Firewood business
Source, season, and deliver firewood to homes and businesses, monetized per cord or subscription.
The idea, in plain language
This idea sources free or low-cost wood, seasons or repackages it, and sells firewood or BBQ wood locally through Facebook Marketplace, groups, restaurants, or high-traffic locations. Customers include homeowners, local restaurants, and event or food-business buyers, with revenue per bundle, cord, delivery, or related weekend food events. The videos describe starting with almost $0 by sourcing tree trimmings, using listing optimization and community storytelling, and doing physical splitting, seasoning, delivery, or food-service operations. Quoted numbers include almost $0 startup, $1K nights from a wood-fired pizza tent, a California professor making $175K/year on weekends, UK trailers earning thousands per day, and $9K in 15 days from stump grinding; one title claims over 100% gross profit margin for free tree trimmings sold as BBQ wood.
Where the sources agree
- Free or underpriced local supply is the core advantage, especially tree trimmings or wood byproducts.
- Facebook Marketplace, Facebook Groups, and local storytelling are key demand channels.
- The business is simple to understand but depends on physical work, storage, transport, and local fulfillment.
- Wood can be monetized directly as firewood or indirectly through BBQ wood, pizza events, or adjacent tree-service opportunities.
Where they differ
- The firewood episodes focus on Marketplace listings and group marketing, while the pizza tent episode uses wood as part of a mobile food business.
- The stump-grinding and BBQ-wood episode is more about extracting value from tree-service waste and local skills than standard firewood delivery.
- Startup framing ranges from almost $0 for firewood to equipment and food-event operations for pizza or stump grinding.
- Some numbers describe firewood-adjacent opportunities rather than firewood itself.
What each source says
KoernerI Found a Perfect Business That Anyone Can Start
Chris outlines an almost-$0 firewood business using free wood from tree trimming companies, splitting and seasoning it, and selling through Facebook Marketplace and local groups.
Watch on YouTubeKoernerThe Secrets to Unlocking Facebook Marketplace
The Facebook Marketplace clip focuses on competitive research, listing optimization, storytelling, community engagement, and critiques of other firewood sellers.
Watch on YouTubeKoerner$1K a Day From This Simple Side Hustle (Here’s How to Copy It)
Clayton and Haley Bowman's wood-fired pizza tent reaches $1,000 nights, with comparison examples of $175K/year weekend income and trailers earning thousands per day.
Watch on YouTubeKoernerHow to Start a Business with OVER 100% Gross Profit Margin
HoldCo Bros discuss selling free tree trimmings as BBQ wood to restaurants and mention a listener making $9K in 15 days from stump grinding.
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