A Stocky alternative for the warehouse side
Shopify is retiring Stocky on August 31, 2026. If you leaned on it for purchase orders and forecasting, BinTech is not your replacement. If you leaned on it to know where stock actually is and to keep counts honest, that is exactly what BinTech does.
Split Stocky into the two jobs it did
Most people used Stocky for one of two reasons, and the right replacement depends on which one you are. On one side it was a purchasing tool: reorder points, purchase orders, supplier records, and demand forecasting. On the other side it was a stock-control tool: counting inventory, catching discrepancies, and keeping the number in Shopify matching the shelf.
BinTech only claims the second job, and it goes further than Stocky did on the warehouse floor. It maps a single SKU across multiple physical bins, something Shopify's one bin field per product cannot do, and it turns unfulfilled orders into pick lists sorted by walking order. For purchasing and forecasting you are better off with a tool built for that, such as Prediko or Inventory Planner.
What you get on the warehouse side
- Bin locations that beat one field. Assign a SKU to several bins across one or more locations, so backstock and picking stock stay separate and visible.
- Pick lists sorted by walking order. Each order becomes a route through the warehouse, and pickers can work from a phone using a shared link with no Shopify login.
- Cycle counts instead of shutdown counts. Count a bin, a location, or a subset of SKUs, review the variances, and push the corrections back to Shopify in one step.
- Variance reconciliation. External changes like POS sales or damaged stock land in a variance view for review instead of quietly drifting your counts.
Moving off Stocky before August 31
You do not need a big migration project for the warehouse side, because BinTech reads products and inventory straight from Shopify. The work is mostly recording where things physically live.
- Install BinTech and approve the read scopes it needs.
- Decide a bin naming scheme (aisle-bay-shelf works well) and label the shelves before you type anything in.
- Assign your fast movers to bins first. On the Pro tier you can bulk import assignments by CSV if you already keep a spreadsheet.
- Run one cycle count on a single zone to confirm the counts line up, then generate a pick list from a live order and walk it.
- Keep your purchasing tool separate for POs and forecasting.
There is a longer walkthrough in the migration guide, and the getting started docs cover the first bins in detail.