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OTTO Market is one of the largest marketplaces in Germany and for Dutch sellers the way to reach the German market. You get German-language orders, are paid in euro and sell to German consumers who return a lot. OTTO withholds commission per category. For your accounting that means German VAT through your OSS return and many credit entries. Schakel reads your OTTO sales and books them as sales invoices in Moneybird, with German VAT via OSS, commission apart and every return as a credit note.
What travels across the link
Everything this connector moves between Otto and Moneybird, and how often.
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Sales as sales invoices
Every OTTO sale becomes a sales invoice in Moneybird with a line per item and the OTTO order number as reference. The German buyer is looked up as a contact or created, so your sale sits neatly on a relation.
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German VAT via OSS
Because you sell to German consumers, each line gets the German VAT rate. Above the EU threshold those sales arrive ready for your OSS return in Moneybird, so you remit the German VAT correctly without keeping your own tables.
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Commission per category apart
The commission OTTO withholds per product category is booked apart on its own ledger account instead of being netted off your revenue, so your gross margin per category stays readable.
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The many returns as credit notes
German consumers return a lot. Every OTTO return becomes a credit note in Moneybird for the amount actually refunded, linked to the original sale, so your revenue and German VAT stay right.
What Otto to Moneybird saves you
- German marketplace sales are in Moneybird by themselves, no orders to retype.
- German VAT arrives ready for your OSS return, without your own rate tables.
- Commission per category sits apart, so your margin per product group is right.
- The many returns become credit notes by themselves, so you fix nothing up.
Setting it up
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Connect OTTO Market
You grant Schakel access to your sales, commission and returns through your OTTO partner account. Your OTTO listings stay unchanged.
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Grant access to Moneybird
You authorise Schakel through Moneybird and pick the administration the invoices should land in. Your password is never asked for or stored.
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Set German VAT and ledgers
You link the German VAT rate for your OSS return, the ledger account for revenue and the account for commission per category.
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Check and let it run
You see the first invoices as drafts before they are final. Once it looks right, new sales and returns flow in by themselves and everything shows up in the log.
What you need
- A seller account with API access, created from within the account itself.
- A Moneybird administration you administer, plus clarity on which ledger account you want this revenue booked to.
Not sure how to get those keys? Step by step:
Where it runs
On app.schakel.app, with your own Schakel account. No webshop required.
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Common questions
Is the Otto to Moneybird connector available?
Request this connector and get access. You let us know you want to link Otto to Moneybird, and we make sure you can get started. You hear from us within 24 hours.
Does this handle my German VAT via OSS?
Yes. Sales to German consumers get the German rate and above the threshold arrive ready for your OSS return in Moneybird, so you remit the VAT correctly in the right country.
How does the connector handle the high return rates on OTTO?
Every return becomes a credit note for the amount actually refunded, linked to the original sale, so your revenue and VAT stay right even with many returns.
Is the OTTO commission booked separately?
Yes. The commission OTTO withholds per category is booked apart on its own ledger account, so you see exactly what the channel costs per product group.
Can I book OTTO next to my other channels in the same administration?
Yes. OTTO can feed the same Moneybird administration as your other sales channels, with its own ledger accounts if you want to track the German sales apart.
Can you connect Otto to Moneybird?
Yes. Schakel connects through the official APIs of Otto and Moneybird, so you install nothing on your own server and nothing travels outside those two parties.
Which VAT rate do my sales get in Moneybird?
The rate is set per line: 21%, 9% or 0%. Sales to Belgium and other EU countries get the rate of the destination country, ready for your OSS return.
Are commission and fees booked separately in Moneybird?
Yes. Commission, shipping and other fee types each land on their own ledger account in Moneybird, rather than in one lump sum, so your margin stays readable.
Missing something you need?
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