online marketplace timber sales

English
Innovation
Yes
Owner or author e-mail
Mobilization Potential
High, simplifies selling timber
Ease of implementation
Easy
Economic impact
Forstify was founded using a gap that emerged when timber markets were liberalized in Germany, and is now growing rapidly
Income effect
Value creation for forest owners through easy and specific offer placement
Specific knowledge needed
Easy to use
Voting
0%
Start Year
2018
Short description
App for easy and fast timber purchase and selling
Digital solution
Yes
Type of solution
Origin of wood
Type of wood
Abstract

Forstify is a forestry industry start-up. The timber market liberalisation inspired the founders to build up a company with bundled competences from the commercial and technical areas that brings together suppliers and buyers of wood in a simple, user-friendly way. The company is established on the market and supports forest owners and buyers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In addition to the pure platform, Forstify also offers direct purchase of insect-infested timber (bark beetle) and handles marketing directly as a service. New topics include a wood measurement feature within the mobile app, easy import and organization of log lists, automatic notifications about new regional offerings, a payment feature and additional consulting and services around wood sales. Using the online marketplace, suppliers and buyers of timber can enter into an exchange easily, quickly and free of charge. In doing so, requirements of the forestry industry are combined with the possibilities of modern internet technologies.

Target groups include: Private and public forest owners, forest enterprises, forest enterprise associations (FBG), forest owner associations (WBV), roundwood traders & exporters, timber marketers, firewood buyers, sawmills, paper mills, timber industry, traders, energy wood processors.

 

Owner or author organization
Forstify GmbH
Owner or Author name
Marco Hartmann and Christian Kaulich
Reporter organisation
Forestry Education Center North-Rhine Westphalia
Reporter name
Dr. Marie-Charlotte Hoffmann
Title - Resource 1
Android App
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iOS & iPad OS App
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Logo of Best Practice
BP - Rosewood - V1
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Country of origin
Germany
Project under which this factsheet has been created
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