Guides for Shopify receiving, purchase orders and costs
Practical, step-by-step guides for Shopify merchants who buy wholesale. Each one starts with how to do the job in Shopify itself, then shows where Box to Shelf saves the retyping. Written for shops moving off Stocky, in the US, UK and EU.
Moving off Stocky
- Stocky alternatives: how to receive stock and keep costs right now Stocky is gone
What Shopify's native tools cover since Stocky's shutdown, the gaps, and how to pick a replacement.
- Shopify purchase orders: how to create, send and receive them in 2026
Native purchase orders in Shopify admin, from supplier setup to the linked transfer.
Receiving stock
- How to receive inventory in Shopify, step by step
Purchase order transfers, manual adjustments and CSV, and when to use each.
- Shopify inventory CSV import: update stock quantities by location
The inventory CSV columns explained, and why it sets rather than adds.
- Receiving supplier stock at several Shopify locations
Choosing the right location, split deliveries and transfers between sites.
- Shopify inventory adjustment history: checking what was received and by whom
Reading adjustment history and auditing deliveries against invoices.
Costs and margins
- How to import a supplier price list into Shopify and update costs
Updating cost per item from a supplier's price list or catalogue, without touching stock.
- How to bulk update cost per item in Shopify
Bulk editor, product CSV and apps, with the CSV mistakes that wipe data.
- Landed cost in Shopify: putting freight and duty into cost per item
Allocating freight, duty and fees to unit costs, with worked examples.
- Case and pack pricing: turning supplier case costs into Shopify unit costs
Converting "5 cases of 24 at 7.20" into the right stock and unit cost.
- How to spot supplier price increases before they eat your margin
Catching quiet price rises on invoices and working out what to reprice.
- Shopify profit reports: why they're only as good as your cost per item
How cost per item feeds profit reports, and why stale costs skew COGS.
- Supplier invoices in another currency: setting Shopify costs correctly
Converting foreign-currency invoice costs, choosing a rate, and VAT.
Supplier documents
- How to import a supplier invoice into Shopify
Manual entry, CSV and invoice-import apps compared, with the checks that matter.
- How to update Shopify stock from a PDF or scanned invoice
Getting quantities and costs out of PDFs, scans and photos without retyping.
- Can ChatGPT update Shopify stock from a supplier invoice?
What a general chatbot can and can't do with a supplier invoice.