What is the OTTO commission for PC Components?
By Keanu Dutado · Last updated: 5 November 2026
In short
For items in the commission group PC Components (area: Tech & Media), OTTO keeps 7% of the selling price including VAT. If you sell a graphics card for 400 €, that's 28 € in OTTO commission. The OTTO Payments payment fee is already included in this rate.
OTTO commission rates for PC Components
For PC Components, OTTO keeps 7% of the selling price including VAT, whether you sell a graphics card for 400 € or for 4,000 €. If your customer pays for shipping, OTTO keeps 16% of that too, in every commission group.
What's different about the OTTO commission for PC Components
- The commission group PC Components has no tiers. Even for a graphics card at twice the price, it stays at 7%.
PC Components compared
In the area Tech & Media, OTTO charges more than for PC Components for Media, Software and Games (8 to 18%), Household Electronics (15%), Small Kitchen Appliances (15%), Tech Accessories (15%), Headphones (12%), Personal Care Appliances (12%), Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers (12%), Stationery & Office Supplies (10%) and Large Appliances (7 to 9%). OTTO charges the same as for PC Components for Electronics (7%).
For a graphics card at 400 €, you pay 28 € in OTTO commission. At the rates of the commission group Large Appliances, it would be 36 €.
Which OTTO categories count as PC Components
- Arbeitsspeicher
- Computer-Kühler
- Computergehäuse
- Festplatten
- Festplatten-Einbaurahmen
- Grafikkarten
- Laufwerke
- Mainboards
- PC-Geräuschdämmungen
- PC-Slotblenden
- PC-Steuerungsmodule
- Prozessoren
- Soundkarten
- Speicherkarten
- USB-Sticks
Worked example: PC Components at 400 €
Say you sell a graphics card for 400 € including VAT, and your customer pays 4.90 € for parcel shipping.
| Selling price including VAT | 400.00 € |
| Shipping costs your customer pays | +4.90 € |
| OTTO commission 7% on the price | −28.00 € |
| OTTO commission 16% on shipping costs | −0.78 € |
| Left for you before VAT, purchase price, ads and returns | 376.12 € |
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).