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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Aug 12, 2012@asofold
That works great! Thanks!
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Posted Aug 11, 2012Getting this on 1.3.1: http://pastebin.com/pntrWKSH
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Posted Aug 11, 2012@strontkever
Perhaps
Close_Empty_Shops and Remove_Empty_Shops
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Posted Aug 11, 2012@Acrobot
please make it optional then, since players own shops and they dont need to get rid of the chest (and also keep the sign this way)
i love that function
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Posted Aug 11, 2012@RasCas There IS a message. It's some bug with 1.3... Also, REMOVE_EMPTY_SHOPS - yeah, I might change that.
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Posted Aug 11, 2012regarding "REMOVE_EMPTY_SHOPS: false
Is it possible to destroy sign and chest, so that the place is free for a new shop? Right now the owner (or an Op) has to come back an destroy it manually. I dislike many locked chests because Users are selling just a few parts to test the shop and run out of stock in a minute.
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Posted Aug 11, 2012@HockeyMike24
running fine her, selling and buying emeralds for money is no problem.
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Posted Aug 11, 2012Some interesting/confusing observations: If i do not have enough money nothing happens, so i thought the shop is not working for buying only selling gives a message. It would be nice if there would be a message if you do not have enough money, too. There is a corresponding message in local (german) but it does not show up.
running 3.46
PS: after a server restart message shows up correctly, strange
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Posted Aug 10, 2012Could you make it so you can have shops for emeralds?
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Posted Aug 10, 2012@Bobbosells32 Do /iteminfo while holding the item. It will tell you the item ID and what to put on the sign.
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Posted Aug 10, 2012How can I sell cooked pork?
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Posted Aug 10, 2012@polo3400 Hmm, seems like there is a bug in your CraftBukkit...
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Posted Aug 10, 2012Here is an error I get in console also:
http://pastebin.com/qp2zs5RK
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Posted Aug 10, 2012@Kompot45 Read the faq.
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Posted Aug 10, 2012I have a problem with Chestshop and bPermissions. Both are up to date (but it doesn't really matter, I have this problem for a few months, I think). So Chestshop doesn't seem to look at bPermissions, because even though none of the groups have permission to create a shop, all of them can. What should I do?
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Posted Aug 10, 2012@vatrixxx Hmm.. This sounds like a huge bug in Bukkit. Can you post about it in here:
http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/chestshop/tickets/303-signs-do-not-sell-while-perpendicular/
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Posted Aug 10, 2012Since update 1.3.1 we have a problem, the players must be stand two blocks in front of the chestshop sign to sell anything, if they have a block in they hands. Is that normally?
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Posted Aug 10, 2012@TheOnlyShad0w Really? I though 3.46 fixed that. Hmm.. weird.
@polo3400 Actually, item not recognised is a problem with the plugin, because it seems like name recognition has changed. Please report any non-working items to me.
Also, lagging ISN'T a problem with 1.3 / ChestShop - it's a problem with your economy plugin. To reduce the lags, go to ChestShop's config and change INTERACT_INTERVAL_RATE (or sth like that) to, for example, 300.
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Posted Aug 10, 2012@Acrobot
Didn't work on 3.42 or 3.46.
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Posted Aug 10, 2012So instead of being a noob, I'll help the guy out.
A problem has arisen since 1.3.
The problem is that, if someone is spam buying an item, it lags servers a lot. It can even crash them. There is nothing in console except who is buying the items, location, price, etc.
Everything else in the comments, item not recognised, etc - Are problems of the server, not the plugin. I have experienced none of these issues anyway.