What Is Stok.ly?
Stok.ly is an operational control platform for growing inventory-led businesses.
It is designed for retail, wholesale, distribution and hybrid B2C/B2B businesses that have outgrown disconnected systems, spreadsheets, paper processes, manual workarounds and lightweight order or inventory tools.
Stok.ly helps teams answer the operational questions that matter every day:
- What stock do we actually have?
- Where is it?
- What has already been committed?
- What can we sell?
- What can we promise?
- What can we transfer?
- What can we pick, pack and ship?
- What is backordered?
- What needs purchasing?
- What can we report on with confidence?
Stok.ly is not just a stock system, an order system, a warehouse system or a reporting tool. It is the control layer that connects these workflows together.
G2 Customer Reviews
What do you like best about Stok.ly – Inventory-Centric Cloud ERP?
“We have gone from a pen and paper warehouse to a completely digital system that has streamlined our business immensely. The customer support has been superb since the day we onboarded with Stok.ly and we continue to build a great relationship with the team.We use Stok.ly daily in our warehouse and have found a number of features to now be invaluable. The ease of integration is incredible and has streamlined tasks within our business ten fold.”
The Problem Stok.ly Solves
Growing inventory-led businesses often reach a point where the system still works, but only because people are holding the operation together manually.
Orders come in from more channels. Stock sits across more locations. Warehouse activity becomes harder to coordinate. Transfers create uncertainty. Wholesale customers need clearer backorder visibility. Purchasing decisions become harder. Reporting moves into spreadsheets or SQL. Teams start relying on memory, manual checks, paper, exports and workarounds.
At that point, the business does not just need another piece of software. It needs operational control.
Stok.ly fixes the reason growing retail, wholesale and distribution businesses can’t trust stock as they scale.
The Core Idea: Orders Create Demand. Inventory Provides Truth. Warehouses Deliver the Promise.
Stok.ly is built around a simple operational reality.
Orders create demand. Inventory determines what is possible. Warehouses execute the promise. Transfers move stock to where it is needed. Purchasing replenishes what the business requires. Reporting tells leaders whether the operation is under control.
If these workflows are disconnected, the business loses confidence.
If these workflows are connected, the business can operate from one version of truth.
What Does Order Management-Led, Inventory-Centric ERP Mean?
Stok.ly is order management-led because orders are where operational pressure begins.
A customer places an order. A wholesale account needs stock. A store needs replenishment. An ecommerce order needs fulfilment. A backorder needs allocation. A partial shipment needs managing. A warehouse team needs to know what to pick. Customer service needs to know what can be promised.
Stok.ly is inventory-centric because stock truth determines what the business can actually do.
Stock may be available, committed, allocated, backordered, inbound, in transfer, reserved, damaged, in a warehouse, in a store, awaiting receipt or already owed to a customer.
Stok.ly connects order demand to inventory reality, then links both to warehouse execution, transfers, purchasing, fulfilment, reporting and B2B workflows.
The Stok.ly Operational Control Layer
The Stok.ly operational control layer connects the workflows that determine whether the business can trust stock and fulfil orders with confidence.
1. Order demand
Orders from ecommerce, retail, wholesale, trade and B2B customers create demand on the business. Stok.ly helps teams control that demand from order capture through allocation, backorder handling, fulfilment and reporting.
2. Stock truth
Stock is not just a number. Stok.ly helps teams understand what stock exists, where it is, what state it is in, what is committed, what is available, what is moving, what is inbound and what can be fulfilled.
3. Transfer confidence
Multi-location businesses need to move stock between warehouses, stores and operational locations without creating mistrust. Stok.ly helps teams see what has been requested, moved, received and made available.
4. Warehouse execution
Warehouse activity changes stock truth every day. Goods-in, picking, packing, bin movements, dispatch, returns and stock adjustments need to connect to orders and inventory in real time.
5. Purchasing and replenishment
Purchasing decisions should be based on trusted stock, real demand, inbound supply and operational need. Stok.ly helps teams buy with better visibility of what the business actually has and needs.
