What is the OTTO commission for Fitness Equipment?
By Keanu Dutado · Last updated: 5 November 2026
In short
For items in the commission group Fitness Equipment (area: Sports & Leisure), OTTO keeps 16% of the selling price including VAT. If you sell a treadmill for 500 €, that's 80 € in OTTO commission. The OTTO Payments payment fee is already included in this rate.
OTTO commission rates for Fitness Equipment
For Fitness Equipment, OTTO keeps 16% of the selling price including VAT, whether you sell a treadmill for 500 € or for 5,000 €. If your customer pays for shipping, OTTO keeps 16% of that too, in every commission group.
What's different about the OTTO commission for Fitness Equipment
- The commission group Fitness Equipment has no tiers. Even for a treadmill at twice the price, it stays at 16%.
- If you ship a treadmill by freight and your customer pays 39 € for it, OTTO keeps 16% of that too.
Fitness Equipment compared
In the area Sports & Leisure, OTTO charges more than for Fitness Equipment for Bicycles, E-Bikes and Scooters (8 to 20%). OTTO charges less than for Fitness Equipment for Automotive & Mobility (15%), Baby Furniture and Mobility (15%), Toys (15%), Sports Equipment & Outdoor (15%), Vouchers (15%), Baby Accessories (10%), Arts & Crafts (10%) and Musical Instruments (10%).
For a treadmill at 500 €, you pay 80 € in OTTO commission. At the rates of the commission group Automotive & Mobility, it would be 75 €.
Which OTTO categories count as Fitness Equipment
- Crosstrainer
- Heimtrainer
- Kraftstationen
- Laufbänder
- Rudergeräte
- Vibrationsplatten
Worked example: Fitness Equipment at 500 €
Say you sell a treadmill for 500 € including VAT, and your customer pays 39 € for freight shipping.
| Selling price including VAT | 500.00 € |
| Shipping costs your customer pays | +39.00 € |
| OTTO commission 16% on the price | −80.00 € |
| OTTO commission 16% on shipping costs | −6.24 € |
| Left for you before VAT, purchase price, ads and returns | 452.76 € |
The OTTO commission of every item, no table needed
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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).