15 Side Hustles for Men That Earn Steady Cash

Are you considering ways to earn some extra cash on the side? Look no further! Here are 15 side hustle ideas for men that you can explore.

Having a side hustle is becoming increasingly popular, especially among younger generations. And why not? It offers a sea of opportunities to boost your income and have fun at the same time – a complete win-win situation.

Although gender doesn’t necessarily determine the success of a side gig, there are some options in 2022 that may be more profitable for men.
In this article, I set out to list side hustles to can you reasonably start right away and that have the potential to replace your current job.

Sounds fun, right? Let’s get started!

1. Lawn mowing

Lawn mowing is an interesting side hustle that any men can do regardless of age. It’s a business that has the potential to make you six-figures. Almost every house in the U.S owns a yard which makes it a viable side hustle to start with. Plus, many companies tend to want these services, especially in the summer. 

There are a lot of benefits into having a lawn mowing side hustle business such as flexibility in your schedule, low startup costs, outdoor work, and high-demand.

What Do You Need To Start?

In order for you to get started in the lawn mowing business, the easiest way to start is to find a solid lawn mower and an edge trimmer so that you can create clean edges along the driveways and sidewalks. 

That’s all you need to get started. Now, you will get a little bit of marketing going on by printing flyers and cards, you’ll distribute. And if you want to take it a little further you’ll want to create a bunch of door hanging flyers and go personally place them on your neighbors doors.

Startup Cost

The startup cost for a lawn mowing business is really low. Let me break it down for you,

• Lawn mowers can start for as low as $90 bucks for a manual mower. Yet, you can buy a good lawn mower from Black & Decker for less about $130.
• Edgers: A good electrical edger costs less than $100.
• Door hangers: You can have 100 printed and shipped to you within 2 days for $65 at VistaPrint.

If we only care about electrical tools right now, your total startup cost is $275.
Tip: You can even start with just the lawn mowing without the trimming part to earn enough so that your work pays for itself.

Potential Earnings

Money-wise, a lawn mowing side hustle has the potential to make huge ROI in a minimum time. The typical hourly wage is around $50 – $70 per hour which means that you’ll only need 5 to 6 hours of work for your side hustle to be profitable.

2. Pet Walking

Some people has an innate ability to bond with animals. If you are one of them, you may consider pet walking as your side hustle. 

Pet walking is a growing business idea as people are getting more and more busier. Pets’ owners will gladly pay someone to take care of their furry friends while they’re outside taking care of the house, especially if you’re on big agglomerations like Miami or New York. 

Plus, you can be pet walking a lot of pets at the same time which is a great advantage to your meaning potential.

What Do You Need To Start?

Like I said in the beginning, if you want to start in the pet walking business, you need to have that love for pets. Understand me, it’s not that mandatory to have that wouwou look when being around dogs but you have to have the ability to command authority around them.

Also, you need basic pet care skills. There are a lot of good websites you can learn from, and I found that Dog Food Heaven and Oh My Dog! may be great resources you can learn from when it comes to dog nutrition and pet caring.

Furthermore, for you to start in some companies as a dog walker, it may be a requirement to have a high-school diploma.

You may also need dog training certification to build credibility and authority.

From a marketing stand point, if you want to standout, you will want to give free dog walking or twice the amount your competition is doing, do posts in pet walking forums and Facebook Groups. You need to promote yourself. Talk about your new side hustles to your friend and your closest group so they can spread the message.

You will also need good pairs of shoes that are comfortable because walking pets will be hard on your shoes.

Startup Cost

Even though, the startup cost for being a pet walker is almost free, you want some extras to put yourself in the best position to outcompete your competitors. And to do so, having a dog trainer certification adds a lot of authority and credibility to your side hustle which means that you will be able to shoot up for the best prices.

• Pet love: Free
• Pet caring: You will need a leash (around $20) and a harness ($23) that are fit and appropriate for the size of the dogs. You’ll also need poop bags, especially if you walk more than a dog at a time
• Treats and toys: To make your pet walking easy, you’ll need treats and toys so that you’ll be able to keep your dogs engaged and happy.
• Marketing and promotion: Free internet.
• Dog Training Certification: According to the CCPDT (Certification Council For Professional Dog Trainers) the fees are between $240 – $400.

The total startup costs of a pet walker is around $433.

Potential Earnings

In average, the pet walker can charge between $20 – $30 per 30-minute walking. If you can do it with 4 dogs, you can earn a potential $120 every 30 minutes. Not bad doing what you love!

