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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Jun 7, 2012@jon218 You can...
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Posted Jun 7, 2012You can't buy or sell any potions/different leaves/types of saplings/other woods/anything with an id like 171:5228, or 17:2
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Posted Jun 7, 2012@tr0lolol Well, you can already do something like that, can't you?
GENERATE_STATISTICS_PAGE is the key.
@dropposite Maybe install ChestShop?
@yurikoma "This"?
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Posted Jun 6, 2012@Acrobot
can we get this dev version :P
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Posted Jun 6, 2012@blacksheep404 I have the same problem
100s of chestshops all being looted because the signs suddenly are just words and no longer a working chestshop.....
I have no idea what to do here
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Posted Jun 6, 2012@Acrobot Great :D would you add this to the chestshop plugin as an additional functionality when it's finished?
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Posted Jun 6, 2012@tr0lolol Yep, you can do that. Just turn the LOG_TO_DATABASE on and edit the DB settings in bukkit.yml :)
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Posted Jun 6, 2012@Acrobot: does chestshop come with an mysql support? or can you simply integrate one in it? I'm asking this because of a plugin request.
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Posted Jun 6, 2012@blacksheep404 Well, it's there exactly for that so you don't open your shop's chest when you're trying to edit the sign :P
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Posted Jun 6, 2012@Acrobot A sign in your hand keeps you from buying. I had no idea. Thanks!
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Posted Jun 6, 2012@blacksheep404 I believe that the right-sign-click-editing option is not a ChestShop option. Check if you're using any sign editing plugins, or are you maybe holding a sign? Also, are you in creative mode?
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Posted Jun 6, 2012@Acrobat I left click and just punch the sign. I right click, and it gives me the option to change what is on the sign - but no matter what I type, it doesn't change. No error in chat or console what-so-ever, but absolutely no transaction, buy or sell, from admin signs or from personal ones.
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Posted Jun 6, 2012@PawniX Not yet, because, as I said before, I forgot about it - it wasn't posted to the "tickets" section.
@blacksheep404 What do you mean by "cannot use them"? Do you get any errors in the chat/console?
Probably (but I'm not sure) iConomy failed, but I don't know for sure.
@xXKomeXx Leaves, when held in hand, change their data value. (Just look at the /iteminfo)
For stone bricks - yes, I know.
And yes, and update IS planned, but my tester is offline, so it's hard to do that.
@pennywallet Are you sure you've got the admin permission?
@rtcabooservb Ok, checking.
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Posted Jun 6, 2012@Acrobot
little question did u add unsafe enchants support? cuz i have a pvp server ( with totaly overpowered weapons in some minigames like enchants lvl 100 and stuff)
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Posted Jun 5, 2012Pretty new to the whole bukkit thing altogether. Earlier this afternoon, made a host of Admin Shops; they worked this afternoon. I literally leave for 6 hours, come back, and I can make Admin Shops, but I cannot use them, and nobody else on my server can either. What gives? What am I missing?
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Posted Jun 5, 2012I was wondering about leaves and stone bricks...
leaves are buyable, but I cannot sell them back
stone bricks...no matter wat ID i use, i get circular stone brick and it only accepts circular sotne bricks for sellbacks
also im wondering if your going to give one more update to the plugin before the "1.3.0" update?
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Posted Jun 5, 2012@Acrobot
Thanks! Let me speak with the server owner... I think we can do that...
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Posted Jun 5, 2012Hi there Im having trouble with admin shops. I have read that you dont need a chest to place down an admin shop sign. When I place a sign down that has admin shop it pops off the wall and says [Shop] Cannot find a chest.
The format of the sign is as follows:
Admin Shop 10 B 10:5 S STONE
Any help on this glitch/error would be helpful, thanks
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Posted Jun 5, 2012@Acrobot Buying different stone bricks works now, however, shops only allow you to buy 1 item at a time now, even if you define a higher number.
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Posted Jun 5, 2012@junebugjump "Long time" means a month now, and of course you can volunteer - everyone can. What I need you to do is to:
download ChestShop from here:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11388037/Bukkit/ChestShop.jar
make a list of what works/what doesn't work/what still needs refinings, and PM me it :)