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!