3. Apps Testing & Crowdtesting

One of the easiest side hustle you can do is to review apps or be part of test groups. Think about it for a second, most of the time, you don’t have to go somewhere or do any physical work – unless it’s a fitness product – but often, it’s only about doing some tasks and getting rewarded after each finished tasks. 

Now, it goes without saying that because of how easy it is, it’s an overcrowded market and payment are very low – around $.7 per task. 

Nonetheless, sites like TestBirds are great places you can start with

What Do You Need To Start?

Often times, to get started in the app testing and/or crowdtesting, the one thing you’ll need will be your computer or your phone.

That’s it.

Startup Cost

On most crowdtesting websites, the only thing you will need to do in order to get started is to fill an application form. 

When you get into these applications, they’ll vette all the applicants and if you are kept, you’ll get notified and start taking on tests.

Where to Start: Testbirds|UserTesting | Crowd4Test

Your startup cost is $0.

Potential Earnings

Your earning potentials are not big with testing websites, especially when starting out. But factoring in your null startup cost, everything you gain doing tests is automatic profit.

4. Sneakers Customization

Sneakers are a staple of every men’s wardrobe. It makes any look casual and younger. 

Furthermore, the sneakers global market value in the U.S is around 72 billions of dollars which makes it a great opportunity. 

If you are the creative type and love sneakers, this side hustle might be for you. 

More and more people are wanting to differentiate themselves from the crowd. The reason for it can be as simple as “being the only one to possess something”. 

There is a certain status in owning something rare. 

*Custom sneakers examples*

Some early birds even made millions of dollars customizing sneakers. Plus, it’s not that hard to get started.

What Do You Need To Start?

In order to start customizing sneakers, there are a few tools you’ll need:

• Paints: first off, you’ll need high-quality acrylic paints of different colors and leather paints too. 
• Brushes: You’ll also need a set of fine-tipped brushes in different sizes, so you can add details and create different effects. I personally love when guys create the paint overflowing effect on shoes.
• Masking tapes: Masking tapes are used to create more clean lines for your designs and also protect areas of the shoes that you don’t want to touch.
• Stencils: Sometimes, you want to add some graphics or repeatable designs, and stencils are specifically made for that.
• Finishers: They help prevent any paint chipping, scratches, and also to provide different sheens

Startup Cost

Let’s breakdown the total startup cost of a sneakers customization side hustle: 

• Paints: For a full kit of different colors of acrylic paints, you’ll have to pay between $20 and $65.
• Brushes: If you want a full set of brushes, you’ll have to pay between $6 and $30.
• Masking tapes: Masking tapes are the cheapest one that you’ll buy. Plus you can get them at any hardware store, at Home Depot ,or at CostCo.
• Stencils: Stencils can cost from $10 up to $70.
• Finishers: Just like the masking tapes, you can get acrylic finishers for less than $6 at any hardware store. 

The total cost to startup a sneakers customization business starts from $54 up to more than $170. 

Potential Earnings

The potential earning for customizing sneakers are literally endless. Think about it for a second. You can buy shoes for $100, customize it and sell it for more than $500. Some people can even sell one super custom sneaker for more than $1000. It’s quite the money, right?

5. Tutoring

Next is tutoring. This is a side hustle that will mean a lot in the future as A.I takes on more and more place.

People will need real human to help them face the difficulties of learning. 

Basically, tutoring is a paid mentorship where you guide the one you tutor  through the process of getting a specific outcome. 

Notice here: the main point is that the tutoring outcome needs to be specific.

In order for you to make any decent money with tutoring as a side hustle, you’ll have to make that distinction, it will help you leverage every aspect of your knowledge so that you’ll be able to price your services accordingly.

What Do You Need To Start?

Since you’re tutoring, it means that you won’t need that much thing to start. Mostly, what you’ll need is to create a system so that the specific outcome you want to reach is attainable in as little time as possible. The reason is that constraint will be part of your marketing speech to get clients fast.

Often, the people that need tutoring are students. So your best bet to start quickly is to find the nearest college, high-school… and propose your tutoring services.

Startup Cost

The startup cost for tutoring services is Free. You don’t need money to start teaching one-on-one. 

But, if you decide to turn it into an online tutoring service,you’ll have to pay around $100 to get started.

Potential Earnings

On average, tutors charge a fee of $10 to $20 per hour for students. 

