What happened to Stocky
Stocky was a popular inventory and replenishment tool that Shopify acquired and eventually deprecated, pushing merchants toward native Shopify inventory - which lacks forecasting, reorder-point alerts, purchase order workflows, and vendor management. Merchants who relied on Stocky were left to rebuild that workflow from scratch.
ForgeIMS picks up exactly where Stocky left off and goes further: not just stock visibility and reordering, but a complete inventory operating system that handles purchasing, vendors, warehouses, SKUs, barcodes, and reporting in one place.
What ForgeIMS gives former Stocky users
Everything Stocky did for replenishment and visibility, plus the rest of the operation:
- Live stock levels across every Shopify location
- Configurable reorder points and low-stock alerts per SKU
- Automated reorder quantity suggestions based on sales velocity
- Demand forecasting by category and product
- Purchase orders created straight from reorder data
- Vendor directory with contacts, currency, and lead times
- Multi-warehouse and 3PL inventory visibility
- Custom reporting on inventory value, margin, and health
Built for Shopify, not bolted on
Stocky worked because it understood Shopify merchants. ForgeIMS carries that forward - it lives inside Shopify, syncs through the Admin API, and keeps Shopify itself as the single source of truth. The moment a stock count is reconciled or a purchase order is received, the corrected number flows to Shopify and out to QuickBooks, ShipStation, and your 3PL automatically.
If you're searching for a Stocky alternative because your tool disappeared, ForgeIMS is the maintained, Shopify-native home for everything Stocky used to do - and considerably more.