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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Mar 23, 2013@Acrobot
Hmm that's strange then because they were holding ingots which shouldn't affect the ability to buy/sell but i'll double check when one of them gets on today.
They definitely weren't in creative :)
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Posted Mar 23, 2013@marotoweb Uhh... How often does that happen? Seems like your database of transactions is corrupted :/
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Posted Mar 23, 2013http://pastie.org/7090860
ChestShop v3.50 t0054
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Posted Mar 23, 2013@kruuu Well, things worth considering:
- the new players might be holding a block in their hand and trying to click the shop, which doesn't work, because Minecraft (since 1.2) doesn't send such packets.
- the new players are in creative mode
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Posted Mar 23, 2013Has anyone run into a problem where certain players can't use admin shops where others can?
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Posted Mar 22, 2013@LordVerlion Yes, it workED for months. However, the recent versions of Minecraft (and Bukkit) changed how enchantments are encoded - and while it might work for now, it will be soon deprecated.
@Durand1w I see :)
@Miniahobbies Yes, you need Vault. I changed it because I'd rather depend on something that is stable and if Essentials Eco changes, I won't need to make any changes to ChestShop.
@TWEspeon What? ChestShop doesn't ban anyone, you can look at the source code yourself.
@rasnyderiii Personally, it doesn't work for me. Could you paste your config on pastie.org?
@Mersu2 UPDATE. ChestShop and CraftBukkit.
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Posted Mar 22, 2013I found a bug, if i use anvil to change example diamond name at "Timantti" and then i go to sell that diamond to shop and that diamond will be unlimited!!!! plz fix this bug...
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Posted Mar 22, 2013@durionrawr
I have same problem on v3.50 t0054
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Posted Mar 21, 2013@Acrobot
Go in creative gamemode. Sell a creative item to a chesthop. Even though the config has gamemode false. confirmed for me at least. Latest builds with essentials eco.
so for now I negated the sell permission.
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Posted Mar 21, 2013I thought this was a pretty good plugin, until it banned my IP from my own server...
Looking into how to get rid of this ban.
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Posted Mar 21, 2013Hey there, I recently updated my chestshop to 1.5 and im using essentials as my eco plugin but when players or OPs or anyone tries to buy from any shop it says they do not have enough money when they do. I used to work with a chestshop version for minecraft 1.2.5 and it worked fine but I had tried before to update but it never worked.
I do not think I need vault do I? I never used it before.
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Posted Mar 21, 2013@Acrobot
Not sure why you say it won't work. I've been using it non-stop for monthes, and every shop works perfectly.
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Posted Mar 21, 2013Thank you Acrobot!
We are creating small server enchanting book shops at villages and player builds to encourage travel and give our players a reason to earn/spend coin.
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Posted Mar 21, 2013@karatepancake Oh, I see. That's because dev.bukkit.org thinks that it's the latest one, when in fact, you've got to scroll down a bit - you'll find the latest version's download.
@Durand1w The values ARE permanent, however they are tried to your server. In the items.db file in plugins/ChestShop folder there is a list of itemstacks with their code saved as a SQLite database. There is no code to generate it - you just need to do /iteminfo while holding that item.
@LordVerlion Nah, that's old news now - it won't work.
@durionrawr Have you tried updating?
@ogr93 Sorry, not yet!
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Posted Mar 21, 2013can i set up with tthis plugin a limit of shops for users?
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Posted Mar 21, 2013Hello Acrobot!! Firstly i love your plugin, it's very useful on servers!!
My players recently discovered a bug (and abused of it) where you put X item renamed with an anvil in a chest and then a friend buys it, and you can buy it but the chest doesnt go out of stock and you can duplicate even diamond blocks setting the price to 1$.
Please fix it!!
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Posted Mar 20, 2013@Durand1w
http://www.ourmcserver.com/2012/02/enchanted-weapons-chest-shop.html
http://www.ourmcserver.com/2012/02/enchanted-armor-chest-shop.html
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Posted Mar 20, 2013I have iconomy chest shop running on the March 10th release for 1.4.7. I'm able to sell enchanted books even after several server restarts.
I noticed that the enchanted book has to be created in game first and have /iteminfo ran to assign a legitimate value 403#.... Values are assigned numerically 1-9, a-z, and then A-Z.
Are these values permanent once generated? I'm worried that without knowing the new system that these values may change.
Also, since I have not been able to determine a method to generate the books (rather than lots of trial and error as admin), is there a way to get tier V enchanted books?
Thanks for any information you can share. Thank you for the great plugin.
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Posted Mar 20, 2013@Acrobot
Well your download button leads to v3.46 maybe thats fake or not but that one is still bugged
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Posted Mar 20, 2013@Acrobot
Go in creative gamemode. Sell a creative item to a chesthop. Even though the config has false. Tis what I mean. confirmed for me at least ;)
so for now I negated the sell permission.