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Creates a product.
If you need to create a product with many [variants](https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/latest/input-objects/ProductVariantInput) that are active at several [locations](https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/latest/input-objects/InventoryLevelInput), especially with a lot of [collections](https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/productCreate#field-productinput-collectionstojoin) and [tags](https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/productCreate#field-productinput-tags), then you should first create the product with just the variants.
After the product is created, you can activate the variants at locations and add the other related objects to the product. This reduces the size of each mutation and increases the likelihood that it will complete before the operation times out.
The following example shows how you might break up product creation and object association into multiple steps:
Create the product with variants. Don’t specify any tags or collections on the product, and don’t specify [inventory quantities](https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/latest/input-objects/ProductVariantInput#field-productvariantinput-inventoryquantities) for each variant.
After the product is created, add tags to the product using the [tagsAdd](https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/tagsAdd) mutation, and add collections using the [collectionsAddProducts](https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/collectionAddProducts) mutation.
Use the [inventoryBulkToggleActivation](https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/inventoryBulkToggleActivation) mutation on each [inventory item](https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/InventoryItem) to activate it at the appropriate locations.
After activating the variants at the locations, adjust inventory quantities at each location using the [inventoryBulkAdjustQuantityAtLocation](https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/inventoryBulkAdjustQuantityAtLocation) mutation.
Signature:
productCreate?: Maybe<ProductCreatePayload>;