What changed: Shopify admin now lets merchants create and schedule stock counts, add products via search or barcode scanning, assign counts to staff who complete them in admin or POS, have multiple staff contribute to the same count without overriding each other, see who recorded each quantity, review variances between counted and recorded quantities before approving changes, and use new permission settings controlling who can count and who can review and approve.
Who is affected
The source covers businesses using Shopify admin and POS; it states no further restriction.
What it means for your business
For businesses using Shopify, this means stock counts can now be run inside admin instead of spreadsheets or manual workarounds, with a record of who counted what and what changed.
What to do
If you run stock counts, use the new permission settings to decide who can count and who can approve, create and assign counts in admin, and review variances before approving quantity changes.
When it takes effect
The source states this was announced on October 20, 2026; it gives no separate effective date.
Source: https://changelog.shopify.com/posts/create-manage-and-review-stock-counts-in-shopify-admin
