Guides for makers
Costing-first, plain-English guides: the same maker economics Batchnook is built on. No sign-in needed to read them.
Moving off Stocky before August 31
Shopify retires Stocky on August 31, 2026. Get your cost history out, then choose where it lands — honestly.
Stocky is shutting down: what makers need to do before August 31, 2026
Shopify retires Stocky on Aug 31, 2026. Here's what closes, what you lose, and the steps to save your cost history before it's gone.
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How to export your data from Stocky before it's gone
A step-by-step guide to exporting your cost history, purchase orders, and stocktakes from Stocky as CSV before the Aug 31, 2026 shutdown.
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The best Stocky alternatives for makers, honestly compared
Stocky retires Aug 31, 2026. An honest look at where makers should move their cost history — Shopify's tools, spreadsheets, and maker costing apps.
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The Stocky migration checklist: every step, in order, before the shutdown
An ordered checklist for leaving Stocky before the Aug 31, 2026 shutdown: what to export first, what can't be recovered, and how to check the move landed.
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Switching tools without losing your numbers
The vendor-neutral versions: get your data out of any tool, move the cost history without breaking it, and know what to ask before you commit to the next one.
Switching costing tools without losing your numbers
A vendor-neutral plan for moving to a new inventory or costing tool: what to freeze, what to export, what never transfers, what to rebuild by hand, and the checks that prove the move landed.
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How to export your data from any inventory tool
Four data shapes worth saving from any inventory or costing tool, how to tell a real export from an empty one, and the records that never export at all and have to be copied by hand.
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How to import your cost and pricing history into a new tool
The file shapes an importer expects, the columns that matter, the five things that quietly break a cost import, and the checks that prove the result is right.
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What to look for in a maker costing tool
Nine questions to ask any costing tool before you trust it with a year of data: units, recipes, cost method, export terms, how it bills, and the makers who should not buy one at all.
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Costing and pricing, from the ground up
The durable maker-economics base: know your true cost, choose a margin, and keep tax-ready numbers.
How to price handmade products without underpricing yourself
A costing-first method for pricing handmade products: find your true unit cost, choose a margin, and keep prices honest as your costs move.
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COGS for makers: a plain-English guide to cost of goods sold
What COGS means for a handmade business, how to calculate it, and how to keep tax-ready cost numbers without a data-entry weekend.
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Should you reprice when silver jumps?
Metal is the one craft material with a public price. When it moves, should you reprice? How replacement cost works, a worked sterling example, and when it's not worth the bother.
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Know the real margin on everything you make
Snap the receipt. Watch every product’s real margin update.