after 31 August 2026, and points to the inventory features in Shopify POS instead. Shopify Help Center: Stocky, checked October 2026
- Reviews of Stocky mention scanner trouble during stock counts and having to buy POS Pro for it. Stocky on the Shopify App Store, checked October 2026
Manifold and Stocky, side by side
| Manifold | Stocky | |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | Live, and installed from the Shopify App Store | No longer available after 31 August 2026 Shopify Help Center: Stocky, checked October 2026 |
| Plan | $300 a month (USD) — one plan, published, every feature | Included with Shopify POS Pro Shopify Help Center: Stocky, checked October 2026 |
| Purchasing | Purchase orders, partial receipts and landed cost (freight and duty) in the cost of goods | Purchase orders, receiving in POS, transfers and backorders Stocky on the Shopify App Store, checked October 2026 |
| Stocktakes | Stocktakes and adjustments, each difference recorded with its reason | Stocktakes by count or scan Stocky on the Shopify App Store, checked October 2026 |
| Traceability | Batches, serials and expiry dates, captured at receipt; earliest expiry picked first | Not listed Stocky on the Shopify App Store, checked October 2026 |
| Channels | Shopify and Amazon, from one stock count, with wholesale quotes and price books | Shopify Stocky on the Shopify App Store, checked October 2026 |
Stocky (Shopify) as its public pages described it on the day each row was read; each figure links to its page. Prices in US dollars. Manifold has no affiliation with Shopify; spot something out of date? Tell us.
When Stocky may suit you better
- Your needs are simple: Shopify's admin now has purchase orders, received through inventory transfers. Shopify Help Center: purchase orders, checked October 2026
- You only move stock between your own locations: Shopify's transfers do that, with partial receiving. Shopify Help Center: transfers, checked October 2026
Moving from Stocky
Install Manifold from the Shopify App Store and the setup walk offers to use your store as the template: it copies products, stock, customers and orders across, closed orders as history and open ones as live orders. Manifold has no import from Stocky itself, so purchase orders and suppliers kept there come in on Import as spreadsheets.
Getting started from Shopify →Run both, side by side
Every new Manifold business starts read-only. Orders come in, imports run and your team works in Manifold in full — but nothing leaves it: no stock or prices to your stores, no journals to your accounts, no email to customers. Stocky keeps running the business while you check Manifold against it, and an owner goes live when you're sure.
Read-only mode and going live →Questions people ask
- Can I try Manifold without changing my store?
- Yes. Every new Manifold business starts in read-only mode: orders come in from the store and your team works in Manifold in full, but nothing goes out — no stock or prices to the store, no email to customers — for the 60-day trial, until you go live.
- Do I need Shopify POS Pro for Manifold?
- No. Manifold is its own subscription and works with any Shopify store that can install apps.
- What does Manifold cost?
- One plan: $300 a month (USD) with 100 sales orders included, every feature and your whole team; each order past that costs $0.20 down to $0.015 on a published scale. No per-seat or per-integration fees.
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