6. B2B and wholesale workflows
B2B and wholesale businesses often need trade pricing, account-specific workflows, backorders, partial shipments and customer-specific fulfilment visibility. Stok.ly supports B2C, B2B and hybrid operators.
7. Operational reporting
Reporting should not depend on rebuilding truth in spreadsheets or SQL. Stok.ly helps teams report from the same operational control layer that manages orders, stock, warehouses and fulfilment.
How the Platform Fits Together
| Platform area | What it controls | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Order Management | Sales orders, B2B orders, wholesale orders, allocations, backorders, partial shipments and order flow | Helps teams control what customers want, what can be promised and what must happen next |
| Inventory Control | Stock state, availability, committed stock, multi-location stock, inbound stock and stock truth | Helps teams trust what stock exists, where it is and what can be used |
| Transfer Management | Stock movement between warehouses, stores and operational locations | Helps businesses transfer with confidence and avoid stock disappearing between locations |
| Warehouse Management | Goods-in, picking, packing, bin locations, stock movements, returns and dispatch workflows | Connects physical warehouse execution to live stock and order control |
| B2B Wholesale | Trade orders, account workflows, customer-specific pricing, backorders and partial fulfilment | Supports businesses with wholesale, trade and hybrid B2C/B2B operational complexity |
| Purchasing | Purchase orders, supplier demand, inbound stock and replenishment decisions | Helps teams buy based on trusted stock, real demand and operational need |
| Reporting | Operational visibility across stock, orders, warehouse, purchasing, transfers and fulfilment | Reduces dependence on spreadsheet and SQL reporting workarounds |
| Manufacturing and Kitting | BOMs, kitting, WIP, stock transformation and inventory-led manufacturing workflows | Helps businesses control stock when products are built, assembled, kitted or transformed |
Order management and inventory ERP software for growing retail, wholesale and distribution businesses.
Why Businesses Outgrow Basic Order, Inventory and Warehouse Tools
Basic tools can work well when the operation is simple.
But as order volume grows, locations multiply, stock moves more often, wholesale complexity increases and fulfilment expectations rise, separate systems become harder to manage.
Basic inventory tools may show stock, but not operational stock truth
A stock count does not always explain what is available, committed, allocated, backordered, inbound, in transfer or ready to fulfil.
Ecommerce platforms can sell, but may not control complex operations
Ecommerce systems are designed to sell online. Growing businesses often need deeper control over stock, orders, locations, transfers, purchasing, warehouse execution and B2B workflows.
Standalone warehouse tools may not control the wider business
Warehouse systems can improve warehouse activity, but the business also needs orders, stock, purchasing, transfers and reporting to remain connected.
Legacy ERP may record activity without controlling workflow
Some ERP systems still technically work, but only because people have built workarounds around them. That creates hidden operational risk.
Spreadsheets and SQL reports rebuild truth outside the system
When teams need exports, spreadsheet trackers and custom reports to understand what is happening, operational truth has moved outside the core platform.
Trust your stock. Transfer with confidence. Control orders. Fulfill every day like clockwork.
Current Approach vs Stok.ly
| Current approach | What tends to break | How Stok.ly helps |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify plus spreadsheets | Sales demand and operational stock reality become disconnected | Connects ecommerce orders to stock, warehouse, fulfilment, purchasing and reporting control |
| Basic inventory software | Stock counts exist, but availability, allocation and order control may remain unclear | Connects stock truth to orders, transfers, warehouse execution and fulfilment |
| Standalone order management system | Orders are visible, but stock, warehouse and purchasing control may still be fragmented | Connects order management to inventory-centric ERP control |
| Standalone warehouse management system | The warehouse may improve, but broader order and stock truth may remain disconnected | Connects warehouse execution to orders, stock, transfers, purchasing and reporting |
| Legacy ERP | The system records activity, but teams still rely on manual workarounds | Creates a modern operational control layer for stock, orders, warehouses and fulfilment |
| Spreadsheets and SQL reporting | Operational truth is rebuilt outside the system | Brings operational visibility back into the platform |
What Stok.ly Helps You Control
What can be sold
Stok.ly helps teams understand what stock is actually available to sell, not just what appears in a simple stock count.
