Card #2648 · Shopify App Store
Removal of Stocky app forces merchants to pay for expensive ERP alternatives
Shopify is eliminating the Stocky app, which previously provided essential inventory management for free. Merchants are now being forced to pay for third-party apps or expensive ERP systems to maintain their business operations.
Pain score
0.50/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach0.20distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency1.00freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement1.00upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization1.00willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 2 verified quotes
Shopify eliminating a functional tool to advance the “sales” from a free and supported application to a “pay to use” third party is a function of their business model that degrades the satisfaction of their user base.
the only way to have something even remotely close to Stocky is to go pay for an ERP according to support staff. Shelling out another $350-1k+/mo minimum depending on catalog size.
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