Stocky Replacement for Shopify POS Inventory Operations

The problem to investigate

A Shopify app that recreates the most operationally important Stocky workflows for merchants who rely on POS-driven inventory management. It would focus on purchasing, stock counts, and vendor-aware replenishment rather than just basic ledger-style purchase orders.

Merchants are losing Stocky and need a replacement for core inventory operations like scanner-based stock counts, variance handling, vendor-aware purchasing, and replenishment workflows. Shopify native purchase orders are perceived as too limited for real retail operations.

Evidence behind this report

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What merchants said

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Hypotheses to validate

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