Short answer. bol's commission is a fixed amount per price band plus a percentage per category. The exact rate per item is in your seller account and in the Commissions API. Put the commission per EAN into your cost price, not as one average percentage for your whole range.
How the commission is built up
For every item sold, bol charges two parts:
- A fixed amount, depending on the item's price band. The amount jumps at a boundary, for example around €10 and around €20.
- A percentage of the selling price, depending on the category. It runs from a few percent to well above ten percent.
On top of that comes VAT on the commission, which you reclaim as a business. Some items temporarily have a reduced commission, tied to a reference price: sell at or below that price and bol automatically applies the lower rate.
Why you should not copy the figures from blogs
Search for "bol commission 2026" and you find ten tables that contradict each other. One overview says 7% to 15%, another 5% to 17%, a third 2.5% to 14.1%. For the fixed amount, figures of €0.30, €0.85 and €2.99 circulate. Some of it is outdated, some of it is about the affiliate programme (which has had its own new commission model since October 2026, on the price excluding VAT) and some of it is simply copied from another blog.
The only reliable source is bol itself: the commission overview in your seller account and, if you automate, the Commissions API, which returns the rate per EAN and per price. bol announces changes in advance on the Partner Platform.
The formula
Commission = fixed amount (price band) + selling price × percentage (category)
Net = selling price − VAT payable − commission − purchase cost − shipping − returns allowance
An example with assumed figures (fill in your own rate):
| Item | Product A: €19.99 | Product B: €20.49 |
|---|---|---|
| VAT payable (21%) | €3.47 | €3.56 |
| Commission percentage (assumed 10%) | €2.00 | €2.05 |
| Fixed amount (assumed: €0.40 up to €20, €0.85 above) | €0.40 | €0.85 |
| Shipping and packaging | €4.25 | €4.25 |
| Purchase cost excluding VAT | €7.50 | €7.50 |
| Net | €2.37 | €2.28 |
The point of the example: product B is 50 cents more expensive for the customer and, under these assumptions, earns you less, because the fixed part of the commission jumps over the boundary. Whether that is true for your item depends on the actual price bands and amounts in your account. Calculating is the only way to know.
Commission per EAN in your cost price
An average ("I pay about 12% to bol") is handy for an annual plan and dangerous for a pricing rule. Two items in different categories can be four or five percentage points apart at the same selling price. If you work with a repricer, let the commission per EAN come from the API and calculate the floor price on it. Then an item never drops below a price at which the commission eats the margin.
Growth Reward: a commission discount since 1 July 2026
On 1 July 2026 bol launched Groeibeloning (Growth Reward): partners who hit personal revenue targets get a discount on their commission. The entry conditions are a quality score of at least 69, a delivery promise score of 60 and a seller account that is at least two years old. bol calls that last requirement a temporary threshold for the first year. How large the discount is and how the targets are set is in your seller account; the announcement named no percentages.
For your cost price this means: the commission is no longer just a rate per category but can differ per quarter depending on your own performance. Keep the discount out of your floor price and treat it as extra margin; then you are never too low if you miss the target once.
What to check periodically
- After every announcement on the Partner Platform: recalculate the floor prices of the categories that change.
- Every quarter: compare the commission on your invoice with what you have in your cost price.
- For every new item: fetch the rate per EAN, do not take the category average.
- For items just below or above a price band boundary: calculate both prices.