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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Jul 20, 2012@Acrobot
That's it Thank you very much.
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Posted Jul 20, 2012@maniacmusic "...here" means that you've turned on the WorldGuard/Towny integration in the config and your users try to build shops in non-flagged terrain/not their own shop plot.
@l4pierce Is the HTML file created at all? If not, try deleting the whole "STATISTICS_PAGE_PATH" (or something like that) from the config - it will regenerate. Then, check if it's created in ChestShop's plugin directory.
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Posted Jul 19, 2012How do i get the html file to generate? I have the HTML files, the config option is set to true and i set a valid path. Its not generating anything in the logs.
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Posted Jul 19, 2012@Acrobot Sorry for making your life harder, I'll be sure to post a ticket next time.
Tried with both 3.42 and 3.46 both giving the same results. I can create shops - no problem, just users can't, the plugin tells them "You can't create shops here." or something like that.
I use PEX and Factions/FactionsPlus btw if that matters.
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Posted Jul 19, 2012@maniacmusicSorry, but I rarely check comments. There is a "tickets" section, in which you can report bugs. You need to tell me your /version output, same with /csversion output. Also, what message do you get when you try to create a shop?
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Posted Jul 19, 2012@Acrobot
I reload the page every 5 minutes hoping to get a answer. Please answer if you have a free minute, thanks.
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Posted Jul 19, 2012@re4397 Because I'm on HOLIDAYS and I haven't got my programming computer with me!
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Posted Jul 19, 2012Acrobot why do you not fix the bug of sign with negative values?
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Posted Jul 19, 2012On my tekkit server no one is able to create a shop anywhere. -.- Tried a bunch of permissions, nothing helps...
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Posted Jul 19, 2012@ToddVee That seems like a serious issue. Are you sure they don't belong to the group which created the [restricted] sign?
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Posted Jul 18, 2012Hi,
although players don't have permissions, they can destroy [restricted] signs above the shops and therefore bypass the restrictions. They simply destroy the sign and buy, then re-create the sign.
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Posted Jul 18, 2012@TerraNetworkOrg HTML-stats gets its data from the database.
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Posted Jul 18, 2012@Acrobot
Where does the html-statistics get it's data from?
It doesn't look lik it's using the transaction log, does it edit the html-file directly?
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Posted Jul 18, 2012@Gizmoholm Can you see the "EXPERIMENTAL" near this setting? This means it's experimental, and it might not work. Unfortunately, I can't do anything about it, unless WorldGuard team exposes an API for this.
Usually the thing that breaks WorldGuard flag is a /reload.
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Posted Jul 17, 2012@LevveGames
i had this issue too the way i fixed it (using PEX) was to add -ChestShop.shop.create.* to the lower rank that you DONT want to be able to create the shops be sure to put it in just like that INCLUDING the dash - the dash negates the perm forcing them to be disallowed, i have done this and it corrected the issue so the lower ranks can no longer create shops, i have tested it
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Posted Jul 17, 2012@Gizmoholm
i use worldguard for the mall that my players build their shops in i have had no issues between chestshop and worldguard i have been using this same method for 8 months with chestshop and worldguard, never an issue between the two,
i dont even understand what the issue is that your are having, you didnt explain it very well. you said you " have to flag them" have to flag what? and what flag are you using? why do you have to flag them? what happens which requires flaging? you didnt explain any of this and thus wont get any help........
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Posted Jul 17, 2012i also have just experienced the severe event regarding what appears to be enchanted items in chest shop
http://pastie.org/4270510 since i updated chestshop 3 days ago this has happened 5 times,
when it occurs the server totaly freezes up but only for about 30 seconds or more long enough to disconnect everyone from the server due to time out,
as requested i have made this a ticket, hope this helps let me know if there is anything else you need from me to help clarify whats causing this
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Posted Jul 17, 2012great job im waiting for more updates :)
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Posted Jul 17, 2012@LeonardoMaciel
Getting the same issue.
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Posted Jul 17, 2012PLEASE PLEASE !! I BEG YOU !! MAKE CHESTSHOP WORK WITH WORLDGUARD PROPERLY , ive got over 60 shops and i have to flag them everytime i restart the server ! ITS SUPER FRUSTRATING ,Pls pls pls fix it soon i beg you