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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Jan 8, 2013Why is it limited to Protection 9? Also did you see my issue with sword/pickaxe enchants? Only one is included in the itemid..
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Posted Jan 8, 2013I'm currently preparing my server Update, in a little selfwritten plugin i used event.getItemAmount(); (TransAction event) from the Chestshop API. It seems this type isn't in the new Version of Chestshop ? Is there anything i can use instead ?
Thanks for answer.
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Posted Jan 8, 2013@Sfmplayer Hmm, that will take a bit of time, really - sorry!
@InvisiCraftOfficial Yup, enchantments are only supported up to level 9.
@flip77 You should just remove %amount from the local.yml file, as it says in the main plugin's thread.
@CollinPotato9 Which "that" dupe glitch? The Bukkit one?
https://bukkit.atlassian.net/browse/BUKKIT-3021
Turn off SIGN_CHEST_OPENING in the config for temporary fix.
@Sharkykzn Hmm... Weird, and what is your in-game name? BTW, sorry, I do not support offline-mode servers - if there's any problems with nicknames.
@DarkIcicle2 ChestShop flag - yup. That's why it's experimental. And it isn't going to be stable anymore soon, until WorldGuard adds an official API to add flags.
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Posted Jan 8, 2013I'll wait until there is a real version released not a test version
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Posted Jan 8, 2013Finally a update!
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Posted Jan 8, 2013Protection X etc doesnt work either - shows iteminfo as 310-a?
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Posted Jan 8, 2013/iteminfo does NOT WORK! I enchanted a pickaxe with fortune v unbreaking v and efficiency v however with /iteminfo it only gives you the id for a pick with eff v!
fix this please!
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Posted Jan 8, 2013Hi.
So "amount%" message in the purchase notice is not resolved. It's enough to replace. Jar file or?
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Posted Jan 7, 2013The dupe glitch is not fixed.
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Posted Jan 7, 2013@Acrobot
Acrobot, tried the renaming of Admin server accounts, still not working, even stores in my own player name, as Op don't work. Gone back to v3.46 and at least shops back to operational for now. Something in the v3.5xx releases breaks my admin shops. Will wait on new re-write.
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Posted Jan 7, 2013For some reason after a restart people can't create shops but can still buy/sell from them after a server restart and the chestshop flag has to be re-added.
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Posted Jan 7, 2013@BadDog8891 Hmm, I can't really help you, because it seems like it's a native Minecraft bug - "net.minecraft.server". If it occurs again, please try re-downloading CraftBukkit, and if it still occurs - please try reporting it as a ticket, linking to your first comment :)
@bhallowitz I've responded to your PM :)
@Sharkykzn Really? Well, try doing simply "Mr E", this should work. For the new release ETA - unfortunately re-writing the shop creation system, so it could take a bit - after that, everything will be event-driven in the plugin :D
@faxionsurvival Hmm, t0041 fixed things for people, I use Bukkit's functions to check for item equality, so I guess it might be broken :/
@miningcraftlt Well, if an iConomy account doesn't exist, you're right - you can buy as much things as you want, however an economy account should ALWAYS exist.
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Posted Jan 7, 2013Hello, my server player somehow bugged chestshops. Dunno why his iConomy account does not exists, but if it doesn't, you can buy as much things as you want. :/
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Posted Jan 6, 2013So I have had anvils blocked since they came out because I knew it would be a problem. Today I was doing some tests. Running on cb1.4.6r0.3 beta build, along with chestshop v3.50 t0041 and found that the anvil bug is still working. I renamed the string to strrriiinnng and sold it over and over, along with other renamed items. I looked on here and saw that there was a fix out. Is this still a bug for everyone or is it fixed? I see that you said this was answered 1k times and there was a test version to fix it. Am I missing something?
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Posted Jan 6, 2013@Acrobot http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/chestshop/?comment=2341
Hmm, I'm starting to not like bukkit dev's commenting system. I've responded three or four times now to you and each time it gets deleted / disappears into the void. The following will also be PM'ed to your account @Acrobot.
--I seem to have been mistaken in my assumption that chest shop was the cause for the sudden horrid ram usage, I have not had any further problems since and everything is running smoothly. As for the reason why the problem stopped when chest shop was removed, I am at a loss.
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Posted Jan 6, 2013@Acrobot
Great thanks, Estimate time for patched release please? Otherwise may need to rename 'Mr.E'
Update: (7 Jan 2013) Have attempted creating shop signs with "Mr_E" and "MrE" as admin accounts, changes done in config, restart etc each time. BUt have the same issue where shop signs are now just normal signs...
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Posted Jan 6, 2013Hey man I'm getting this error. http://pastebin.com/PBTtGYDq I'm running on version 2.50t0041
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Posted Jan 6, 2013@Sharkykzn I know what the problem is. The "." in the username breaks everything, I'll fix that :)
@ashash1509 Please read ASAP, this has been answered a million times already, and there's a test version that fixes it.
@ServerMineria Bukkit bug.
https://bukkit.atlassian.net/browse/BUKKIT-3021
Temporarily turn off SIGN_CHEST_OPENING to work-around this.
And no, the config file can be left as-is.
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Posted Jan 6, 2013@Acrobot
Acrobot, signs are in place, right click, (Sell, with reverse option) on the Admin shop sign does nothing, no transaction with items, or message that player does not have enough items to sell. On left click (buy with reverse option active) player just punches sign, no messages or items get purchased.
Basically they are now just 'signs' Can be broken and replaced, without the confirmation message that a chestshop has been created, this is on a few I have tried to recreate. The remainder are still signs we have had in place since back in June 2012, which worked up until the recent updates to v3.50 t0041.
As mentioned, when server starts up, plugin is loaded without errors: Pastebin Link
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Posted Jan 6, 2013When an enchanted item or in some cases item name is used instead of an ID, even with 1 item in the shop, the item duplicated and allows a player to purchase unlimited amounts of that item but still with only 1 in stock.
Please fix ASAP, this has killed the server economy.