Glossary
Stocky
Stocky is Shopify's own inventory and purchasing app, included with Shopify POS Pro at no extra cost.
If you pay for Shopify POS Pro, you already have it. A lot of merchants find that out late.
What it covers
- Raising a purchase order and sending it
- Receiving against that order
- Stocktakes and adjustments
- Demand forecasting and suggested reorders
That is a wider job than most single-purpose apps, and for a store already paying for POS Pro it costs nothing more.
Worth knowing first
It is built around retail on POS Pro. If you are online only, the licence it comes with may cost more than the app is worth to you.
Receiving is a desktop-first flow rather than a phone-in-the-stockroom one, so check it against how your team actually works before committing.
Where it goes wrong
Stocky and a second inventory app both write stock levels. Two sources adjusting the same inventory item will disagree, and the loser is your stock accuracy. Pick one system for stock and let anything else read rather than write.
The other one is assuming the forecast knows your business. It is built from your sales history, so a line with three months of data and a seasonal peak coming gets a confident and wrong suggestion.
Related terms
Shopify POS
Also called: POS Pro
Shopify POS is Shopify's till app for selling in person, sharing one product catalogue and one stock count with the online store.
Purchase order
Also called: PO
A purchase order is the document you send a supplier to order stock. It lists what you want, how many, and what you agreed to pay.
Stocktake
Also called: Physical inventory count, Stock count
A stocktake is counting every product you hold and correcting the system to match what is really on the shelves.