Merchant problem report
Stocky Replacement for Purchase Order Receiving and Inventory Sync
Report created Aug 3, 2026
The problem to investigate
A simplified Shopify POS inventory app focused on receiving stock from supplier invoices and purchase orders. Merchants can forward PDF invoices, extract SKUs/costs, and update inventory automatically without Stocky’s complex forecasting or buggy workflows.
Merchants are frustrated with Stocky’s receiving flow, lack of updates, and broken or overcomplicated purchasing/inventory processes, leading to manual data entry and poor inventory accuracy.
Evidence behind this report
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What merchants said
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“I am after an alternative to Stocky as it is constantly causing us headaches.”
“We have huge problems reporting and recording inventory and invoices to our quick books accounting software.”
“I’ve been reading the reviews for Stocky and see that many of you are frustrated with bugs and the lack of updates.”
“Just saying.”
Hypotheses to validate
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Possible solution
Build an app that imports supplier PDFs/emails, parses line items and costs, matches them to Shopify products/variants, and posts received quantities into inventory with a clean receiving workflow and audit trail.
Who to interview
Shopify merchants using Shopify POS or purchasing inventory regularly, especially small to mid-sized retail stores and multi-SKU merchants who currently rely on Stocky.
Competitive assumptions to check
Stocky, QuickBooks-connected inventory tools, Cin7, Katana, Stock Sync, Orderhive
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