Launching my Shopify inventory app on Product Hunt in 36 hours — here's how I got here

Tomorrow night at midnight I'm launching EZStock on Product Hunt — a Shopify inventory management app I built solo to replace Stocky, which Shopify is shutting down on August 31.

The opportunity

In July 2025, Shopify announced they were discontinuing Stocky — their free built-in inventory management tool. August 31, 2026 is the hard shutdown date.

There's a 2,700+ view community thread on the Shopify forums of merchants asking "what do I switch to?" Most of the alternatives are $50-100/month enterprise tools. Nobody was building the simple, affordable replacement. So I did.

What EZStock does

• Track inventory levels across your Shopify store

• Manage suppliers with contact info, lead times, currencies

• Set reorder points and get low-stock alerts

• Create and send purchase orders as PDF directly to suppliers

• Demand forecasting based on 30-day sales velocity

Free plan available. Paid plans start at $19/month.

What I built this on

Remix + Shopify App Remix + Prisma + PostgreSQL + Railway. Same stack I use across all my apps — once you know it, you can ship fast. The whole app took about 6 weeks of evenings and weekends.

What I did to prepare for the launch

• 14 SEO blog posts live on the landing page

• Shopify App Store ads running (inventory management, stocky alternative, purchase orders)

• LinkedIn warm-up post going out today

• Product Hunt General forum thread about the Stocky shutdown ready to post

What I'm not sure about

Whether the PH launch will actually convert to installs, or just be a backlink + vanity metric. I've seen both outcomes. Hoping the Stocky angle gives it a real hook.

If you're a Shopify merchant or know one affected by the Stocky shutdown — the Product Hunt link goes live June 9 at 12:01 AM PDT:

https://www.producthunt.com/products/ezstock-inventory-purchase-orders

Would love any support, feedback, or brutal honesty.