Hello,

I found one contributor putting personal email address in "about" section of his portfolio !
like this : For any questions please contact me by email ........

My first question , is this legal with SS ?

Also is it useful thing ?

May be some one contact me for custom photo or something ?

so if it's legal what is pros and cons

Thanks

Not really. I don't think that offering the same images on different stock sites is equal to putting your e-mail on SS site.

Let's say you decide to do it. Let's say, you ask SS if it's OK, and they say, no problem. I doubt you will get many extra customers from that, because people who buy on microstocks are not likely to look for customized images of anything. Microstocks are like supermarkets. How often would a person buying grocery would start calling suppliers to buy a "customized" dozen of eggs? You will get a lot of spam and requests from odd people who don't really know what they are doing. You decide what's works better for you.

Hi,
Actually on Shuttertock there is a place where you can put your social media links, such as facebook and to your website or blog. So, the customer already can find you.

Let's say you decide to do it. Let's say, you ask SS if it's OK, and they say, no problem. I doubt you will get many extra customers from that, because people who buy on microstocks are not likely to look for customized images of anything. Microstocks are like supermarkets. How often would a person buying grocery would start calling suppliers to buy a "customized" dozen of eggs? You will get a lot of spam and requests from odd people who don't really know what they are doing. You decide what's works better for you.

red says it all. well said, aleutie!
from our map of sales, you can tell it is a buyer of images working for a  company.
it's not Miss PixBuyer looking for something eclectic. (for that maybe offset or stocksy)..

your supermarket analogy is perfect. it's a buyer being paid a salary to fill orders for clients
. he/she is not subjectively looking for ansel adams or man ray or even joe blow-local new foto genius
..for a photograph that would curl toes or raise goose-pimples when looked at.
he/she is looking at the clock on the wall thinking,
"hmm, 4 hours before lunchtime, i still have 2,000 images to find..
apples, kiwifruit, marijuana, man shaking hand, telemarketing agent...
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
DING
oops, cigarette break!

Except John would've written that part.

I do not have images on SS. However, I have had numerous contacts over the last 13 years which originated from a viewer of my photos in a microstock site. For example:
- Humane Society wanted to be sure my animals in a live trap were a real capture and not a staged shot (internal rules of use). A few images were sold via microstock site that otherwise would not have sold.
- Buyer wanted slightly customized image backgrounds which I could provide because I had the Photoshop files with the clipped images already. About 20 customized images came out of this deal not at microstock prices.
- Travel site wanted to confirm my skylines were current and included any recent construction. Good for a few images I suspect.
- Saw my microstock images and wanted custom travel and tourism shots for a city related book. Made a good deal on 6 images that ended up in the book. Additional later sales as stock images followed.

So I think contact info is a good thing if allowed. There is the occasional inquiry that won't like your pricing quotes. They are expecting custom work at microstock prices so have your defensive arguments ready.