ChestShop (iConomyChestShop)
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ChestShop
A simple, yet very powerful system for making physical shops using signs and chests.
It's never been that easy to create shops! With features like shop protection and anti-lag protection, you won't have to worry about your server's economy anymore!
"Just works"! ChestShop supports almost all economy plugins by using Vault!
(Versions above 3.9.2 also support economy plugins using the Reserve API)
Some known compatible and incompatible economy plugins.
Please check if there are newer development builds before reporting issues!
If you are upgrading from a previous version of ChestShop please make sure to always read the warnings in the file's changelog!
The plugin by default submits anonymous stats about your server (player count, plugin/server version and type) to a public statistics websites (mcstats.org and bstats.org) in order to provide the developers with usage information. If you wish to opt out, you can do so in the PluginMetrics/config.yml and bstats/config.yml files. It also features an auto-update feature, which can be turned off in the config.
Frequently Asked Questions
Permissions
User-made tutorials
Download the latest stable version
Download the latest development version
Download 1.12.2 version
Download 1.8.8 version
Download older versions
API for plugin developers
Source code on GitHub
Crowdin Localization Project
Thread on Bukkit forums
IRC chat (#chestshop on irc.esper.net)
Discord Channel Joining through that invite auto subscribes you to important update notifications, if you don't want that use this invite.
bStats metrics
Additional modules for ChestShop:
ChestShop LegacyIds - allows usage of numeric and old pre 1.13 string IDs on signs
Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)
Towny module - to use with Towny plugin
ChestShop Notifier - records all sales, even when the player is offline (Maintained by Phoenix616)
ChestShopTools - Enchantment info signs and empty shop notifier (Maintained by Phoenix616)
Adda - Item display icons above the chest, transaction limit, Discord alerts, per-player shop limit! (User-made)
ChestIcon - Icons for Chests, just like the Showcase plugin! (User-made, broken on newer versions)
Libelula Auto Shop - easy creation of admin shops, using Essentials (User-made)
ChestShopLimiter+ - limits the number of shops per player (User-made, abandoned)
ChestShopListing - Stores shops and transactions in SQL; adds related features including in-game search (User-made)
ChestShopConfirmation - confirmation screen before buying (User-made)
SearchChestShop - search for shops selling certain items (User-made)
BoltChestShop - Add support for Bolt container protections (Made by the Bolt author)
Using shops
It's easy! Just right-click the sign to buy, left-click to sell. (You can configure the buttons in the config file!)
How to create a shop
Player shop
| Place a chest on the ground | |
| Place a sign 1 block away from the chest (for example, above it) | |
| On the sign, write: | ![]() |
| Leave the first line empty. It will be automatically filled with your name by the plugin (if you have the permission ChestShop.admin then you can create shops with the names of other players) | |
| Second line is the amount of items to buy or sell | |
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Third line is a combination of buy and sell prices. You need to have a price indicator (like 'B' - price that will apply to items BOUGHT by PLAYERS - or 'S' - the SELL price) near the price - the prices are separated by a colon (:) |
Some of the possible price combinations: "B 5:5 S", "B 5", "S free" |
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The forth line will hold the id/name of the item. Write ? on the sign and the item will be autofilled with the one from the chest or you can click on the sign with the item afterwards. Optionally you can put the actual name on it. You can find out the name of the item you're holding by doing /iteminfo |
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| Resulting Shop | ![]() |
| A person can buy 64 diamonds for 10 dollars and sell them back for 5 dollars from Phoenix616 |
If you want you can also take a look at this video tutorial.
Admin Shop - shop with unlimited items
Firstly, you've got to be sure that you've the ChestShop.admin permission or that you are an OP. To make an Admin Shop, simply put "Admin Shop" (configurable in config.yml) on the first line of the sign when creating the shop. Admin Shops do not require a chest!
