ChestShop (iConomyChestShop)
Acrobot released his first Android game, would you mind giving it a go?
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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Nov 1, 2012When i left click the buy sign i open the chest. Help?
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Posted Nov 1, 2012@Acrobot
Will be posible to limit the minimun pricing for selling an item?
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Posted Oct 31, 2012Just a Bug, your plugin is trying to bind signs that are not formatted for ChestShop.
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Posted Oct 31, 2012@ramius86 Add
max-buy-price-yourItemID: 0
max-sell-price-yourItemID: 0
to your config.yml file.
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Posted Oct 30, 2012Hi,
how can Ican block the ability to sell certain type of things?
My user use the craftbukkit bug to sell/buy potions in stock...
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Posted Oct 30, 2012@joannou1 I see, this would be a bug. Could you report it in the "Tickets" section?
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Posted Oct 30, 2012@badger237
You drag it into your plugins folder.
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Posted Oct 29, 2012@joannou1
Ah no, I got it, it is completely ignoring this setting in the config! SERVER_ECONOMY_ACCOUNT: "MrLight"
Instead it created a used called "server shop" I just had to give him a bunch of cash.
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Posted Oct 29, 2012Getting an odd issue with 3.50t0024. People are saying the server shop is out of money, when he has 1 billion dollars. http://i.imgur.com/Tsv6z.png And yes, I know the shop in that pic is not set up right, all them say the same thing. Maybe iConomy is broken?
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Posted Oct 29, 2012@badger237
or rather how do i install it into my server?
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Posted Oct 29, 2012why does it say failed to load main class attribute when i try to open it?
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Posted Oct 29, 2012@nervesplitter I wish I could do this, however, I need to implement a database for it, so - not now, in the future.
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Posted Oct 29, 2012Can stack all items !
Dupplicate potion width stack wather fiole and craft potion in allambic
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Posted Oct 29, 2012@nervesplitter
Yeah that would be super awesome!!!!
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Posted Oct 29, 2012Don't know if this was already suggested, but can you somehow implement item frames into CS? I like to have the item frame above the chest but currently that's where the sign would go, and the item frame looks better than the sign in most cases.
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Posted Oct 28, 2012What do I do if my minecraft name is to big and won't fit in the sign? its 1 character to big
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Posted Oct 28, 2012@ProjectInfinity Well, to be honest, the latest up-to-date events are in test versions, and you can find them here:
https://github.com/Acrobot/ChestShop-3/tree/master/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/Events
It has set/getPrice().
I'm still unsure when to release the 3.50 version of ChestShop, because I'm unsure if it's bug-free.
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Posted Oct 28, 2012How far away would you say that you are from updating this with the API changes made 3 months ago? The PreTransactionEvent in 3.46 does not have methods such as getPrice or setPrice. :(
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Posted Oct 28, 2012@61352151511 That doesn't help me at all.
Please fill it as a bug report into the "Tickets" section, with the most detailed description you can. What items? What shops? What does the sign look like? Which test version? etc.
@VariousArtist :)
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Posted Oct 28, 2012Big bug found, really bad. Test version 3.50 Players can sell items to shops even if they don't have the item. This happens with admin shops not normal shops.