After you understand the [new product model](/docs/apps/build/graphql/migrate/new-product-model/product-model-components), you can use it to interact with products, variants, and options in a store.
## What you'll learn
In this guide, you'll learn how to create a new product with multiple options, option values, and variants, using either a single mutation or multiple mutations.
You'll also learn the workflow for creating a product and its variants and operations using updated product operations.
> Note:
> If your app or use case aligns with the [database sync workflow](/docs/apps/build/graphql/migrate/new-product-model/product-model-components#database-sync-workflow), then use the [`productSet`](/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/productSet) mutation to [add data in a single operation](/docs/apps/build/graphql/migrate/new-product-model/sync-data).
## Scenario
You want to create a product with the following data:
- Two options:
- `Color`
- `Size`
- Each option has three option values:
- `Color` has `Red`, `Green`, and `Blue`
- `Size` has `Small`, `Medium`, and `Large`
- Each option value has a variant, for nine product variants total, representing all possible combinations of option values. For example:
- `Red` / `Small`
- `Blue` / `Large`
## Shape of the product data
The following diagram represents the desired shape of the product data:
The diagram displays the "OptionValues" that are assigned to each variant, and the "Values" that belong to each "Option" relationship of the product's variants to their option values. On the right, there's the relationship of the product's options to their option values. The values that are represented in "OptionValues" correspond with a value in the product's options.
The following is the corresponding data structure:
## Several mutations to create a product with options and variants
To create a product with incremental mutations, run the [`productCreate`](/docs/api/admin-graphql/unstable/mutations/productCreate) mutation to create a standalone product variant and the [`productVariantsBulkCreate`](/docs/api/admin-graphql/unstable/mutations/productVariantsBulkCreate) mutation to overwrite this data.
### Create the standalone variant
The following example creates a product with color and size options, including the options' values. The `productCreate` mutation creates the product, the options, the option values, and a single variant that's assigned the first combination of option values. This is the standalone variant.
In this example, the standalone variant has a `Color` value of `Red` and a `Size` value of `Small`. The title is automatically set to `Red` / `Small`.
When options have more than one `optionValue`, the `productCreate` mutation sets the first variant to have the first option value and retains all other option values as orphaned option values.
> Tip:
> Orphaned option values still have a GID associated with them. In subsequent requests, you can reference orphaned option values by ID, such as for data integrity purposes, local storage, and reflection in the UI.
After running the mutation successfully and obtaining the product ID, you can use the [`productVariantsBulkCreate`](/docs/api/admin-graphql/unstable/mutations/productVariantsBulkCreate) mutation to create the remaining product variants and map them to the existing options.
You can create up to 250 variants in a single batch using this mutation. In cases where you need to create a higher volume of variants, you need to run the mutation multiple times. Learn how to use [fragments and cursor-based pagination](/docs/apps/build/graphql/migrate/new-product-model/retrieve-data#query-product-variants-with-fragments-and-cursor-based-pagination) to help do this efficiently.
To return only the variants that were added, and not all of the product variants, the example uses the `productVariants` field.
### Overwrite the standalone variant
To overwrite the standalone variant that was created in [the initial `productCreate`](#create-the-standalone-variant) mutation, run the [`productVariantsBulkCreate`](/docs/api/admin-graphql/unstable/mutations/productVariantsBulkCreate) mutation with a strategy of `REMOVE_STANDALONE_VARIANT`.
## API version 2024-01 and lower
If you're using API version 2024-01 and lower, and you need to create a product with many [variants](/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/product#connection-variants) that are active at several [locations](/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Location), especially with a lot of [collections](/docs/api/admin-graphql/2024-07/input-objects/ProductInput#field-collectionstojoin) and [tags](/docs/api/admin-graphql/2024-07/input-objects/ProductInput#field-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.
### Example workflow
The following example shows how you might break up product creation and object association into multiple steps:
1. Create the product with variants. Don't specify any tags or collections on the product, and don't specify [inventory quantities](/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/input-objects/ProductVariantInput#field-inventoryquantities) for each variant.
2. After the product is created, add tags to the product using the [`tagsAdd`](/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/tagsAdd) mutation, and add collections using the [`collectionsAddProducts`](/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/collectionAddProducts) mutation.
3. Use the [`inventoryBulkToggleActivation`](/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/inventoryBulkToggleActivation) mutation on each [inventory item](/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/InventoryItem) to activate it at the appropriate locations.
4. After activating the variants at the locations, adjust inventory quantities for the inventory items using the [`inventoryAdjustQuantities`](/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/inventoryAdjustQuantities) mutation.
## Next steps