Translations
- /iteminfo - Get information about the item in your hand
- /iteminfo <id/name> - Get information about the item with the given id or name
- /shopinfo - Get information about the looked-at shop
- /csgive <itemcode> [<amount>] [<player>] - Give item with a unique ChestShop code to a player
- /cstoggle - Toggle buy and sell notificiation messages
- /chestshop version - Display the ChestShop version
- /chestshop reload - Reload the ChestShop config and translation messages. (This might not reload some features)
- /csaccess - Toggles ability to buy/sell on shops while having admin/access permissions and normally being ignored
Permission nodes
| Description | ||
|---|---|---|
| ChestShop.shop.* | shop creation and buying/selling - it contains: | |
| ChestShop.shop.create.* |
create all types of shops |
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| ChestShop.shop.buy | buy any item from shop | |
| ChestShop.shop.sell | sell any item to shop | |
| ChestShop.mod | open any shop chest | |
| ChestShop.admin | open any shop chest, destroy stores, create (admin) shops |
A full list of permission nodes
Configurations
Useful tips by players
| How not to get bankrupt | A customisable price table |
| Alternative price table |
Compatibility
ChestShop directly hooks into the following plugins to provide additional functionality:
- AuthMe (and forks like AuthMe Reloaded)
- WorldGuard
- Residence
- LWC (and forks like LWCX and Modern-LWC)
- Lockette
- LockettePro
- Deadbolt
- SimpleChestLock
- OddItem
- Heroes
- ShowItem
Metrics
This resource sends metrics data to McStats and bStats. You can opt-out of metrics for all plugins on your server by changing the settings in the PluginMetrics/config.yml and the bStats/config.yml file if you don't want any data to be send.
More info
Even more information can be found in the old plugin thread on the forums.
Got an error or suggestion?
Simply submit a ticket here!
If you have a Github account and have coding knowledge you can also directly open an issue on Github. (You can also fund them via IssueHunt!)
If you just need general help feel free to ask in the comments or join the #chestshop channel on Spigot's IRC network (irc.spi.gt, webchat)
Has ChestShop helped you or your server?
If you want to thank the team in a more materialistic way, feel free to donate or buy Phoeni616 a beer! :)
A shout-out to Acrobot's friend:
We believe that the music he makes is really stunning - you can decide it for yourself!
If you have an issue then please open a ticket on GitHub or post on SpigotMC.org for faster replies to questions!


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Posted May 19, 2012Hello, would it be possible to make it so the first line (the user's name/Admin Shop) be colored, like in aqua or green, so people can diffirentiate ChestShop signs from regular signs?
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Posted May 18, 2012Hi could you add a function that players when making chestshop, would be only able to add stuff in there, but not remove ? So they don't use it as a LWC. That would be god sent !
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Posted May 18, 2012@asle123 Yes, why don't you try it?
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Posted May 17, 2012Does 3.42 work with 1.2.5-R1.0?
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Posted May 17, 2012@ozzyosb100 Update your Towny to the new DEV build.
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Posted May 16, 2012@Acrobot:
Error occurred while enabling ChestShop v3.42 java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/palmergames/bukkit/towny/exceptions/NotRegisteredException
the path in my Towny.jar file is com/palmergames/bukkit/towny/NotRegisteredException
(omit the next to last directory "exceptions")
is this a bug or am I doing something wrong? this happened after I upgraded from v3.39 (I think)
TIA
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Posted May 16, 2012@deleted_6264528 Oh wow :P
Sure, I'll re-write it fully in 2 days or so :P
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Posted May 15, 2012@Acrobot
Thanks for your Reply. When I type "Smooth_brick" it turns automatically into "Smooth Brick" and you still can't use the shop. I'll wait for the re-write! :)
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Posted May 15, 2012@pimsserver Did you even read the FAQ?
http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/chestshop/pages/faq/
@deleted_6264528 Yeah, I know, but a next huge re-write is being made, so at the moment if you MUST sell the bricks, just use Smooth_bricks or something like that :)
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Posted May 15, 2012Yep same here, players can't sell Smooth Bricks!
