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Sell on OTTO Market. Connected to your system.

Otto is one of the large online marketplaces in Germany and does not accept every merchant. Here you can find out what you need for approval and how your items get onto otto.de without manual work.

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What OTTO Market requires from merchants

According to OTTO Market, the requirements for German merchants include the following:

  • Registered office in Germany with a German legal form and a German VAT identification number. Small businesses under § 19 UStG are excluded.
  • German-speaking customer service.
  • Shipping from a warehouse in Germany or the EU.
  • Acceptance of returns in a warehouse in Germany or in selected EU countries.
  • Every request is reviewed individually. Otto does not let every merchant onto the platform.

Quelle: otto.market, retrieved on 31.10.2026. Please check the current conditions directly with OTTO Market.

What Otto costs

OTTO Market states a monthly base fee regardless of the size of the range and a commission per item sold that depends on the product range. The current amounts are available from OTTO Market. You pay these fees to Otto; they are not part of X-Sitter MARKETS.

How your items get onto otto.de

  • Approval on OTTO Market with your company and range.
  • Interface access for your seller account. Your account, your contract and your payouts stay with you.
  • Prepare data: map Otto categories, fill in mandatory details, check variants and images.
  • Go live: items go out, stock and price stay synchronised, orders come back into your system.

Otto and other channels from one data source

With X-Sitter MARKETS, Otto runs on the same item maintenance as Amazon, Kaufland, zooplus and the other channels on the channel list. MARKETS runs directly on your ERP, your inventory management or your shop, even without X-Sitter CONNECT. If you wish, we take care of setup and operation: Have marketplaces connected.

Stand: October 2026

Frequently asked questions

You apply for approval yourself as a merchant, because Otto vets your company. We tell you in advance what data Otto requires for your range and connect the account after activation.

No. MARKETS reads the items where they are maintained today and writes the orders back there.

Tell us your systems. Within three working days you know what it costs.