Using Shopify shipping discount for non-customer shipping

[nazsidd]

Hello friends! The shopify shipping discounts are significant so sometimes i use it for non-customer shipping like sending samples to manufacturers or wholesale shipping to stores. I create $1 manual orders and generate the shipping labels. While these packages are related to my business, they are not true "direct to consumer" sales so it ends up getting picked up in my shopify analytics and meta ad metrics as sales and I don't think that's good record-keeping. 

So I am wondering if there is a way to utilize the shopify shipping discounts in a way that it does not show up in my shop analytics. 

Thanks!

[GideonFreeman]

Hi, I totally get where you’re coming from, this happens a lot when using Shopify’s shipping discounts for things like samples or wholesale orders.

Since Shopify requires an order to generate a label, those $1 manual orders end up looking like real sales in your analytics and even Meta ad tracking, which isn’t ideal.

Here are a few workarounds that can help:

Tag the order with something like “Sample” or “B2B” so you can filter them out later in reports.

Use third-party shipping tools (like Pirate Ship or ShipStation) that offer solid discounts too, without affecting your Shopify sales data.

If you do this often, some folks even create a lightweight second store just for internal or B2B shipments, to keep analytics clean.

Hope that helps!