I've never worked in Elance but I have worked in outsourcing sites like oDesk and Guru. Yes this is a good idea as part-time jobs. I do this as part-time jobs for an extra allowance. Well, although it's not that big, it's still helpful. It's quite competitive since you have to compete with other freelancers and they already have a lot of experiences and do have a big rate already. So what I did was to rate myself low per hour. So when I have the lowest bid on projects, they hire me (I just do simple jobs like article writing, blog commenting and forum postings) because of the cheap price. So when they hire me, I will make it sure to do the job well so that contractors will give me a good feedback. Eventually when I already have a good rating and good feedback from contractors I've worked with, I then increase my hourly rate.
Elance is also a good freelance site that offer different freelancing jobs that suit on your so if you want to look for good career start searching on Elance.
Yeah I've had experience of working as freelancer at Elance.com however, I'm now engaged with www.freelancer.com since it is a better outsourcing marketplace than elance.com.
yeah mate you can easily use them specially Odesk and Elance they are reliable and market leader for freelancing. No worries your money will be safe.... Thanks Brian
I think the best sites for remote work are: upwork, staff.com, freelancer.com You might want to check these alternatives. Good luck!
I've tried signing up a Guru, and they reject my post because it says my post is a "sales/event announcement"
I advise you to try the site Xplace. Very good conditions for freelancers and high hourly rate, I think you will like it, I have been working there for over a year, I can always find a job there)
