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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 29, 2012@UnitedFactions Nope. It's still in "consideration" stage. PM me for a fixed CraftBukkit build.
@dotapurex1 Read the FAQ.
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Posted Jun 29, 2012How come you can create a chest like this, is there a permission for it?
Example:
Tony 1 B 0 Dirt
You are still able to create this even though you don't have a permission...
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Posted Jun 28, 2012Oh never mind, problem solved. I figured out you cant buy from shops in creative.
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Posted Jun 28, 2012@Acrobot
When I right click or left click on a shop sign thats not my own, it doesnt buy or sell
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Posted Jun 28, 2012@Acrobot
So is it fixed in the dev release of craftbukkit? yes / no? :)
Thanks
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Posted Jun 28, 2012@UnitedFactions Oh, you mean that. Yep, it does do that, but it's not ChestShop's issue - see more here:
https://github.com/Bukkit/CraftBukkit/pull/799
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Posted Jun 28, 2012@UnitedFactions
This is on 3.45 btw TEst version from the forum post
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Posted Jun 28, 2012@Acrobot
Yes really it still works, if you make a sign:
Playername
2
B 10
Diamond Sword
and you put 2 swords in the chest, and then someone buys them they are stacked.
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Posted Jun 28, 2012@FuRiouSOne Haha, no problem - I think I've really sounded harsh, so sorry for that :P
Allow_unstackables will be deleted, because it has caused too much problems, unfortunately.
@allix8 Ehh, please search. This is fixed in the test version of ChestShop. You can find it in the main plugin's thread.
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Posted Jun 28, 2012@Acrobot
Thank you, i guess i should have tried that node before all the book writing i did here :D. Everything works perfect for what i want now using that node, sorry if i sounded a bit harsh and thanks again.
On a side note the allow unstackable settings in the config still doesnt seem to work for potions and poison. I think i reported that a while back.
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Posted Jun 28, 2012in AdminShope can not sell players to the following items: 98:3 98:2 98:1 instead sold 98
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Posted Jun 28, 2012@FuRiouSOne Sorry then, the description in the file is false and I forgot to change it >.<
Here's the proper permission list page:
http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/chestshop/pages/permission-nodes/
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Posted Jun 28, 2012@Acrobot
This is what it says for mod:
ChestShop.mod: description: Allows user only to view other store chests, he can't destroy them or create an Admin Shop
Is this wrong? Im confused cause you say it does allow them to destroy.
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Posted Jun 28, 2012@SnugSites Nope, sorry.
@FuRiouSOne No, it's not too difficult to add. The difficulty is in making it work fine. I can't make it safe and use some sub-nodes to work-around this at the same time. No, a donation wouldn't change anything.
If you want to destroy shops and not create admin shops, that's why there is a
ChestShop.mod
permission. It works exactly like you say - it lets you destroy other shops and doesn't let you create admin shops.
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Posted Jun 27, 2012@Acrobot
What can we expect to see in the near updates?
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Posted Jun 27, 2012Is there any way to limit the number of Chest Shops per player?
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Posted Jun 27, 2012@Acrobot
Dont see the problem in adding this child node as it would be a child to an op only node already included with the plugin but ok.
Also make note the chest destroy setting in the config is very dangerous is to have even more dangerous then the requested sign destroy setting as a chest hold all the items the shop sells and is some owner sets this to true by mistake and not set lwc integration they risk all chest shop chest being destroyed by griefers.
My logic is why have the chest destroy setting and not both sign and chest destroy or neither?
Is what i am requesting/asking for too difficult to add? The Nodes and settings you have in place now can be very dangerous for any uneducated server owner and what i am requesting would have no effect other then making it easier for me to take advantage of the requested settings/node on my server.
Asking the Dev of regionmarket to add in a rollback feature would involve more work then just adding in a simple child node to an op only admin node on this plugin.... I would love to use the .admin node but this would allow all my members to create admin shops which i cant have.
Would a donation help my request getting implemented? Like i said a simple child node would not cause any problems for anyone that is currently using chestshop as the parent admin node is default to OP only.
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Posted Jun 27, 2012@np98765 Well, in the newest test version, LOG_TO_CONSOLE properly disables the console logging for me.
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Posted Jun 27, 2012Hey there,
Can anyone confirm that changing log_to_console: false still logs to console. I'm getting pretty frustrated, because it's hard to chat/read/do anything with the Console when all you see are shop messages...
Is something wrong with the config line?:
LOG_TO_CONSOLE: false
Thanks.
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Posted Jun 27, 2012@GrandmaSeller Well, you can use any economy plugin compatible with Vault.
@peterroxible Sorry, but I can't help you. I am not a mind-reader and I don't know what you mean by "cant buy or sell".