What is the OTTO commission for Pet Food?
By Keanu Dutado · Last updated: 5 November 2026
In short
For items in the commission group Pet Food (area: Garden & DIY), OTTO keeps 10% of the selling price including VAT. If you sell a sack of dog food for 40 €, that's 4 € in OTTO commission. The OTTO Payments payment fee is already included in this rate.
OTTO commission rates for Pet Food
For Pet Food, OTTO keeps 10% of the selling price including VAT, whether you sell a sack of dog food for 40 € or for 400 €. If your customer pays for shipping, OTTO keeps 16% of that too, in every commission group.
What's different about the OTTO commission for Pet Food
- The commission group Pet Food has no tiers. Even for a sack of dog food at twice the price, it stays at 10%. OTTO has charged this rate for Pet Food since 1 July 2026.
Pet Food compared
In the area Garden & DIY, OTTO charges more than for Pet Food for Garden (15%), Pet Supplies (15%), Bathroom & Plumbing (13%), Home Improvement (13%) and Tools & Machinery (13%). OTTO charges the same as for Pet Food for Electrical Installation (10%). OTTO charges less than for Pet Food for Small Hardware (8%).
For a sack of dog food at 40 €, you pay 4 € in OTTO commission. At the rates of the commission group Small Hardware, it would be 3.20 €.
Which OTTO categories count as Pet Food
- Tiernahrung
Worked example: Pet Food at 40 €
Say you sell a sack of dog food for 40 € including VAT, and your customer pays 4.90 € for parcel shipping.
| Selling price including VAT | 40.00 € |
| Shipping costs your customer pays | +4.90 € |
| OTTO commission 10% on the price | −4.00 € |
| OTTO commission 16% on shipping costs | −0.78 € |
| Left for you before VAT, purchase price, ads and returns | 40.12 € |
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).