What can be promised
Sales and customer service teams need confidence before promising stock, delivery or fulfilment dates.
What is committed
Stock may already be allocated, reserved, backordered or owed to another customer. Stok.ly helps make that commitment clearer.
What can be transferred
Multi-location businesses need to move stock without losing visibility or creating location-level mistrust.
What can be picked and shipped
Warehouse execution needs to connect to live order and stock control so teams can fulfil reliably.
What needs purchasing
Purchasing should be driven by real demand, trusted stock and inbound supply visibility, not guesswork.
What can be reported on
Leadership, finance and operations need reports that reflect operational truth, not manual reconstruction.
Who Stok.ly Is For
Stok.ly is designed for growing inventory-led businesses where operational complexity has outgrown basic systems.
- Retailers managing ecommerce, stores, warehouses and fulfilment
- Wholesalers managing B2B orders, trade accounts, backorders and partial shipments
- Distribution businesses managing stock across multiple locations
- Hybrid B2C and B2B businesses selling through multiple channels
- Businesses replacing spreadsheets, paper warehouse processes, SQL reports or legacy ERP workarounds
- Inventory-led manufacturers, kitters or assemblers where stock transformation affects fulfilment and reporting
Who Stok.ly Is Not For
Stok.ly is unlikely to be the right fit if you only need a very simple single-location stock list, a basic ecommerce stock counter, or an accounting-only system.
Stok.ly is designed for businesses where orders, stock, warehouses, transfers, purchasing, fulfilment and reporting need to be controlled together.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Stok.ly?
Stok.ly is order management-led, inventory-centric ERP software for growing retail, wholesale and distribution businesses. It connects orders, stock, warehouses, transfers, purchasing, fulfilment, reporting and B2B operations into one operational control layer.
What does order management-led ERP mean?
Order management-led ERP means the platform starts from order demand and connects that demand to stock, warehouse execution, fulfilment, purchasing and reporting. It helps businesses control what customers want and what the operation can actually deliver.
What does inventory-centric ERP mean?
Inventory-centric ERP means stock truth sits at the centre of the system. Orders, transfers, warehouse activity, purchasing, fulfilment and reporting are all connected to the question of what stock exists, where it is, what state it is in and what can be used.
Is Stok.ly an order management system?
Yes. Stok.ly includes order management functionality for B2C, B2B, wholesale and hybrid businesses. It helps manage order demand, allocation, backorders, partial shipments, fulfilment and operational visibility.
Is Stok.ly inventory management software?
Yes, but Stok.ly goes beyond basic inventory management. It connects inventory control to orders, transfers, warehouse execution, purchasing, fulfilment, reporting and B2B workflows.
Is Stok.ly warehouse management software?
Stok.ly includes warehouse management capabilities, including operational workflows that connect warehouse activity to stock and order control. It is designed to help teams pick, pack, receive, move and dispatch with greater confidence.
Is Stok.ly suitable for wholesale businesses?
Yes. Stok.ly supports wholesale and B2B businesses that need to manage trade orders, backorders, pricing, customer commitments, stock availability and fulfilment workflows.
Can Stok.ly help with stock transfers?
Yes. Stok.ly helps businesses manage stock movement between warehouses, stores and operational locations so teams can transfer with confidence and maintain trusted stock visibility.
Can Stok.ly replace spreadsheets?
Stok.ly helps reduce reliance on spreadsheets by bringing order, stock, transfer, warehouse, purchasing, fulfilment and reporting workflows into one operational control layer.
Who should consider Stok.ly?
Stok.ly is suitable for growing retail, wholesale, distribution and hybrid B2C/B2B businesses where stock, orders, warehouses, transfers, purchasing, fulfilment and reporting need to work together.
Contact Information
All our sales, support and development team are located in Hereford and Cheltenham in the U.K. Please submit the contact form and we will contact you within the same business day.