If you're sending supplier orders over email, tracking what's been received in a spreadsheet, and manually updating Shopify inventory when stock arrives you're not alone. That was the default workflow for most merchants after Stocky, and it breaks the moment you have more than 3 suppliers or 50 SKUs.

Curious how other merchants handle reorder timing.

Most stores I've talked to are doing it manually checking stock levels by eye, reordering when something "feels low." That works until you have 50+ SKUs or a surprise spike in demand.

EZStock calculates reorder points automatically using your 30-day sales velocity and supplier lead times so it tells you exactly when to order, not after you've already stocked out.

Would love to hear how you're currently handling this. Manual spreadsheets? Another app? Pure instinct?

Shopify gave merchants until August 31, 2026 to migrate off Stocky. A lot of merchants are still figuring out what comes next.

I built EZStock specifically for this transition supplier management, unlimited purchase orders, demand forecasting from your actual sales velocity, and PDF POs you can email directly to suppliers. Free plan to get started.

Spent the first year of my Shopify store managing reorders in a Google Sheet.

Column A: product. Column B: quantity on hand. Column C: "probably need to order soon?" Column D: a date I'd copy-paste from an email thread with my supplier.

For years, Shopify merchants running physical inventory had something most SaaS companies charge hundreds of dollars a month for: a free, native inventory management tool baked directly into their admin. It was called Stocky. It handled suppliers, purchase orders, demand forecasting, low-stock alerts, and stocktakes all without a third-party integration.

On August 31, 2026, it shuts down permanently.

Most Shopify merchants reorder on instinct. They glance at inventory, it looks low, they send a message to their supplier. Sometimes it works. Sometimes they're already in a stockout by the time the order arrives.

The problem isn't negligence it's that the correct reorder point requires three numbers most merchants don't have readily available, and calculating it manually every week for every product isn't realistic.

Here's the actual formula:

Reorder Point = (Average Daily Sales Supplier Lead Time) + Safety Stock

Curious what workflows merchants are using after Stocky's shutdown spreadsheets, a separate tool, or just winging it?

EZStock was built specifically to fill that gap: create a PO, email it to your supplier as a PDF, then mark it received to auto-update Shopify inventory. No spreadsheets.

Would love to hear what's been painful about inventory management for product-based stores.