# Free giveaways from inventory **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [February 12, 2022, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/free-giveaways-from-inventory/39729 "2022-02-12T08:28:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qwerty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/qwerty/32/19719_2.png) [@Qwerty](https://forum.manager.io/u/Qwerty)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/free-giveaways-from-inventory/39729/1 "2022-02-12T08:28:56Z")
If I give away some of my inventory as promotional free gifts, is there a way of accounting for this as an advertising/promotional expense? (Rather than simply creating a sales invoice with a “100% discount” to keep the inventory numbers in order.) ---
**Author:** ![164Morhf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/164morhf/32/36301_2.png) [@164Morhf](https://forum.manager.io/u/164Morhf)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/free-giveaways-from-inventory/39729/2 "2022-02-12T08:49:10Z")
Definitely you can by inventory write-offs Enable inventory write-offs tab and continue it … as you read the Guides will explain to you everything ---
**Author:** ![Joe91](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/joe91/32/35781_2.png) [@Joe91](https://forum.manager.io/u/Joe91)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/free-giveaways-from-inventory/39729/3 "2022-02-12T09:40:53Z")
[https://www.manager.io/guides/10709](https://www.manager.io/guides/10709) Always search the guides first, then the forum and if not sure, ask a question ---
**Author:** ![Qwerty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/qwerty/32/19719_2.png) [@Qwerty](https://forum.manager.io/u/Qwerty)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/free-giveaways-from-inventory/39729/4 "2022-02-12T12:21:05Z")
So I should use a Delivery Note rather than an Invoice as a packing slip in this case? ---
**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/free-giveaways-from-inventory/39729/5 "2022-02-12T14:42:09Z")
No. A delivery note removes the item from inventory, which the write-off already did. If you want some sort of packing list, you should create one outside of Manager. ---
**Author:** ![eko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a8b319/32.png) [@eko](https://forum.manager.io/u/eko)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/free-giveaways-from-inventory/39729/6 "2022-02-12T18:53:12Z")
Please read the guides as recommended and linked to. It even provides an example of what yiou try to do and it is as @Tut and others say related to write-offs. You can assign these then to any expense account you have in P&L. ---
**Author:** ![Qwerty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/qwerty/32/19719_2.png) [@Qwerty](https://forum.manager.io/u/Qwerty)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/free-giveaways-from-inventory/39729/7 "2022-02-12T20:45:08Z")
Mea culpa if I overlooked the guide about Inventory Write-offs. But from what Tut is saying, there is no way of creating a packing slip or mailing label in Manager when you’re shipping a customer a free sample, which was my next question. ---
**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/free-giveaways-from-inventory/39729/8 "2022-02-12T22:18:42Z")
> there is no way of creating a packing slip or mailing label in Manager That is not true. You can create a zero value sales invoice and delivery note as mentioned above. But it is more work. And Manager has no mailing labels anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Qwerty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/qwerty/32/19719_2.png) [@Qwerty](https://forum.manager.io/u/Qwerty)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/free-giveaways-from-inventory/39729/9 "2022-02-12T22:37:30Z")
I am using the term “mailing label” in a broad/loose sense… I usually insert a folded Manager invoice inside a “labelope” when shipping items. By “zero value invoice”, do you mean I should write “Free Widget - 1” in the Description and Qty fields, and leave the Item and Account fields blank? ---
**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/free-giveaways-from-inventory/39729/10 "2022-02-13T01:09:18Z")
No. You should select the item, enter the quantity, but enter a zero unit price. Then enter the delivery note. ---
**Author:** ![Qwerty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/qwerty/32/19719_2.png) [@Qwerty](https://forum.manager.io/u/Qwerty)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/free-giveaways-from-inventory/39729/11 "2022-02-13T02:30:27Z")
> No. You should select the item, enter the quantity, but enter a zero unit price. Then enter the delivery note. But I’ve already entered 1x free widget as an inventory write-off (as suggested above), claiming it as a Promotional/Advertising expense. Surely creating a separate sales invoice and/or delivery note and entering 1x widget with a zero unit price will mess up my inventory totals? ---
**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/free-giveaways-from-inventory/39729/12 "2022-02-13T04:55:22Z")
You need to do one approach or the other. After being told the accepted method was an inventory writeoff, you said you wanted to generate a mailing label (effectively a packing list) within Manager. So I told you how. I did not say you should do both. ---
**Author:** ![Qwerty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/qwerty/32/19719_2.png) [@Qwerty](https://forum.manager.io/u/Qwerty)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/free-giveaways-from-inventory/39729/13 "2022-05-25T02:28:44Z")
> [@Tut](#): > > If you want some sort of packing list, you should create one outside of Manager. I would prefer not to create a packing slip outside of Manager if I can avoid it. 🙂 As a “workaround” I created an invoice for the customer’s free sample and then deleted the invoice. ---
**Author:** ![Ealfardan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/ealfardan/32/63166_2.png) [@Ealfardan](https://forum.manager.io/u/Ealfardan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/free-giveaways-from-inventory/39729/14 "2023-01-18T14:49:15Z")