Contribution margin per item
Compare items, product groups and brands by their contribution to your result.
Marketplace AnalyticsOTTOContribution margin & profit analytics for OTTO sellers
Do you know what your products earn on OTTO?
Marketplaces show you revenue. We show you real profit. After all fees, returns, shipping and ad costs.
OTTO and your other sales channels
Amazon, Kaufland, eBay, Shopify, bol.com and Temu: each channel with its own reports and cost sources.
More marketplaces coming.
What is inside
OTTO analytics: items, fees and returns
The reports that matter for your OTTO business.
OTTO commission and tiered fees
Include selling fees and the monthly base fee in your cost analysis.
Return rate per product
Identify items with frequent returns and high return costs.
Over 70 brands already run on profitkonsole
Sellers on OTTO, Amazon, eBay, Shopify and more see what is left.
OTTO advertising costs
OTTO Sponsored Product Ads: track ACOS, TACOS and ROAS
profitkonsole imports your SPA spend daily and assigns it to products and orders. Compare advertising metrics with contribution margin to assess the result of your advertised products.
- SPA spend, clicks and advertising revenue from OTTO, plus your break-even ROAS
- Deals detected from your orders, monthly SDA budgets
Item analysis
Calculate contribution margin per OTTO item
Compare revenue and contribution margin at SKU level. Product group and brand reports show which parts of your range contribute to your margin.
- Include purchase costs, commission, shipping and ad spend
- Identify items with a negative contribution margin
Purchase and shipping
Set purchase prices and shipping costs per OTTO shipping profile
Import purchase prices by CSV or edit them in the dashboard. Add your costs to the detected OTTO shipping profiles so they enter the order calculation. The 16% commission OTTO charges on your customers' shipping share is already included.
- Purchase prices with a valid-from date
- Configure outbound and return shipping separately
Returns analysis
Review OTTO return rates and return costs
Review returns per item alongside lost revenue and return shipping costs. Assess products with high return rates by the contribution margin they still generate.
- Return rates by item and by order
- Set the residual value of returned stock per product
Reports
OTTO reports in Excel and by email
Download the daily dashboard, product performance, brand performance, P&L, orders and purchase prices as an Excel or CSV file. Automatic reports arrive by email daily, weekly or monthly.
- Automatic reports at 7:00, to up to two addresses
- With Multi Channel you see all your marketplaces together in one overview
CortexComing soon
Ask Cortex about your OTTO numbers.
Cortex is built right into your profitkonsole: one click on any page and it opens right next to it. For questions about your numbers and the app.
- Shows, not just tells. Answers as a table or chart, every table ready to take away as Excel.
- Knows your page. Cortex knows where you are and suggests fitting questions.
- Type it, say it, drop a screenshot. Ask by keyboard or microphone and attach images.
- Your data stays in the EU. Included in both plans.
MCP server
Ask your AI assistant about your OTTO numbers
The profitkonsole MCP server brings contribution margin, returns and ad costs into Claude, ChatGPT or your own assistant. Already calculated, no spreadsheet needed.
- Ten tools: period result, period comparison, products, ads, orders
- Sign in with your profitkonsole account, no API key, nothing gets changed
- Included in both plans at no extra cost
✔ Signed in · 10 tools loaded ⚙ get_period_result · zeitraum "2026-08"Net revenue EUR 128,430 · return rate 9.8%Contribution margin EUR 27,210 · 23.5% of revenueAd data: as of yesterday, 13:30- Works with
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Claude Code
- Codex
- Cursor
OTTO Marketplace profit analytics for professional sellers
profitkonsole is profit analytics software for OTTO sellers who want to know their profitability per item. OTTO Partner Connect shows revenue and orders, but no contribution margin after purchase price, shipping and returns. profitkonsole closes that gap: purchase prices (COGS), shipping costs per OTTO shipping profile and ad spend flow into one dashboard that shows contribution margin per SKU.
Contribution margin and return rate per SKU on OTTO
High revenue on OTTO does not automatically mean profit. profitkonsole deducts the OTTO commission, your shipping costs, returns and ad spend from every sale and shows contribution margin per SKU. You see the return rate per product together with the cost of each return, so you spot unprofitable items before they weigh on your result. Built by OTTO sellers for OTTO sellers.
Connect OTTO Partner Connect to profitkonsole
Authorise access to your OTTO account, then add purchase prices and your own shipping costs. Order and financial data form the basis of the reports. SPA spend is imported automatically; deals and SDA budgets are added separately.
Understand OTTO fees and advertising costs
Sales commission, tiered commission and the monthly base fee affect your margin in different ways. Our guides explain the cost structure. Contribution margin is not company profit after all operating expenses and taxes.
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about profitkonsole
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What is profitkonsole?
profitkonsole is profit analytics software for marketplace sellers. On OTTO it shows your contribution margin per item after commission, shipping, returns and ad spend. You connect Amazon, Kaufland, eBay and other channels in the same account.
How does profit tracking work?
You connect your OTTO seller account, add purchase prices and configure your shipping costs. profitkonsole then calculates contribution margin per product and order.
Is profitkonsole free?
You can try profitkonsole for 14 days, no strings attached. No credit card required.
What does an additional seller account cost?
Your OTTO account is one seller account and is included in both plans. An add-on account only applies if you connect more than one seller account in a channel, such as a second Shopify store or a second eBay account: €9 a month each, or €7 a month on yearly billing (€84 a year), plus VAT.
Is profitkonsole an official OTTO partner?
Yes. profitkonsole is listed as an official OTTO Market service partner in the OTTO service provider directory. The connection uses the official OTTO Partner API with OAuth.
Does profitkonsole work for international (non-German) sellers?
Yes. profitkonsole connects to your OTTO Partner Connect account, and the connection works the same whether your company is in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland or elsewhere in the EU. Everything is calculated in EUR.
Is the app available in English?
Yes. The entire app is available in English and German, from signup and onboarding to dashboards and reports. Support is available in English as well.
Which data is imported from OTTO?
Orders, returns, fees and shipping profiles come from the OTTO Partner API. You add purchase prices and your own shipping costs.
How far back does the data go, and how up to date is it?
After you connect OTTO, profitkonsole loads your data up to two years back. profitkonsole fetches orders and receipts every 30 minutes and advertising data once a day, as soon as OTTO provides it for the previous day.
How is my data protected?
Data is transferred with TLS and stored on servers in the EU. We do not sell data or pass it on for advertising. Your sales data is only processed by providers we have a data processing agreement with; the privacy policy lists them. Data only goes to an AI app if you connect it yourself via MCP. The OTTO connection uses OAuth.
How are advertising costs (deals, SPA, SDA) recorded?
Sponsored Product Ads costs come in daily from OTTO and are assigned to the advertised items, with clicks and ad revenue. profitkonsole shows ACOS and ROAS at brand level and TACOS against your total revenue. Deals are detected from your OTTO orders and you only enter the amount per deal; Sponsored Display Ads you enter as monthly budgets.
Can I invite my team?
Yes. You invite staff to your team and set their access rights. You link your agency separately through agency access and choose per channel what it can see.
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