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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Nov 28, 2012getting a small error with the message when you buy from a shop. nothing serious, but a little annoying. it will say 'You bought %amount 1 stone from Admin Shop'. so it gives you the amount, but also shows %amount in the message for whatever reason. justarted happening when i did the latest update today.
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Posted Nov 28, 2012@Puremin0rez
Sorry! There is no other way to include custom flags within WorldGuard, so things like that happen. Are you using /reload by any chance? I've found that it often makes WorldGuard forget the flags.
@alanthya Well, they're already notified, if they're online. If you mean an offline notification - yes, soon :)
@thebiglegoblock No, I can't tell you why this is happening.
"My car broke, it doesn't turn on. Could you tell me why this is happening."
What I mean is - have you tested it on the test version? Which CS version are you using? Which Bukkit version? What item? What does the sign look like?
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Posted Nov 28, 2012@Acrobot
I tried another plugin, and it manages to deliver multiple unstackables without stacking them. I'll PM you the plugin name so you can see how it works.
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Posted Nov 28, 2012chestshop allow flag is being wiped after server reboot :\
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Posted Nov 27, 2012Is it possible to code in a notification to a shop owner when they're out of stock?
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Posted Nov 27, 2012Bug Report For Test Version:
I seem to be able to sell things without the thing being in my inventory? I wondered if you could tell me why this is happening
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Posted Nov 27, 2012I have the same problem what Kiwz.
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Posted Nov 26, 2012@Kiwz I thought that the TEST VERSION fixed that?
@strontkever Yes, there hasn't been any new build since you reported the bug.
@FuRiouSOne Sorry, but I think this is really more dependant on your permissions setting, I cannot do much permission-based work from the plugin!
@FuRiouSOne It's a bukkit bug, same as potions stacking.
https://github.com/Bukkit/CraftBukkit/pull/799
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Posted Nov 26, 2012@Acrobot
I've given all my players ^ChestShop.shop.* (this is a negative node when used with bPerm)
but they can still make shops as long as they sell/buy "air" (block ID 0)
It's not a huge deal, but could u correct this so that when players dont have any permissions they cant use ChestShop at all.
Thanks for your time.
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Posted Nov 26, 2012@Acrobot
it still gives the database error,
fixed as in the next build?
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Posted Nov 26, 2012Tried to negate ChestShop.shop.create.diamondarmor in permission but players still able to create shops selling diamond armor. Only way i see around this is negating ChestShop.shop.create and adding in each individual node you want players to sell buy which is a tone of nodes....
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Posted Nov 25, 2012@FuRiouSOne
I believe he has said this is a bug with Bukkit. I would like the option to limit quantity of any item (possibly unstackables only) to 1 until Bukkit fix this bug.
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Posted Nov 25, 2012Enchantment dupe using chest shops.
Any way to disable armor/tools/wepaons from stacking using chest shop?
Is whats shown in the config but armor tools and weapons still stack selling or buying..
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Posted Nov 25, 2012Depends on your ECO Plugin - has nothing to do with ChestShop
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Posted Nov 25, 2012How do you see how much money you have?
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Posted Nov 25, 2012@Acrobot
Oh okay, thanks you ;)
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Posted Nov 25, 2012Getting a horrible error about some database initialization. I posted a ticked about it.
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Posted Nov 25, 2012@H8llfire
Which ChestShop dupe?
I responded a lot of times to the one about teleporting and no, I can't do anything about it - it's a Bukkit bug:
https://bukkit.atlassian.net/browse/BUKKIT-3021
You can disable the chest opening by sign clicking in config, though.
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Posted Nov 25, 2012@Acrobot
Does the test version fix the chestshop dupe?
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Posted Nov 25, 2012@Poxucis
It already does that by default....
@nvrsbr
TnT - yes, lava, fire, endermen don't harm chests, blocks with signs on them (AFAIK), creeper blasts - I'm not sure, but probably yes.
@jmx116
What do you mean? It's not a global shop.