What is the OTTO commission for Lamps & Lighting?
By Keanu Dutado · Last updated: 5 November 2026
In short
For items in the commission group Lamps & Lighting (area: Furniture & Home), OTTO keeps 15% of the selling price including VAT. If you sell a floor lamp for 90 €, that's 13.50 € in OTTO commission. The OTTO Payments payment fee is already included in this rate.
OTTO commission rates for Lamps & Lighting
For Lamps & Lighting, OTTO keeps 15% of the selling price including VAT, whether you sell a floor lamp for 90 € or for 900 €. If your customer pays for shipping, OTTO keeps 16% of that too, in every commission group.
What's different about the OTTO commission for Lamps & Lighting
- The commission group Lamps & Lighting has no tiers. Even for a floor lamp at twice the price, it stays at 15%.
Lamps & Lighting compared
In the area Furniture & Home, OTTO charges more than for Lamps & Lighting for Mattresses & Bedding (18 to 20%), Rugs, Blinds & Curtains (18 to 20%) and Furniture (17 to 19%). OTTO charges the same as for Lamps & Lighting for Kitchen & Housewares (15%), Home Accessories & Décor (15%) and Home Textiles (15%).
For a floor lamp at 90 €, you pay 13.50 € in OTTO commission. At the rates of the commission group Furniture, it would be 17.10 €.
Which OTTO categories count as Lamps & Lighting
- Duftlampen
- Lampenfassungen
- Lampenfilter
- Lampenschirme
- Leuchtmittel
- Lichtanlagen
- Mobilleuchten
Worked example: Lamps & Lighting at 90 €
Say you sell a floor lamp for 90 € including VAT, and your customer pays 4.90 € for parcel shipping.
| Selling price including VAT | 90.00 € |
| Shipping costs your customer pays | +4.90 € |
| OTTO commission 15% on the price | −13.50 € |
| OTTO commission 16% on shipping costs | −0.78 € |
| Left for you before VAT, purchase price, ads and returns | 80.62 € |
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).