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)
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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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 1, 2014How to forbid players to sell a specific bloc in admin shop ?
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Posted Jan 31, 2014@Acrobot
Doesn't work =(
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Posted Jan 31, 2014@Hansoner There's a Towny module, but at the moment, it doesn't do what you say.
http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/chestshop-towny
@Clodwipingfork You can disable the protection but only if you are a server administrator. "TURN_OFF_DEFAULT_PROTECTION_WHEN_PROTECTED_EXTERNALLY"
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Posted Jan 30, 2014Hi Acrobot ! Here is my problem : I build an item sorter with my wife on a public server, and we both have access to every chest (share everything with your family they said !), and I didn't plan it like this at first but I am now trying to transform my sorter in a shop. But when I do, Chestshop is bypassing LWC permissions and won't let my wife open the chests anymore. This is not good for me ! Please tell me you can add a way to disable extra protection that the shop adds on chests. If not, well tell me anyways, and thank you for your time ! :)
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Posted Jan 30, 2014Is there a way to make the plugin work with towns in towny? Like have a chestshop in your town and have it if people buy items the money goes to the town? And if they sell items it takes money from the town?
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Posted Jan 30, 2014@Mindcraftson Have you tried updating ChestShop/Vault?
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Posted Jan 29, 2014This is probably a Vault issue but it might have something to do with ChestShop too:
29.01 16:50:28 [Server] INFO at com.Acrobot.ChestShop.Listeners.Economy.Plugins.VaultListener.onCurrencyCheck(VaultListener.java:80) [?:?] 29.01 16:50:28 [Server] INFO Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: net.milkbowl.vault.economy.Economy.has(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;D)Z
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Posted Jan 28, 2014@laketri Unfortunately, I can't give any ETAs.
@BetterInGame Thanks!
@Rex1200 It's required if you run something other than iConomy/BOSEconomy.
@wicked321 Well, that's a sign that your iConomy database got corrupted. Unfortunately, I can't do anything about it.
@drikagamerbr You need to negate the ChestShop.shop.create permission (or ChestShop.shop.create.*)
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Posted Jan 27, 2014Please!
My members only can create food shops... I gave the following permissions for them:
- ChestShop.shop.buy - ChestShop.shop.sell - ChestShop.shop.create.food
They are creating all kinds of store! How?
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Posted Jan 26, 2014i am seeing this error at server start
[20:14:44 INFO]: [ChestShop] Enabling ChestShop v3.7.3 [20:14:44 WARN]: Exception in thread "Thread-12" [20:14:44 WARN]: java.lang.NullPointerException [20:14:44 WARN]: at com.iCo6.IO.mini.Arguments.decode(Arguments.java:38) [20:14:44 WARN]: at com.iCo6.IO.mini.Arguments.getValue(Arguments.java:50 ) [20:14:44 WARN]: at com.iCo6.IO.mini.Arguments.getDouble(Arguments.java:5 8) [20:14:44 WARN]: at com.iCo6.system.Queried.purgeDatabase(Queried.java:53 5) [20:14:44 WARN]: at com.iCo6.iConomy$2.run(iConomy.java:262) [20:14:44 WARN]: at com.iCo6.util.Thrun.run(Thrun.java:12)
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Posted Jan 25, 2014@Rex1200
Some economy plugins need it and don't work without. Just give it a try.
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Posted Jan 25, 2014@ThoLav
No, is it required?
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Posted Jan 25, 2014@Rex1200
Do you have vault isntalled?
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Posted Jan 25, 2014Hello, I installed ChestShop for my Pixelmon server. Whenever I sell to the shop it says "You sold 32 Log to Admin Shop for ." and it doesn't give me any money. Also, when I try to buy something, it says "You don't have enough money!". Can someone help me with this? Thanks
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Posted Jan 24, 2014I wrote an English tutorial for ChestShop, if you are interested in adding it to the list. My members find it very useful.
http://betteringame.com/page/articles.html/_/mcarticles/introduction-to-chestshop-r15
See also a link about running a store on large servers using ChestShop.
http://betteringame.com/page/articles.html/_/mcarticles/running-a-minecraft-store-taking-over-the-market-r11
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Posted Jan 24, 2014@Puremin0rez
Try OddItem. Then the names that can be used on signs are customizable.
But you have to add the new items.
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Posted Jan 24, 2014Any chance of being able to get better item names in the future?
I feel like the whole item name system in ChestShop is kind of silly.
Potato (and other new food) needs "Potato Item" on the sign, Sulfur is still called "Gunpowder" and the new logs are called "LOG_2". Not to mention dyes are still called "x Ink Sac".
Due to this, players have to put a sign above or next to it stating what the item is really called.
I understand you're using Material names, but it might be better to make a more user friendly name dictionary.
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Posted Jan 23, 2014@Acrobot
Thanks for replying, and is there any sort of ETA on the possibility of that function?
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Posted Jan 23, 2014@laketri Unfortunately, no. However, ChestShop's due to be rewritten, so it might change in the future.
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Posted Jan 22, 2014Hi! I've been using chestshop for a long time, but I just ran into a sort of dead end. I want to sell written books, each with it's own serial number per vault inside. This means, each /iteminfo will result with a different 387#x. Is there a way to formalize this and change that x into a "wildcard" persay? Such as: Admin Shop 1 B 4 387#* Any help would be appreciated, and if this isn't doable, then I suppose it's a suggestion!