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Written July 4, 2026 · 3 min read
How to receive purchase orders into Shopify inventory after Stocky
Receiving is the step where a purchase order becomes real stock: the delivery shows up, you check what arrived, and your inventory goes up. Shopify provides native receiving against purchase orders. Reorda offers its own supplier purchasing and receiving workflow, including partial shipments.
Here’s how receiving works, and how to do it cleanly after Stocky.
Why receiving needs more than a stock adjustment
You could just bump the inventory number in Shopify by hand when a box arrives. The problem: nothing links that change to the order you placed. You lose the trail of what you ordered vs. what came in, whether a supplier short-shipped you, and what you still owe money for. Proper receiving keeps the purchase order and the stock movement tied together.
Partial vs. full receiving
Real deliveries rarely arrive complete. Good receiving handles both:
- Full receipt: everything on the PO arrived, mark it received in one go, inventory updates for all lines.
- Partial receipt: only some units or some lines came in. You record exactly what arrived; the PO stays partially received and remembers what’s still outstanding for the next delivery.
This is exactly what the native Shopify purchase order workflow also helps track.
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Install Reorda on Shopify →How receiving works in Reorda
- Open the purchase order when the delivery arrives.
- Enter how many of each line came in, all of it, or just what showed up.
- Reorda writes those quantities straight to the right Shopify location’s inventory. No separate stock adjustment.
- The PO updates to partially received or received, so you always know what’s still coming.
Because inventory is updated at the location on the PO, multi-location stores receive into the right place automatically. It’s the same loop Stocky ran, create, send, receive, for $19/month flat. See the full Stocky vs Reorda map.
Frequently asked questions
How do I receive stock against a purchase order in Shopify?
Shopify has native purchase orders and receiving. Reorda also records partial or full receipts against a PO and updates inventory at the selected Shopify location for $19/month.
Can I receive a purchase order partially?
Yes. In Reorda you record exactly how many of each line arrived, so a PO can be received in several deliveries. Shopify inventory goes up by the received amount each time, and the PO shows as partially received until it's complete.
Does receiving update my Shopify inventory automatically?
Yes. When you receive a line in Reorda, it writes the quantity straight to the correct Shopify location's inventory, you don't adjust stock by hand afterwards.
What happens to receiving now that Stocky is gone?
Stocky inventory workflows ended August 31, 2026. Use Shopify’s native purchasing and receiving, or an app such as Reorda if you need its additional workflow.
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