What is the OTTO commission for Garden?
By Keanu Dutado · Last updated: 5 November 2026
In short
For items in the commission group Garden (area: Garden & DIY), OTTO keeps 15% of the selling price including VAT. If you sell a gas grill for 350 €, that's 52.50 € in OTTO commission. The OTTO Payments payment fee is already included in this rate.
OTTO commission rates for Garden
For Garden, OTTO keeps 15% of the selling price including VAT, whether you sell a gas grill for 350 € or for 3,500 €. If your customer pays for shipping, OTTO keeps 16% of that too, in every commission group.
What's different about the OTTO commission for Garden
- The commission group Garden has no tiers. Even for a gas grill at twice the price, it stays at 15%.
- If you ship a gas grill by freight and your customer pays 39 € for it, OTTO keeps 16% of that too.
Garden compared
In the area Garden & DIY, OTTO charges the same as for Garden for Pet Supplies (15%). OTTO charges less than for Garden for Bathroom & Plumbing (13%), Home Improvement (13%), Tools & Machinery (13%), Electrical Installation (10%), Pet Food (10%) and Small Hardware (8%).
For a gas grill at 350 €, you pay 52.50 € in OTTO commission. At the rates of the commission group Bathroom & Plumbing, it would be 45.50 €.
Which OTTO categories count as Garden
- Abdeckungsheber
- Aufguss-Kellen
- Aufguss-Konzentrate
- Aufguss-Sets
- Bachläufe
- Baumpflegemittel
- Beeteinfassungen
- Belüftungspumpen
- Bewässerungs-Sets
- Bewässerungscomputer
- Bewässerungskugeln
- Bodensubstrate
- Bollerwagen
- Düngemittel
- Fahrradparksysteme
- Feuerkörbe
- Gartenbrausen
- Gartenfiguren
- Gartengeräte-Deflektoren
- Gartenhaus-Anbaudächer
- Gartenhaus-Fundamente
- Gartenhaus-Fußböden
- Gartenhaus-Seitenwände
- Gartenhaus-Terrassen
- Gartenhäuser
- Gartenpflege-Sets
- Gartenstecker
- Gartenstege
- Gerätehäuser
- Gewächshäuser
- Gießkannen
- Grills
- Hängematten
- Hängemattengestelle
- Hochteiche
- Hollywoodschaukeln
- Insektenhotels
- Insektenschutzgitter
- Kaminholzlager
- Komposter
- Markisen
- Markisenschutzdächer
- Nützlinge
- Pavillondächer
- Pavillons
- Pavillonseitenteile
- Pergolen
- Pflanzen
- Pflanzgefäße
- Pflanzzwiebeln
- Poolbodensauger
- Rankhilfen
- Räucherboxen
- Räucheröfen
- Regentonnen
- Rollsammler
- Sämereien
- Sande
- Sandkästen
- Schädlingsbekämpfungsmittel
- Schädlingsschutznetze
- Schaukelsitze
- Schirmhalterungen
- Sensen
- Sockel
- Sonnensegel
- Sonnenuhren
- Standschirmbespannungen
- Standschirme
- Strandkörbe
- Teichdeko
- Teichschalen
- Terrassendielen
- Terrassenüberdachungen
- Tierfernhaltegeräte
- Tore
- Ultraschallnebler
- Unkrautbekämpfungsmittel
- Unterstände
- Wassermengenzähler
- Wasserpflegemittel
- Wasserrutschen
- Wasserspeier
- Wasserspiele
- Wassertestgeräte
- Wetterstationen
- Windschilde
- Windspiele
- Zaunpfosten
- Zwiebelpflanzer
Worked example: Garden at 350 €
Say you sell a gas grill for 350 € including VAT, and your customer pays 39 € for freight shipping.
| Selling price including VAT | 350.00 € |
| Shipping costs your customer pays | +39.00 € |
| OTTO commission 15% on the price | −52.50 € |
| OTTO commission 16% on shipping costs | −6.24 € |
| Left for you before VAT, purchase price, ads and returns | 330.26 € |
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).