6. Website building

If you are a techie guy that can build websites and you don’t want to get out of your comfort zone a lot, building websites as a freelancer may be a great idea.

Let’s be honest, a lot of websites suck. 

That’s why you may want to consider this side hustle idea. Plus, there are a lot of CMS and website builder you can use like Wix or WordPress.

Companies need websites because it helps them build trust, accountability and touch a lot more people than they would had they not do it.

What Do You Need To Start?

If you don’t know anything about WordPress or HTML, this may not be for you. But if you still want to dive in, you need to know that to create a website, there are certain necessary things you need to have:

• Domain name: A domain name is the name of your website. It’s what people type in their browser to find you and interact with you. So it needs to be sharp, easy to remember and clean.
• Computer: This may look common sense but you’ll need a good computer if you want to create a website. If you will want to do the designing and all those stuffs by yourself, there’s no way a simple computer will do it. So find yourself a good Macbook Pro or a HP… It doesn’t matter, make sure that you can run your programs quickly.
• Web development software: If you intend to program all the website by yourself and don’t want to use a CMS, a good software is crucial. Yet you don’t have to go overboard, Notepad++ will make it.
• You’ll also want to implement a way to let clients contact you whether with Facebook Whatsapp or Email. 

Your biggest difficulty will be to generate leads and clients. Most often than not, at first, you’ll likely struggle.

One of the best ways to find clients is to be proactive though. Find clients that you want to work with and recreate their homepage or some page for Free and contact them with that creation as a bait.

Startup Cost

If you already have a computer, you don’t need a lot to get started. Notepad++ is Free and for the communication part, Facebook and Whatsapp or Messenger already have APIs you can use to implement in your website by copy-pasting a little bit of code.

All in all, the only thing you need is a domain name and webhosting which starts at $0.9 per month.

Potential Earnings

According to Forbes, the average earning per year per website in the U.S is around $200. If you have templates already in place, this can mean little to no work at all. 

7. Video editing

Video editing is another great example of side hustles that have the potential to make you 6-figures a year. It’s a great skill you can incorporate in every industry and, if added to a bit of creativity, get you huge ROI.

What Do You Need To Start?

In order to get started in video editing as a part-time business, you need some tools:

• First, you need a great computer. In the website building section, we talked about the necessity to have a powerful computer for programming and design purposes. For video editing, it’s way more crucial because processing images and audios can require a lot of storage and graphics memory. You’ll need at least 16Gb RAM and a Vram graphic of 6Gb. Ultimately for graphics, Nvidia is the brand you want to stick with.
• Video editing software: Next, you need to choose your video editing software based on your editing level because you want your learning curve to be as little as possible. In that regard, you may want to buy softwares like Adobe Premiere Pro, Davinci Resolve, or Final Cut Pro.
• Extra storage: In the video and photography world, a single picture can take up to 500Mb based on the quality and the format. In that regard, having an extra storage is not superfluous. Heck, it’s even a Must.
• File Sharing softwares: Being a freelancer means working on other people’s project. For that matter, you need to have a way to share your editions quicker so that, both you and your client, make the right adjustments. You can use sharing tools Google Drive or Dropbox or even WeTransfer. 

Startup Cost

Here is what you’ll have to spend if you want to start video editing:

• Computer: The most preferred computer in the video editing world is the Apple iMac 2021. If you only want to stick to Windows computers, your best option is the Microsoft Surface Pro 2.
• For extra storage, the SanDisk 2Tb SSD portable storage is what you need.

To get started as a video editor, set out to spend around $2500.

Potential Earnings

Your potential earning with video editing depends on two factors: your level of expertise and the number of video edited. 

On average, you can charge between $20 and $120 per hour. 

8. Become A Virtual Assistant

Although the name may not sound fulfilling, working as a virtual assistant is another way to get you to a 5 figures annual salary. What’s interesting about being a virtual assistant is that you can do it in the comfort of your home or from anywhere in the world. 

In essence, a virtual assistant has a lot of different roles he can endorse like bookkeeping, social media management,  email management, and scheduling.

Each of these roles requires a set of skills that you’ll need either administrative skills, managerial skills, and communication skills. 

What Do You Need To Start?

Oftentimes, a virtual assistant requires working on a computer a lot because all their work is done remotely. From there, the virtual assistant needs to be comfortable with tools like G-Suite or video conferencing softwares. He also needs to be up to date when it comes to all the technologies in the field he’s working in. 

Startup Cost

If you want to start up as a virtual assistant, you need a decent computer and a good connection which can be found almost anywhere in the world. 

