What's in the „Ohne Artikel“ row of your OTTO margin?
Last updated: 31 October 2026 · The MargenOptimierer app is in German. Button and menu names are shown exactly as you see them, with the English meaning in brackets.
„Ohne Artikel“ (without item) is the row in the table on the Marge (margin) page for amounts in your account that don't belong to any single item.
It shows the OTTO base fee. Ad spend that OTTO doesn't assign to any item is added to it. Refunds for which OTTO names no item also appear here, with the VAT in them that you get back.
Example: OTTO base fee in September
Say the OTTO base fee is 99.90 € a month and you pick September 2026 as the period. The „Ohne Artikel“ row then shows a contribution margin of −99.90 €.
MargenOptimierer never spreads this 99.90 € across your items.
What else matters in this row
Whole account only
The row only appears in the table for the whole account on the Marge page. If you open a product group or an item, it isn't there. Only with this row does the table add up to the amount in the Deckungsbeitrag (contribution margin) tile.
If the OTTO commission is missing on a refund
If a refund belongs to an order from before the first day of your data in MargenOptimierer, the OTTO commission that OTTO gives you back for it is missing. The row then carries the label „OTTO-Provision unbekannt“ (OTTO commission unknown), and your contribution margin is too low by that amount. You can't change this.
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