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
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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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 | ||
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| 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:
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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 May 15, 2013@TheMuffinMon Not yet, sorry - unless you write your own plugin for ChestShop.
@lmkl73 Are you sure you are running the latest version of CraftBukkit?
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Posted May 14, 2013I've installed this plugin, version 3.50, yet some things aren't functioning correctly and I haven't been able to find a fix myself or through various searches. The buy function of the shop properly deducts money from a players iConomy balance and gives them the item, yet selling an item grants the player money without taking an item at all. The play can have a COMPLETELY empty inventory and sell 'air' to the shop for money. Why might this be?
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Posted May 14, 2013Hello,
I have two different worlds set up via multiverse-core, and I was wondering if there was a way to make chest shop creation fees per world.
Lets say I wanted people to be able to make a chest shop for 350 coins in one world, and 500 in the other. Is there a possible way to do this?
Thanks.
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Posted May 14, 2013@Konsider Oh yeah, that's also possible - you can turn it off in the config if you'd like to.
@winter4w What do you mean "can buy things from the shop for free"? Are you using the latest version of both ChestShop and CraftBukkit?
@augustboland Hmmm... Sorry, but I have no idea. Could you post your server.log (of startup) on pastie.org?
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Posted May 13, 2013@sephkurai
I can't thank you enough my friend, that is EXACTLY what the problem was :D Thanks so much for taking the time to reply and explain. I have changed this in the config now :D Thanks a lot!!!
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Posted May 13, 2013@Konsider
You need to check the entire block that the sign is being put on. If a player say, in his shop shares a wall with someone in another shop "ie. the wall is only 1 block thick". Chest shop will deny another player from putting a shop there because it's on the same block. This can be changed in the config.
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Posted May 12, 2013There is a bug when people can buy things from the shop for free. The money plugin i uses is Imonies
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Posted May 12, 2013@Acrobot
I'm running Boseconomy and I also tried iconomy and do admin shops get infinite money because people haven;t been able to use the sell one? saying I dont have enough money
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Posted May 12, 2013@Acrobot
They are man, both are in the same region. And it seems to happen only with certain items, for example, cooked chicken is one of them.
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Posted May 12, 2013@Konsider The "here" is the clue. Make sure that BOTH the sign AND the chest are in allowed region.
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Posted May 12, 2013@Acrobot
They get the "you don't have permission to make a shop here" error
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Posted May 12, 2013@augustboland What other plugins are you running?
@BenRush Use your permission plugin for that.
@Konsider Hmm, what do you mean by "doesn't work"?
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Posted May 12, 2013Great plugin, but I have a strange problem, Most of the time my players can create their shops no problem. They place a chest and a sign and it works. But if they go say two blocks to the left or right and try to create the exact same chestshop it doesn't work! There is no difference in the worldguard region i.e. it is the same region, so what could be causing that?
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Posted May 12, 2013@BenRush
you can change that in permissions I believe
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Posted May 11, 2013can you add that chestshops works only in specified worlds?
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Posted May 11, 2013@Acrobot
the problem is that this doesnt seem to want to use the currency?
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Posted May 11, 2013@Ar7ific1al I'm sorry for that, but that's not really something I can change - it's an issue with Vault/CraftConomy integration, not with ChestShop :P
@absintoj Thanks!
@mrmag518 Are you running your economy DB on an external server?
@augustboland Sorry, I seriously don't understand what's the problem. ChestShop should use iConomy by default. Is there any other problem? You can configure the starting money in iConomy's config.
@winter4w I'm sorry, but it seems like your CraftBukkit is broken. Please try re-downloading.
@Chriz2012 Hmm... I'd try also negating ChestShop.shop.create.*, as some permission plugins don't comply to standards.
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Posted May 11, 2013I was wondering if you could help, I only want users who are "Rank2" or higher to be able to create shops, and so, in my Rank1 permissions I use this:
However, Rank1's can still create shops =/ any idea? I'm using Vault, Iconomy6 and GroupManager.
Thanks!
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Posted May 10, 2013@Acrobot
I get this error
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Posted May 10, 2013@Acrobot
I have iconomy but there is no way to edit the currecny for chest shop that I have found?