Elance has got to be the largest online marketplace for freelancers and “buyers,” with service providers earning over $200 million to date.

When I started freelancing, I signed up for Elance and tried to find clients there, too. But I was a big Elance failure. I won zero bids. I made zero dollars.

So I soon gave up Elance and looked for clients in other places. I never looked back, and now I don’t have to.

But 93,000 services providers on Elance can’t all be wrong. Check out these providers I found and their Elance earnings in the last six months (names were changed but earnings weren’t):

Lisa, Copywriter: $23,674

Lorrie, Article Writer: $11,619

Christa, Graphic Designer: $9,575

Claire, Web Designer: $11,515

Becky, Virtual Assistant: $10,008

Not bad, I say! So there are people making money on Elance. Are you one of them? Please post a comment below and let us know – do you Elance? Why or why not?

photo credit: rochelle, et. al.

PS: If you’d like to learn how to get good projects through Elance, check out “How to Make Money on Elance,” an interview of Trish Lambert, Elance premier provider who has earned six figures on Elance alone.