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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Aug 12, 2013@rnoa
It doesn't require it. This plugin supports Essentials economy, too.
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Posted Aug 12, 2013Sorry @e1kfws7 it actually does work but they changed the format of the sign it is now
Admin Shop [Amount] B [Price]:[Price] S [Item Name/Id]
only thing that changed was the first line had [ ] around [Admin Shop]
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Posted Aug 12, 2013@e1kfws7 I am having the same problem
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Posted Aug 11, 2013Admin shop doesn't work...
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Posted Aug 11, 2013@rnoa
Maybe read the info, then ask questions?
""Just works"! Don't worry about your economy plugin, ChestShop supports all of them - iConomy, BOSEconomy and more (you can install Vault to use other economy plugins)."
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Posted Aug 11, 2013Does this plugin require iConomy plugin?
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Posted Aug 11, 2013@Arton123 Yup.
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Posted Aug 10, 2013would 1.6.2 work with 1.5.2?
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Posted Aug 10, 2013@Typical_Name Honestly, when given a timeline, it's like this:
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Posted Aug 10, 2013@Acrobot
Any progress on the multiple currency support thing? I noticed in the changelog there was a mention of "currency events," but I couldn't find any description of them elsewhere.
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Posted Aug 10, 2013@merlin4life Nah, there isn't any dev version of Vault. However the error seems very weird, as I only use functions that are available in Vault. I'll make sure to investigate that.
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Posted Aug 10, 2013I am on the latest release of Vault yes .. Is there a dev version I should be using ? Using: R: Vault 1.2.26 for CB 1.5.2-R1.0 Jul 12, 2013
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Posted Aug 10, 2013@merlin4life Have you tried updating Vault?
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Posted Aug 9, 2013Chestshop version- v3.60 for 1.6.2 Jul 30, 2013
using vault and boseconomy
http://pastebin.com/NGqr2Phh
Does not work.
Says not enough money whenever I try to use.
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Posted Aug 9, 2013@Acrobot
Alright, will do. Thanks!
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Posted Aug 9, 2013@vb543 Nope. BOSEconomy uses a really weird bank format, but if I were you, I'd look out for future updates of ChestShop.
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Posted Aug 9, 2013Is there a way to use a BOSEconomy bank account with a shop? I tried using $AccountName but that didn't work correctly.
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Posted Aug 9, 2013@FourDowning Sorry, but I felt that really insulting to me. I am working really hard to fix all the possible glitches and still, more than 6 months after fixing them, people still message me about them - exactly like the video you posted. The worst thing about that video is that it's a bug in Bukkit and not ChestShop, and while it was fixed in 1.5, it was introduced back in CraftBukkit 1.6 - so I, again, have to work around it, and again, people are going to blame me for it.
I'm sorry for my tone, but seriously, after getting questions like that asked EVERY DAY for the past months you sometimes lose your temper :) Sorry again!
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Posted Aug 9, 2013@Acrobot Mainly referring to the dupes such as this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zaks-pXdCQ
And it's the question of a Server Owner, who doesn't just throw plugins on that could contain serious dupe glitches.
"A few months ago this plugin didn't have many dupe glitches, it had a lot of people who didn't know that you have to update your plugins to prevent glitches from happening."
So, the dupe glitches were caused by people that didn't update their plugins?
Also, thanks to the person that PM'd me with the remaining dupe glitches in this plugin.
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Posted Aug 7, 2013@FourDowning Nope, I left them in there for backwards compatibility. Seriously, what kind of question is that? A few months ago this plugin didn't have many dupe glitches, it had a lot of people who didn't know that you have to update your plugins to prevent glitches from happening. And no, there is no dev build site.