In order to give yourself the best chances, you may want to build a personal website so that you can show yourself and your expertise. 

All in all, you may only need a $450 budget.

Potential Earnings

The weekly pay for virtual assistants can start from $500 weekly up to $1200+ which makes it a good side hustle idea.

9. Sell Courses

If you have an expertise, you can turn it into a course and sell it on the internet. Selling courses is virtually one of the best ways to get people to know you, make money online, and build a sustainable business. 

Take the likes of Russell Brunson, Anthony Robbins, Robin Sharma, etc. They all have created courses to consolidate their reputations as experts in their field while making a ton of money along the way.

What Do You Need To Start?

Getting started as a course creator looks a lot like Tutoring.

You want to be specific on your outcome and create specific systems that will help people get to these goals. Yet, you also need to tailor it in a way that is digestible to more people, especially if you want to sell it online.

The basic list of tools you need to start creating your course are a computer, a good mic, a good 1080p camera and PowerPoint. The camera is less mandatory.

Startup Cost

To start selling your courses, sites like Udemy can be great places to begin with. It’s completely free.

And if you want to create more and be more in control, Clickfunnels or Systeme.io are the next level to makee the most out of your product. A good microphone costs around $60 and you can get a decent camera for about $99 which bring your total startup cost to $159.

Potential Earnings

The potential earning when you sell courses are virtually limitless. You can make 6-figures off of one single course depending on your marketing strategy and the offers you put into place.

10. Run Facebook Ads

Facebook is one the biggest social media in the world with over 1 billion active users. It goes without saying that if a company wants to make the most out of each marketing dollar, it would have to get on socials.

That’s why running Facebook Ads or any social media ads is a great way to make side income. 

The most profitable way you can use Facebook Ads is for lead generation. Lead generation consists of generating new leads for companies and getting paid on commission. But often, companies will gladly pay to just run their ads on their behalf.

What Do You Need To Start?

Running Facebook Ads for businesses requires the understanding of certain skills like copywriting and a basic technical understanding of Facebook Ads and the analytics.

Take the time to get certified on Facebook Ads.

You will also have to do cold calling to businesses so that you can get their approval to run Facebook Ads on their behalf. Plus, you’ll have to convince them to finance the first ads.

Generally, you will want to, first, run the ads and then be paid on commissions or per lead. 

Another option is to get paid hourly. It’s all part of the negotiation with the company. So you’ll have to be clear with how you want to be paid.

Startup Cost

If you reach out to businesses the right way, you may not need money to start running Facebook Ads. The company will handle the fees and you’ll have to provide the results so basically the startup cost is $0.

Potential Earnings

While running ads can make you up to $100,000 annually per client, you can make more than $250,000 running ads and generating leads. 

11. Delivery

Being a delivery man can be a good way to make ends meet, if you just want a couple hundred bucks per month. Delivering as a part-time job requires time-management skills so that you can deliver the product you are handed in order not to put the reputation of the company name in jeopardy.

What Do You Need To Start?

It’s not complicated to work as a deliverer. In most companies, there is no diploma requirements. What you are required to have is a smartphone with a GPS, a vehicle, and a flexible schedule. 

Startup Cost

Often, the company may hand you over the vehicle and you are more likely to have the smartphone. In that regard, your startup cost is zero.

Where to start: Uber Eats.

Potential Earnings

The average delivery driver’s hourly wage is around $15 which can result in whooping $1000 monthly. Not bad.

12. Transcriptionist

One of the side hustles I used to do is being a transcriptionist. A transcriptionist’s work is to transcribe audios or videos into text. It can be done anywhere, as long as you have a perfect connection and a computer.

Sounds easy, right?

On paper, yes it’s easy. But the quality of your work will depend on the quality of the sound you will have to deal with. Plus, you have the power to use A.I powered technologies to make your work a lot easier. 

What Do You Need To Start?

Most transcription websites will hand you all the tools and audios to work with. The only thing you really need to get started is a computer. That’s it. Furthermore, the computer doesn’t have to be that powerful because you’ll most likely do all the transcription online.

Then, you’ll have to put yourself in a position to be seen. Go to websites like Fiverr or Rev to post gigs.

Startup Cost

If you already have a computer, your startup cost will most likely be zero. But you’ll have to invest a little bit of time to get found and work on your first projects. 

Where to start: Rev.

Potential Earnings

According to Payscale, the median salary for transcriptionists is around $16.59 per hour. 

