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What the OTTO Partner Connect lacks — and what we deliver instead. Twelve building blocks, all live, all without surcharge.

"Creating a new campaign in OPC: type the name, set the budget, pacing, match types per keyword one by one, bids per keyword one by one. 15 minutes per campaign. For 12 campaigns: half a day."

Six clicks instead of fifteen minutes per campaign.

Instead of building every campaign from scratch in OPC, you pick the right one from six ready-made templates: brand defense, auto-discovery, keyword harvesting, sale push, competitor bidding, or long-tail phrase. Budget, pacing, match types, and bid levels are pre-configured to fit — you only change what really needs to differ.

  • Brand defense · EXACT campaign, low bids, protects your own brand searches against competitors
  • Auto-discovery · AUTOMATIC, broad pacing, source for the keyword-harvesting pipeline
  • Keyword harvesting · MANUAL with higher bids on proven search terms — the main profit lever in the account
  • Sale push · aggressive pacing for Black Friday, clearance, end of season
  • Competitor bidding · low bids on competitor brands — strategic for buyer clusters
  • Multiple campaigns at once: brand defense for 5 product lines? Pick a template, upload a list, create them all in parallel.

In OPC

15 min per campaign, all by hand. For 12 campaigns: half a day.

With Marginly

2 minutes per campaign from a template. Bulk creation for 12 campaigns in a few minutes.

"Click 50 keywords one by one, change the bid, save, next — three hours for a single bid round."

Bulk changes that live up to the name

What costs 50 clicks in the OTTO Partner Connect is a single click here. You select, enter the new value, and apply it — to as many keywords, campaigns, or products as you want, all at once.

  • Change bids in the table: 200 keywords in one go, by percentage (e.g. +15%) or absolute (e.g. to €0.42) — one click on "Apply".
  • Negative keywords in one pass: select bad search terms and add them as negatives for all affected campaigns at once.
  • Harvest winners: roll out profitable search terms as new keywords in a single action.
  • Entire account in one click: one action analyzes all campaigns of a brand at the same time.

In OPC

Changing the bid for 50 keywords = 50 individual clicks. Bulk doesn't exist.

With Marginly

Filter the table, change the value, hit "Apply" — done in under 60 seconds

"Which search terms are burning money right now? In OPC you only see it per campaign — across campaigns: not at all."

Search-term analysis with money-burner detection

We bundle search terms across all campaigns of a brand and sort them into two buckets: money-burners (kick them out) and winners (roll them out as new keywords). Both applicable in one click.

  • Across all campaigns: a search term that performs poorly in 5 campaigns shows up once — with total spend.
  • Money-burner rule: spend from €3, 0 orders, at least 5 clicks — automatically flagged as a negative candidate.
  • Winner rule: ROAS from 5×, at least 2 orders — proposed as a new keyword, including a bid suggestion.
  • Apply in one click: all money-burners set as negatives, all winners added as new keywords.
  • Every run is logged — you can trace every action without gaps.

In OPC

Search-term report only per campaign, no cross-campaign view, no automatic scoring

With Marginly

One run across all campaigns, two buckets, one click to apply

"The data in OPC is often 1-2 days old, and a lot is missing entirely — return rate per SKU? Not a chance."

Live connection to OTTO Market — 10 data sources, straight from the marketplace

We're an official OTTO Service Partner and pull the data via the official interface. No scraping, no browser tricks — a direct line to OTTO. Currently 10 data sources, with new ones added with each marketplace release.

  • Synced data: brands, availability status, inventory, returns, orders, reporting, search terms, keywords, campaigns, and performance.
  • Connected in one click, no passwords leave your hands: you click "Connect" once, the rest runs automatically.
  • Gentle refresh: only new or changed records per run — fast and without straining the marketplace.
  • Safety net: if an update fails, it gets logged and you get notified.

In OPC

CSV exports by hand, data often 1-2 days old, no per-SKU returns visible

With Marginly

10 data sources live via the official interface, returns included

"ROAS dropped to 2.1 today. Why? In OPC you only see the number, not the reason."

Automatic alerts on anomalies — with AI explanation

Every day we compare your metrics (spend, clicks, ROAS, CVR, CPC) against the past 2 weeks. If numbers go out of range, we sort them into three urgency levels — and the AI tells you in plain language what likely happened.

  • Comparison against the last 2 weeks per metric, per campaign, per SKU.
  • Three levels: notice (FYI), review recommended, act now.
  • AI explanation in plain language: "The ROAS drop comes 80% from campaign X — its CPC has doubled, likely due to increased competition on keyword Y."
  • Alerts land directly in your daily email and on the dashboard — not in a second tool.

In OPC

Metrics are shown but not interpreted; no comparison, no alert

With Marginly

The anomaly is categorized, explained, and prioritized — you see it in your morning email

"What's the right bid for this keyword? Open Excel, look up the last 14 days of CPC, factor in target ROAS…"

Bid suggestions you only need to sign off

Per keyword we calculate a recommendation from the past 14 days of CPC and your target ROAS. The suggestion appears with an up or down arrow right next to the current bid — accept it or ignore it, no detour through Excel.

  • Calculation per keyword from 14-day CPC plus target ROAS (stored per campaign).
  • Up or down arrow shows the direction; tooltip shows the rationale ("CPC rising, conversion stable").
  • One click adopts the bid — or you adopt all suggestions in a campaign in a single action.
  • You can override any suggestion at any time — we never force anything on you.

"ROAS looks good — but is the sale still worth it after OTTO commission, returns, and cost of goods?"

