What is the OTTO commission for Arts & Crafts?
By Keanu Dutado · Last updated: 5 November 2026
In short
For items in the commission group Arts & Crafts (area: Sports & Leisure), OTTO keeps 10% of the selling price including VAT. If you sell a craft kit for 25 €, that's 2.50 € in OTTO commission. The OTTO Payments payment fee is already included in this rate.
OTTO commission rates for Arts & Crafts
For Arts & Crafts, OTTO keeps 10% of the selling price including VAT, whether you sell a craft kit for 25 € or for 250 €. If your customer pays for shipping, OTTO keeps 16% of that too, in every commission group.
What's different about the OTTO commission for Arts & Crafts
- The commission group Arts & Crafts has no tiers. Even for a craft kit at twice the price, it stays at 10%.
Arts & Crafts compared
In the area Sports & Leisure, OTTO charges more than for Arts & Crafts for Bicycles, E-Bikes and Scooters (8 to 20%), Fitness Equipment (16%), Automotive & Mobility (15%), Baby Furniture and Mobility (15%), Toys (15%), Sports Equipment & Outdoor (15%) and Vouchers (15%). OTTO charges the same as for Arts & Crafts for Baby Accessories (10%) and Musical Instruments (10%).
For a craft kit at 25 €, you pay 2.50 € in OTTO commission. At the rates of the commission group Automotive & Mobility, it would be 3.75 €.
Which OTTO categories count as Arts & Crafts
- Aufkleber
- Aufnäher
- Bastelbänder
- Basteldekorationen
- Bastelgrundmaterialien
- Fotoalben
- Garne
- Geschenkpapier
- Gipsabdruck-Set
- Handarbeitsnadeln
- Körperfarben
- Kreativvorlagen
- Künstlerleinwände
- Modellierwerkzeuge
- Motivstanzer
- Nähmaschinenfüße
- Papierdekoration
- Schneiderpuppen
- Wundertüten
Worked example: Arts & Crafts at 25 €
Say you sell a craft kit for 25 € including VAT, and your customer pays 4.90 € for parcel shipping.
| Selling price including VAT | 25.00 € |
| Shipping costs your customer pays | +4.90 € |
| OTTO commission 10% on the price | −2.50 € |
| OTTO commission 16% on shipping costs | −0.78 € |
| Left for you before VAT, purchase price, ads and returns | 26.62 € |
The OTTO commission of every item, no table needed
MargenOptimierer knows the commission group of each of your items and calculates the OTTO commission for every sale itself, including per price band, on shipping costs and on a refund. You see per item what's left after all costs, updated every night. MargenOptimierer costs from 49 € net per month. You can test the first 14 days for free, no credit card needed.
Last updated and sources
Rates checked against OTTO's figures on 20 October 2026 · Page updated on 5 November 2026. OTTO lists the rates in its Sortimentsübersicht mit Provisionen and in the Partner Helpdesk under „Provision & Gebühren“ (login required, in German).