13. Ride Sharing

Let’s say that you have a car that you don’t drive much or that you love to drive. In the long run, it becomes a liability. A good way to turn it into a cash generating machine is to use Apps like Uber or Lyft to get paid for driving people. 

These apps can pay a lot, especially when driving during demanding hours.

What Do You Need To Start?

If you want to get started in ride sharing, you first need to apply for it. Often, you’ll be required to have a licence (duh!), then also have a driving experience – Uber asks for three years experience for people under 25). You’ll also have to provide some documents.

You have a lot of alternatives out there if Uber doesn’t accept your application. 

Startup Cost

If you already want to be an Uber driver, chances are that you already have a car. So the startup cost is null and you only have to wait for your application to be validated. You’re good to go. Yeeha! (I guess, it should be beep beep!)

Where to start: Uber.

Potential Earnings

At the lowest you can earn around $11.6 per hour. But don’t be fooled by those numbers because there is alot of factors that needs be accounted for like the traffic and the demand.

14. Start blog 

If you are in this game for the long run or you want to start a business as a side hustle, starting a blog still is one of the best side hustle ideas you can do because it builds authority, trust and has the potential to earn you millions overtime i.e TomsGuide.

Plus, you can use your blog and implement other side hustles on this list like Selling Courses or Tutoring or even add affiliate marketing to the whole mix.

It’s easy to start a blog and, generally, requires little maintenance to get going as long as you’re adding new content.

What Do You Need To Start?

Before you jump into starting your blog, you need to understand what it requires to create one. 

First off, you need to wisely choose a niche that is broad enough to allow you to pivot and narrow enough so that you can build authority around. Plus, that niche must be attractive – which means that you can make money off it.

Second, you need to host your website then plan your content. Then once you start your blog, the hardest part is to build links towards your website. 

Startup Cost

Generally speaking, you will have to spend $100 to do all the research with Ahrefs to look at your competitors, keywords, etc. 

Then you’ll pay around $10 per month on hosting your website. Most hosting websites have automatic installer that can install WordPress on your behalf.

Lastly, you will have to pay for Elementor Pro so that you can build an amazing website by yourself with the Elementor website builder.

So, you’ll need around $150 upfront and then around $50 per month to get it going.

Potential Earnings

With a blog, your potential earnings really depend on your niche and the amount of work necessary to be profitable. A finance blog will require a lot more work than a DIY blog. 

You’ll be able to earn more quickly with a DIY blog than with a finance blog but tha latter will be more likely to make more money once it gets traction. 

15. Copywriting

Copywriting is the ability to persuade people with words. It’s one of those high-income skills that are highly valuable. 

There are a lot of millionaire copywriters like Gary Bencivenga, Jon Benson or the late Gary Halbert – arguably the highest paid copywriter in history.

See, once you’ve mastered your skills as a copywriter it’s not uncommon to charge $10,000 per copy or work on royalties which can make you millions.

Even though A.I is around the corner writing copy automatically, it’s not likely that copywriting is going to die anytime soon because you’ll still have to personalise your copy to make it relevant and you still have to do your research. 

What Do You Need To Start?

If you want to work as a copywriter, you need to learn the basics of copywriting – Header writing, sales psychology, persuasion psychology, etc. 

Once you get the basics right, you need to work on gigs, to deepen your knowledge. In that regard, Fiverr or Upwork may be great places you can start. 

Another way to start is to look around, and help people to build your reputation around the subject – You can mix it within your blog too 😉. 

A way to speed up your start is to mix your copywriting with A.I.

Startup Cost

At the beginning, you’ll most likely to use more time than money because you’ll have to learn the mechanics. Once you get your first gigs going, you will likely be able to create a list of businesses that will come back at you time and time again, if you’ve done a good job delivering a great work.

Potential Earnings

Like I said in the beginning, you have the potential to earn millions with copywriting, but not at the beginning. 

Most likely, you can make $25 to $50 per gig as a starter. 

The way you can amp up your earning potential is to divide your copywriting gigs. For example, if you can write sales letters, you can create a gig for writing headlines, a gig for creating a landing page, another one for creating a 200-words direct response sales letter…

The possibilities are just limited by your imagination.

What’s Up Next?

As you can see there are a lot of side hustles for men that you can do. If you put in the work, you can earn big time and, maybe, quit your job to create your own 6-figures business along the way. You need a different mindset, read this article on Grant Cardone sharing how to build a successful business.