What is the OTTO commission for Musical Instruments?
By Keanu Dutado · Last updated: 5 November 2026
In short
For items in the commission group Musical Instruments (area: Sports & Leisure), OTTO keeps 10% of the selling price including VAT. If you sell an electric guitar for 300 €, that's 30 € in OTTO commission. The OTTO Payments payment fee is already included in this rate.
OTTO commission rates for Musical Instruments
For Musical Instruments, OTTO keeps 10% of the selling price including VAT, whether you sell an electric guitar for 300 € or for 3,000 €. If your customer pays for shipping, OTTO keeps 16% of that too, in every commission group.
What's different about the OTTO commission for Musical Instruments
- The commission group Musical Instruments has no tiers. Even for an electric guitar at twice the price, it stays at 10%.
Musical Instruments compared
In the area Sports & Leisure, OTTO charges more than for Musical Instruments 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 Musical Instruments for Baby Accessories (10%) and Arts & Crafts (10%).
For an electric guitar at 300 €, you pay 30 € in OTTO commission. At the rates of the commission group Automotive & Mobility, it would be 45 €.
Which OTTO categories count as Musical Instruments
- Blasinstrumente
- Blattabschneider
- Blattschrauben
- Bogenetuis
- Bottleneck
- DJ-Controller
- Metronome
- Mikrofone
- Mischpulte
- Mundharmonikahalter
- Mundharmonikastimmplattensätze
- Mundstücke
- Musikinstrumentenpedale
- Musikinstrumentenständer
- Notenpulte
- Plektren
- Plyo-Boxen
- Rasseln
- Saiten
- Saiteninstrumente
- Saiteninstrumentenmechaniken
- Schlägel
- Schlaginstrumente
- Stimmgeräte
- Tasteninstrumente
- Verstärker
Worked example: Musical Instruments at 300 €
Say you sell an electric guitar for 300 € including VAT, and your customer pays 4.90 € for parcel shipping.
| Selling price including VAT | 300.00 € |
| Shipping costs your customer pays | +4.90 € |
| OTTO commission 10% on the price | −30.00 € |
| OTTO commission 16% on shipping costs | −0.78 € |
| Left for you before VAT, purchase price, ads and returns | 274.12 € |
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).