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Posted May 15, 2012how could i possible get rid of the "[Shop] You cannot buy/sell here!"
i have turned off the worldguard and towny support and some shops work, while others don't.
for as far as i know it only happens to admin shops, even though they've been set up the very same...
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Posted May 14, 2012chest shops not able to be destructible in unprotected areas .. even though protections are set to false and items still stack (like armor and potions) when people sell items in bulk even though config for stack unstackable is false.
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Posted May 13, 2012@Acrobot
Same problem is here
all gets smooth brick:3
08:48:17 [INFO] ChestShop version 3.42 08:48:17 [INFO] A chest shop for economy plugins. 08:48:17 [INFO] Author: Acrobot
08:50:47 [INFO] This server is running CraftBukkit version git-Bukkit-1.2.5-R1.3-1-g1614fe8-b2177jnks (MC: 1.2.5) (Implementing API version 1.2.5-R1.4-SNAPSHOT)
08:51:05 [INFO] Plugins (41): LagMeter, Minequery, WorldEdit, NoCheatPlus, FamilyJewels, ChannelChat, Vault, Multiverse-Core, PermissionsEx, LogBlock, ChatCensor, WorldGuard, AutoRank, VoidWarp, NarrowtuxLib, TopPVP, KeepItems, dynmap, Chairs, bcVote, iConomy, Showcase, xAuth, CommandHelper, BKCommonLib, mcMMO, PlantFailure, MoneyDrop, CleanroomGenerator, Essentials, WorldBorder, CreeperHeal, EssentialsSpawn, WebAuction, CreativeGates, LWC, Train Carts, ChestShop, EssentialsChat, Factions, Dynmap-Factions
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Posted May 13, 2012with version 3.4, everything (except redstone lamps) works fine. I updated to 3.42 and noticed that a players shop selling smooth bricks (id: 98) stopped working properly. Although it is well-stocked, it says that it is empty, just like it did with id:123 (redstone lamp) in 3.40
some ideas?
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Posted May 13, 2012@rickoman Oh snap... Yeah, I forgot about it when I was re-writing the function... Well, I'll fix that soon!
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Posted May 13, 2012Hello, I am using version 3.42 and I am finding that the config option: BLOCK_SHOPS_WITH_SELL_PRICE_HIGHER_THAN_BUY_PRICE: true does not actually have any effect. I have tried both true and false, but users can still set the "S" price higher than the "B" price.
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Posted May 13, 2012@UnitedFactions Hello :)
You can already make it - if you change the database settings in bukkit.yml to use MySQL, everything will be saved there :)
Here's a person who did it not a long time ago:
http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/econ-chestshop-3-42-iconomychestshop-chest-sign-shop-for-economy-plugins-1-2-5-r1-3.4150/page-254#post-1108270
And here is his page:
http://www.strontkever.com/chestshop/
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Posted May 12, 2012@Acrobot
Hi Acrobot, How are you? I have a suggestion / feature to add,
You know that there is a PVP webstats plugin out there, that keeps track of your PVP kills, in a mysql database, and then there is a plugin / program that puts that on your website?
Why is Chestshops still using HTML files ;) It is not working propely and this way I cannot set it up for my server, because my webserver is not on the same box ;) I would really like to see MYSQL stats integration into chestshops so we can make a Shop Stats page / Shop Sales page on the website. We are really happy with Chestshops and i works great since 1.8! If you can make this feature or contact me to anyone that could do this, I will donate to your project yet again ;) Please contact me.
Greetings
SupaYoshi United Factions
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Posted May 12, 2012@FuRiouSOne Yeah, that's the problem, I changed the type recognition to more "general" in 3.42, so when a Minecraft update is out, it will work too with the new items.
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Posted May 12, 2012@syam1218
My Admin Shops work selling 98, 98:2, 98:3 to player just fine. I am running chest shop version 3.40 tho.