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)
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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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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:
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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 27, 2012Ok :/ Is it possible 2 create a new money system that works with your ChestShop 2gether? Donates are not the Problem and I think it's interesting for other people, too.
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Posted Jun 27, 2012I just noticed that when using this on my server that all mods admins and the owner (me), can create shops but cant buy from them or sell. I have the permission: chestshop.shop.* for the ranks but it still wont work. The only people who can buy and sell are the builders. My ranks go from starter to builder then mod, admin, owner.
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Posted Jun 27, 2012@GrandmaSeller I have no idea, honestly - Nijikokun seems to not care about Bukkit anymore. I don't know how to convert to H2, unfortunately.
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Posted Jun 27, 2012With the H2 Database create/convert from mysql in iConomy pls. The lag problem is with iConemy & Chestshop & mysql = Very hard Lags with 50+ user. iConemy & ChestShop with Flatfile = No Problems with lags only the bug wipes the userdatas, nasty thing. but Nijikokun dont answer... have u got any ideas?
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Posted Jun 27, 2012@GrandmaSeller With what?
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Posted Jun 27, 2012Acrobot can you help me plese?
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Posted Jun 27, 2012@UnitedFactions Really? I mean, there has been an updated version, still 3.35 :P
@FuRiouSOne The "chest destroy" setting is only when you use an external plugin, like LWC, and it still isn't just "turning off" the whole system - it's only limiting it. Sorry, I won't add that node. If you want to destroy ChestShops, let your region selling plugin roll back, instead of using some "backdoors" in other plugins.
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Posted Jun 27, 2012@Acrobot
It still works though ;)
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Posted Jun 26, 2012I seam to have major lag when someone buys from a chest by spamming. Is there something I can do about this, I'm running 1.2.5 r4.0 with iconomy
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Posted Jun 26, 2012@Acrobot
But you allow the setting of destroy chests in the config, this is more dangerous then destroying the sign as if a server owner set this setting to false every single player on the server will be able to destroy any chest chop chest out there but not the sign and the chests is what holds the items being sold....
I have my server set up to where even if players had ChestShop.destroy they wont be able to unless they have rights in the area (world guard and factions). Please can you just add it as a permission and set it to default op or false so i can use it? Adding this will not hinder any other server as the permission added will be default to op or false and server owners do not have to give the node just like they dont have to set protect chests to false in the config.
Its just adding a child node ChestShop.destroy to ChestShop.admin, is that too much to ask? :(
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Posted Jun 26, 2012@FuRiouSOne Yes, it IS dangerous when you grant it to people. Assume there's a region market and a public market. You give your user ChestShop.destroy permission. Now, he can also destroy all shops in the public market area.
@idgarad Well, you can make an admin shop that buy items from hand :P
For the events - sure, but not now. PM me, please, about that.
@UnitedFactions Well, I deleted STACK_UNSTACKABLES in the newest test version, because it has caused too much trouble in the past.
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Posted Jun 26, 2012@Acrobot
Acrobot Item stacking still works in 3.4.5 ;) STACK_UNSTACKABLES: false
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Posted Jun 26, 2012@Acrobot
Acrobot Item stacking still works in 3.4.5 ;)
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Posted Jun 26, 2012@Acrobot
Not if you just add in a child permission node for ChestShop.admin and make it default to op
ChestShop.shop.destroy would be sufficient as a child node to ChestShop.admin. Its not dangerous when its default to OP and the owner can assign this destroy permission to group they want to use it.
All i need is one permission node added, tell me what i have to do to get this added please.
ChestShop.shop.destroy Default: op description: Allows the user to destroy sign and chests
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Posted Jun 26, 2012@Acrobot
"What prevents you from just creating a shop to do that?" - Well as best as I can figure the individual players would need to create a chest of their own for the /sell event. Do you have any info on economy events that I could read up on? I'd love to get a new server with at least the auto-selling chest up and running for players while I hope to get the factions stuff and quotas sorted out.
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Posted Jun 26, 2012@appleshake There is a test version already. Just go into the main topic. The test version is just a new version of ChestShop, but not tested fully (but should work)
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Posted Jun 26, 2012@Acrobot haha you'r right that was REALLY old :D my bad! Updated to the newest 3.4.2 but I got the same problem. When could we expect the new Update, fixing that problem? thanks for your fast reply.
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Posted Jun 26, 2012@appleshake Well, I believe that's fixed in the new test version. BTW 3.39? That's really, REALLY old.
@FuRiouSOne Well, to be honest, I won't add that. SimpleRegionMarked should bring the region to the original state, adding that option would be really, really harmful to ChestShop.
@idgarad "Your group". Well, I'm the only one, I only have testers :P
What prevents you from just creating a shop to do that?
Also, in the newest ChestShop (test version), you can make that by yourself - there are economy events that you can create and it will all work fine :)
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Posted Jun 26, 2012Hey, I got an issue with BLOCK_SHOPS_WITH_SELL_PRICE_HIGHER_THAN_BUY_PRICE. I set it to true but it doesn't block these shops! And there is no difference between Regular Players and OPs. Everybody could build them and generate a lot of money ;)
Someone having the same problem here?
Plugins:Bukkit 1.2.5 R1.0 #2149 ChestShop v 3.39 for CB 1.2.5-R1.0 Essentials 2.9.1 - Using Essentials ECO LWC 4.2.0 for CB 1.2.5-R2.0