How do I send my changes to OTTO?
Last updated: 3 November 2026 · The MargenOptimierer app is in German. Button and menu names are shown exactly as you see them, with the English meaning in brackets.
Whatever you change in budgets, bids, keywords, negative keywords, status or end date, you queue first. It waits in the Changelog under Anstehend (pending) until you tick it and click Auswahl anwenden (apply selection). Right after your click, only new campaigns after Anlegen (create), anything you send with Jetzt an OTTO senden (send to OTTO now) and reversals go to OTTO. Under Verlauf (history) you then see for each change whether OTTO accepted it.
How it works
- In the Werbekonsole (ad console), click Changelog at the top.
- Under Anstehend, expand an entry if you want to check the individual changes.
- Tick what should go to OTTO.
- Click Auswahl anwenden.
- Click Verlauf and check what OTTO accepted.
Example: Sending two bids
In “Manual – Garden furniture” you lowered the bid for „gartentisch eiche“ from 0.50 € to 0.40 € and raised the one for „gartenstuhl klappbar“ from 0.40 € to 0.44 €. Your colleague queued another bid. Under Anstehend, your 2 changes are already ticked and hers aren't. That's why the button reads Auswahl anwenden (2).
After your click, the send appears in Verlauf. While it's running, it shows, for example, „läuft, 1 von 2“ (running, 1 of 2). After that the „übernommen“ (accepted) column counts 2 changes. If you expand the row, you see the value before and after for each change, so for „gartentisch eiche“ 0.50 € and 0.40 €.
When a change doesn't get through
When OTTO doesn't accept a change
If OTTO rejects a change, the Verlauf shows „Fehlgeschlagen“ (failed) with OTTO's reason next to it. „Übersprungen“ (skipped) means MargenOptimierer never sent the change, and the reason is shown here too. If OTTO changed something else while accepting it, that appears as its own row „Von OTTO“ (from OTTO) in the Verlauf.
When OTTO is still checking or confirms nothing
„Wartet bei OTTO“ (waiting at OTTO) means OTTO has received your change and is still checking it. With new campaigns that can take hours. MargenOptimierer checks regularly and then sends whatever builds on it by itself, such as the items of a new campaign. You don't have to do anything. If nothing has changed after a day, ask OTTO about your ad account through the Partner Helpdesk in the partner portal.
„Nicht bestätigt“ (not confirmed) means MargenOptimierer couldn't check at OTTO whether your change arrived, or OTTO neither accepted nor rejected it for seven days. MargenOptimierer never resends such a change by itself. At the top of the Werbekonsole, click Werbedaten von OTTO abrufen (fetch ad data from OTTO), then check in the table which value OTTO has. If your change is already there, don't send it again. If it's missing, enter it again.
Colleagues' queued changes
Under Anstehend you see the queued changes of all colleagues for this OTTO account, and only yours are ticked. If you send a colleague's queued change, the Verlauf shows their name under „Eingetragen“ (entered by) and yours under „Angewendet“ (applied by). To delete what you don't want to send, use Auswahl verwerfen (discard selection), or Verwerfen (discard) for a single row in the expanded entry. None of that goes to OTTO.
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- How do I undo a change?
- Where do I change budgets and bids?