---
title: "Create product · Products & Services · COUNT Partner API"
description: "Creates a new product or service. POST /partners/products"
canonical: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/products-and-services/create-product"
source: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/products-and-services/create-product"
---
[Products & Services](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/products-and-services) / Create product

# Create product

POST `/partners/products`

Creates a new product or service.

Use `categoryAccountUuid` and `purchaseCategoryAccountUuid` for chart-of-accounts references and `taxUuids` for taxes.

HMAC signature + Bearer access token

[Try this request](https://developers.getcount.com/tools/try-it?method=POST&path=%2Fpartners%2Fproducts&body=%7B%0A++%22name%22%3A+%22Consulting+%E2%80%94+hourly%22%2C%0A++%22code%22%3A+%22SVC-001%22%2C%0A++%22description%22%3A+%22Consulting+services%22%2C%0A++%22unitPrice%22%3A+150%2C%0A++%22currency%22%3A+%22USD%22%2C%0A++%22pricingMethod%22%3A+%22hour%22%2C%0A++%22categoryAccountUuid%22%3A+%22c8d9e0f1-a2b3-4567-cdef-789012345678%22%2C%0A++%22status%22%3A+%22active%22%0A%7D)

[Invoices API](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/invoices) [Chart of Accounts API](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/chart-of-accounts)

#### Request body

`name` string required

Product or service name.

`code` string

Optional SKU or item code.

`description` string

Longer description.

`unitPrice` number

Default sell price.

`purchasePrice` number

Default purchase/cost price.

`currency` string

ISO 4217 currency. Defaults to workspace currency.

`status` enum

Product status.

One of: `active`, `inactive`

`pricingMethod` enum

Pricing basis.

One of: `hour`, `item`

`hidden` boolean

Hide from default product pickers.

`stockAdjustment` integer

Initial stock quantity when enabling inventory.

`timeEntryTask` boolean

Expose as a time-entry task.

`categoryAccountUuid` uuid

Income category account UUID from chart of accounts.

`purchaseCategoryAccountUuid` uuid

Purchase/expense category account UUID.

`taxUuids` array

Array of tax UUIDs to attach.

`notes` string

Internal notes.

#### Responses

`201` Product created successfully.

`400` Validation failed or unknown account/tax UUID.

`401` Missing or invalid HMAC signature, expired timestamp, or invalid Bearer token. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-401)

`403` The credential does not have access to this workspace or resource. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-403)

`429` Rate limit exceeded (100 requests per minute per clientId). Retry after the Retry-After header. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-429)

[Previous GET List products](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/products-and-services/list-products) [Next GET Get product](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/products-and-services/get-product)

POST `https://api.getcount.com/partners/products`

Request

```javascript
import crypto from 'node:crypto';

const BASE_URL = 'https://api.getcount.com';
const CLIENT_ID = process.env.COUNT_CLIENT_ID;
const CLIENT_SECRET = process.env.COUNT_CLIENT_SECRET;
const ACCESS_TOKEN = process.env.COUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN;

const method = 'POST';
const signingPath = '/products';
const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000).toString();
const body = {
  "name": "Consulting — hourly",
  "code": "SVC-001",
  "description": "Consulting services",
  "unitPrice": 150,
  "currency": "USD",
  "pricingMethod": "hour",
  "categoryAccountUuid": "c8d9e0f1-a2b3-4567-cdef-789012345678",
  "status": "active"
};
const bodyString = JSON.stringify(body);

const bodyHash = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(bodyString).digest('hex');
const baseString = `${method}:${signingPath}:${timestamp}:${bodyHash}`;
const signature = crypto.createHmac('sha256', CLIENT_SECRET).update(baseString).digest('hex');

const response = await fetch(`${BASE_URL}/partners/products`, {
  method,
  headers: {
    'x-client-id': CLIENT_ID,
    'x-timestamp': timestamp,
    'x-signature': signature,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    Authorization: `Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}`,
  },
  body: bodyString,
});

console.log(await response.json());
```

Response · 201

```json
{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Success on creating product",
  "data": {
    "productService": {
      "id": "aa11bb22-cc33-dd44-ee55-ff6677889900",
      "name": "Consulting — hourly",
      "code": "SVC-001",
      "description": "Consulting services",
      "unitPrice": 150,
      "purchasePrice": null,
      "total": 150,
      "tax": 0,
      "currency": "USD",
      "status": "active",
      "pricingMethod": "hour",
      "hidden": false,
      "stockQuantity": null,
      "timeEntryTask": false,
      "categoryAccount": {
        "id": "c8d9e0f1-a2b3-4567-cdef-789012345678",
        "name": "Professional Services Income",
        "type": "Income"
      },
      "purchaseCategoryAccount": null,
      "taxes": [],
      "createdAt": "2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2026-01-28T14:22:30.000Z"
    }
  }
}
```