True margin per SKU — profit, not just revenue

ROAS lies as soon as returns or OTTO commission enter the picture. For every SKU we compute the true margin: revenue minus cost of goods (COGS), minus returns, minus ad spend, minus OTTO commission (stored per category). The result is the number that actually hits your bank account.

  • True margin per SKU: revenue minus COGS, returns, ad spend, and OTTO commission.
  • OTTO commission rates stored per category — deducted automatically.
  • Return rate per SKU: straight from the live data.
  • Margin in € and in % side by side — you instantly see which SKU fills the pot and which one drains it.

In OPC

Only gross revenue × ROAS — no COGS, no returns, no commission

With Marginly

Profit after all deductions — the number that counts

"In OPC: ad revenue in one view, orders in another, returns nowhere — ever tried to see which SKU came from which campaign and what its return rate was? Not possible."

Sales, returns, and margin — on one page, per SKU.

A profitability overview that combines orders, gross revenue, ad spend, COGS, shipping, OTTO commission, and returns into a real net margin per SKU. Plus return rate per SKU and per campaign. You see at a glance which item really earns money — and which one, with a high return rate, eats up the ad ROAS.

  • Orders in near real time · daily revenue, order count, AOV — straight from OTTO, no CSV import
  • Return rate per SKU · see which items kill your margin with high return rates
  • Return impact per campaign · not just per product — the return rate is reported per campaign
  • Where does each euro of revenue go? · waterfall per account: gross revenue → minus ad spend, COGS, shipping, commission → net margin
  • Excel export · full SKU profitability table as XLSX for accountants or leadership
  • Toggle before/after returns · one click and you see the difference

In OPC

Ad revenue yes, orders yes, returns in a third tool, margin nowhere — you juggle with Excel.

With Marginly

All in one view. Net margin per SKU live, return rate included, Excel export in one click.

"15 clients, 15 OTTO logins, clicking through every day to see what's on fire."

Control center for multiple OTTO accounts

One login, all clients, one traffic light per brand. You see at a glance where things are quiet and where action is needed — and kick off search-term analysis or bulk changes across all accounts.

  • All brands in one table, sortable by spend, ROAS, alerts, and open recommendations.
  • Health traffic light per client: alerts, money-burners, and margin drops are summarized into a single status.
  • Search-term analysis for an entire brand in one click — across all campaigns at once.
  • Roles and permissions per account, so junior team members don't accidentally pause campaigns at the wrong client.

In OPC

Separate login per client, no central dashboard, no traffic light

With Marginly

One login, all brands, one click for the search-term analysis

"In the morning I want to know quickly what's going on — without a 5-minute login-click marathon."

Daily email and reports at the push of a button

At 8 a.m. an email arrives with yesterday's numbers, all alerts, and concrete recommendations — per account or across all of them. Weekly and monthly reports are available as PDF at the push of a button, custom analyses as Excel exports.

  • Daily email at 8 a.m.: yesterday's performance, deviation from the 7-day average, all important alerts, top 3 recommendations.
  • Weekly and monthly reports as PDF — on demand, in your own branding, ready to send to clients.
  • Custom analyses as Excel: every table in the tool is exportable.
  • Per-account settings: recipients, time, and thresholds for what makes it into the email.

"Who actually changed the bid on campaign X yesterday? And why?"

What-when-who-changed, traceable for a year

Every change — bid, negative, pause, applied recommendation — is logged with user, timestamp, and before/after value. Viewable for a year, exportable. GDPR-compliant including self-service account deletion.

  • Complete traceability: before and after values, user, timestamp, source (click in the tool, bulk change, or recommendation).
  • 365 days viewable, searchable by user, date, and type of change.
  • Data export on demand: all data on your account as a ZIP.
  • Self-service account deletion directly in the tool — 30-day grace period, then irrevocably deleted (GDPR-compliant).

In OPC

No per-user logging, no before/after values, no self-service deletion

With Marginly

Every change documented, always traceable, always deletable

"How does this feature work again? Read the docs or message support and wait 4 hours…"

AI help right inside the tool

A blue help button pulses in the bottom right. Click it, type a question, get an instant answer — with context from your current screen and your data. No doc diving, no support ticket.

  • Blue help button, reachable from every tool page.
  • Chat with an AI that knows your current screen — and what you're about to do.
  • Answers "How do I negate a search term in 5 campaigns?" as easily as "What does true margin mean?".
  • Conversation history per user — you don't start from scratch every time.
In progress

What's next

Honest take: this is a roadmap, no committed dates. We don't promise releases we can't keep — but these are the topics on the table next.

  • in progress

    Open interface for custom integrations

    Read access to performance, recommendations, and audit log — so you can build your own dashboards or pull data into reporting.

  • in progress

    Lexware integration

    Direct reconciliation of OTTO revenue and ad spend with Lexware Office, so bookkeeping and PPC no longer live in two separate worlds.

  • in progress

    Bulk campaign upload

    Import full campaign structures from Excel — today that works for keywords, soon also for campaigns and ad groups.

  • in progress

    More marketplaces

    Kaufland and ManoMano are at the top of the list. Roadmap, not a promise.

Side-by-side

OTTO Partner Connect vs. Marginly

What's missing in the native backend — and what's standard with us.

FunctionOPC manuallyMarginly
Create a new campaign15 min, all manualTemplate + 2 min
Change the bid on 50 keywords50 clicks1 click
Search terms across all campaigns
AI explanation of ROAS drops
True margin after COGS and returns
Orders, returns, and margin in one place
Control center for multiple OTTO accounts
What-when-who-changed traceable
Daily email with numbers and alerts
Import full campaigns from Excel✓ (in progress)

Status: updated on an ongoing basis. "In progress" = on the roadmap, no committed release date.

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