sutler (n.) — the merchant who followed the army and kept the forts supplied.
Stocky is gone, and Shopify's admin doesn't do the purchasing work it did. Sutler is the purchasing office for small retailers: suppliers, purchase orders, receiving, price tags, stocktakes and real costs. Flat price. No per-order fees. Ever.
Early-access stores get free setup help importing their Stocky exports, and founding pricing locked for life. No spam — one email when your spot opens.
Shopify won't migrate it. Historical purchase orders can't be imported into Shopify, and suppliers can't be exported from Stocky at all. Here's what to pull while you still can.
Export your completed purchase order reports from Stocky's built-in reports as CSV. This is your cost history and supplier record.
Export past stocktakes. You'll want them for year-end and for shrink comparisons.
Export the cost reports too. Shopify keeps only one static cost per item, so this file is the only record of what you actually paid over time.
Stocky can't export suppliers. Copy each one into a spreadsheet: name, contact, email, phone, payment terms, lead time, minimum order. Screenshots work if you're short on time.
From the Shopify admin, export products (it includes cost per item) and your inventory. Keep these with the Stocky files.
If a purchase order was still open at the shutdown, note what's left to arrive so you can recreate only the remaining quantities.
Put all of it in one folder. When Sutler opens, you drop the folder in and your suppliers, costs and history come back.
Supplier SKUs, cost history, case packs, minimums, lead times and free-freight thresholds — used in the math, not stored "for reference."
Build one PO per supplier with costs filled in, rounded to case packs, then email it straight from Sutler.
Scan the box against the PO, receive what came, and print price tags for exactly those items. Dymo, Zebra or sheets.
Forward or photograph a supplier invoice. Sutler reads it, fills the PO, and flags short-ships and price hikes.
Weighted-average and landed cost, inventory value at cost for year-end, margin by brand, and the bills coming due this week.
Full and cycle stocktakes on any phone or on POS, with a manager review before anything changes.
You said it in every Stocky thread: no $250 ERPs, no per-order pricing. So it's flat, by how many products you stock — unlimited orders, locations and staff on every plan.
| Products you stock | Planned price |
|---|---|
| Up to 50 | Free |
| Up to 300 | $29 / month |
| Up to 1,500 | $59 / month |
| Unlimited + multi-location + bills | $99 / month |
Planned launch pricing. Early-access stores keep founding pricing for life.
Small shops kept the forts supplied long before software did. Sutler just does the paperwork.