---
title: marketRegionsCreate - GraphQL Admin
description: Creates regions that belong to an existing market.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: mutation
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/marketregionscreate
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/marketregionscreate.md
---

# market​Regions​Create

mutation

Requires `read_markets` for queries and both `read_markets` as well as `write_markets` for mutations.

Deprecated. This mutation is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Use [marketCreate](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/marketCreate) or [marketUpdate](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/marketUpdate) instead.

Creates regions that belong to an existing market.

## Arguments

* market​Id

  [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/ID)

  required

  The ID of the market to add the regions to.

* regions

  [\[Market​Region​Create​Input!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/input-objects/MarketRegionCreateInput)

  required

  The regions to be created.

***

## Market​Regions​Create​Payload returns

* market

  [Market](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Market)

  The market object.

* user​Errors

  [\[Market​User​Error!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/MarketUserError)

  non-null

  The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

***

## Examples

* ### marketRegionsCreate reference

## Mutation Reference

```graphql
mutation marketRegionsCreate($marketId: ID!, $regions: [MarketRegionCreateInput!]!) {
  marketRegionsCreate(marketId: $marketId, regions: $regions) {
    market {
      # Market fields
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}
```

## Input

```json
{
  "marketId": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100",
  "regions": [
    {
      "countryCode": "AF"
    }
  ]
}
```

##### Variables

```
{
  "marketId": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100",
  "regions": [
    {
      "countryCode": "AF"
    }
  ]
}
```

##### Schema

```
input MarketRegionCreateInput {
  countryCode: CountryCode!
}
```