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)
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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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Dec 29, 2012@jayfella
I guess it is because bukkit doesn't make any recommended build.
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Posted Dec 29, 2012@acrobot
Hey, can you add so we can sell enchanted books? When I do /iteminfo it just says Enchanted book and then the id.. Like shouldn't it be like etc. 403:23 if I have sharpness III book?
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Posted Dec 29, 2012@acrobot - is this plugin on its way to a slow death, because you seem to be releasing a whole bunch of "test" versions, which obviously means:
1) You have no time to test your own code. 2) You are uncertain of the code you have written.
If you can't be bothered fella then that's fine, but please stop with the half-arsed attempts.
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Posted Dec 28, 2012Is it possible to sell enchanted books yet? Right now iteminfo only shows item id 403.
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Posted Dec 28, 2012No idea why, but about a week ago my chestshops stopped working, i use the admin ones and i have the latest vault and chestshop versions. I use essentials eco. Any idea why it would just.. not work, i also have no errors in my console
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Posted Dec 28, 2012Does v0039 fix the dupe glitch with enchanted items?
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Posted Dec 28, 2012@Craftopia12
I'm sorry but I don't get your meaning. You have to use Vault for Essentials Eco.
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Posted Dec 28, 2012Hi, i have installed it and i have a problem i have Essentialseco and a balance of 100000000000000 but when a installed a shop and it cost $1 what do i have to do so it works? i have chestshop version v3.50 t0039 testversion Craftbukkit version 1.4.6 R 0.1
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Posted Dec 28, 2012@confuser Not really, sorry! Unfortunately, I use methods introduced in 1.4.5's API (I believe)
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Posted Dec 28, 2012@Acrobot
Is that compatible with tekkit as that runs 1.2.5 instead of 1.4.6?
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Posted Dec 28, 2012@confuser Hmm... That seems weird, have you tried 3.50 t0039?
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Posted Dec 28, 2012Running 3.42 on our tekkit server. Come across a strange problem. Trying to use certain ID's appears not to work, for example Marble Brick with an id of 142:2 typed onto the sign, changes into x14242 and then doesn't recognise it as an item when attempting to buy/sell from the sign. This is happening with basalt brick as well.
Any ideas?
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Posted Dec 28, 2012@Niknox
Sorry, but not yet.
@H8llfire
No, I won't reimplement that, because it had been broken.
@MrStealthDog
Unfortunately, fireworks do not use durability and Bukkit API can't provide any workarounds.
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Posted Dec 28, 2012Acrobot? Is there any possibility that you add a personal sale limit? Because at the time 50% of my users are farming an farming to get really rich... It'd be great if they can't sell more to a Shop per day than for example 20000$.
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Posted Dec 28, 2012@yuihjk98
even so people could jack the price up so they can store the items
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Posted Dec 27, 2012I have a problem. I am trying to sell the new fireworks and the data valu is 401 for just the normal ones. Is there a way to sell different types of fireworks such as one that explodes? Are there diffrent types of data values for them like 401:1 or something? Please reply. Thanks!
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Posted Dec 27, 2012@yuihjk98
Use LWC.
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Posted Dec 27, 2012Hi! On my server, people aren't able to protect chests, but I still want chest shops that people can't steal from. Is there a way so that you can only put items in chest shops that you are going to sell?
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Posted Dec 27, 2012@Acrobot
You will not reimplement that?
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Posted Dec 27, 2012@H8llfire Oh, selling named items TO a shop. It's not possible because I implemented Bukkit's checking if the item is the same, because the item names would be lost during the transaction anyway.