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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Feb 9, 2013@Acrobot
If you do it, and it works. Then you wont get hassled about the bug anymore :)
Otherwise you could fork craftbukkit and fix it there? :P
Edit: I see you did fixed it :) Just remember to remove it once bukkit fixes the bug on their side :)
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Posted Feb 9, 2013@Sharkykzn
Agreed. It works fine for me.
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Posted Feb 9, 2013@pacnik123
This may be my personal opinion, but individuals like yourself, and another earlier post, may be using claims about this plugin to boost your YouTube claim to fame. As mentioned just my 2c, running v3.50 t0041 with 57other plugins and seems stable for my purpose to date.
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Posted Feb 9, 2013It would sure be cool if you could "co-own" a chest with someone. I own a shop with someone else, and it would be easier if you could both place items in the chest. Then it would track the percent of items each player has in the chest, and when items sell it distributes the money accordingly. However, I understand if this is not realistic, but it would sure be nice.
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Posted Feb 9, 2013Yup, I agree - my long term goal is to make something like that possible. For now, it's unfortunately not possible :(
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Posted Feb 9, 2013@pacnik123
Please read the response, and read the comments like... page before?
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Posted Feb 9, 2013@Acrobot
No it's not lmao.Im using the newest version possible it works.It fucks up server completly and every server owner should be aware of it. It is a bug with a sign and a chest and i doubt you can fix it i also private messeged you and you should check it out.
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Posted Feb 9, 2013@indigohippiechic Try /iteminfo - it will tell you exactly what it should be named.
@strontkever Somebody used "9999999999" as the quantity. You aren't using t0045, are you?
@pacnik123 The link is purple for me. And it shows something. Maybe that the bug is already fixed.
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Posted Feb 9, 2013how the heck, when using the chest sop do you set up to sell pumpkin pie..i have tried pumpkinpie, pumpkin pie and simply pie, but everything kicks the sign back..
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Posted Feb 9, 2013this just popped up twice: (using spigot)
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Posted Feb 9, 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-0AqPrtTQA THIS MUST BE FIXED URGENTLY ! IT WORKS !
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Posted Feb 9, 2013@behgonn You either haven't used the latest ChestShop version or you were not using the /iteminfo command in ChestShop.
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Posted Feb 9, 2013I get the 387 for written book, but written books (with text in it) have no special id
so i only want to sell what is in the chestshop box
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Posted Feb 9, 2013@behgonn Using the release candidate - yes. Just do /iteminfo while holding your item, it will tell you the needed ID.
@Nikecow Okay. I'll fix that.
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Posted Feb 9, 2013Can i sell with ChestShop written signed books?
And how?
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Posted Feb 9, 2013@Acrobot
Only their own chestshop chests.
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Posted Feb 9, 2013@karatepancake Seriously. Please read answers below.
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Posted Feb 9, 2013There is an error where players can sell named good infinitely without them being taken.
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Posted Feb 9, 2013@ShadowKillerx Unfortunately, I cannot say. Some people don't experience it, some do. The only connection I found is that the flags can be wiped if you do /reloads.
@Nikecow Do you mean they can open ANY chest? Or only their?
@Shangit3 Everything should work fine.
@aia21 The fact that you're an OP is not enough - to make admin shop, you need to put "Admin Shop" (or whatever you set it to in config) on the first sign line, like @TanveerGT5 says.
@ManBeastPigDev Ok, ignoring :P
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Posted Feb 9, 2013