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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Jun 15, 2014This plugin is great but even when I turn down the buy/sell speed players can still tps lag the server to death when buying stuff in bulk... using latest version on 1.7.9 spigot.
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Posted Jun 15, 2014if you need someone to translate this plug-in to danish, i can help :)
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Posted Jun 15, 2014Does anyone know if i can have a chest shop deposite the money into a towny town bank instead of a player acount?
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Posted Jun 14, 2014@Wolfen2448 Hmm, this might be a bug, since I've got a ticket posted.
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Posted Jun 14, 2014@Kofeyy
Cheers mate!
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Posted Jun 13, 2014Hey, When I set tax amounts to 10%, nothing happens. What are some issues that may be causing this?
Thanks.
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Posted Jun 13, 2014@TheMystake
I believe that was fixed in v3.7.8.
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Posted Jun 13, 2014Has this glitch been fixed yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAdgENorCcY
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Posted Jun 13, 2014@Aquazenith Sorry, I don't use a Mac, so I have no idea, really, about what I can do about it.
@TheKnight787 :)
@ctr0n Depends on how the mods are implemented. If they appear as Bukkit items (you can test it by doing /iteminfo while holding the item) they should work fine (although many of them have weird names, which you can combat by using the OddItem plugin)
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Posted Jun 12, 2014Does it work with modded items? I have attack of the b-team server and I want to know if my players can sell there modded items?
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Posted Jun 10, 2014@LOLniqqa
Yes it does, I am using it right now with 80 players online and it handles 50 transactions per second (tryed with setting transaction interval to 4 and using cheats). Maybe you didn't update your Vault to 1.4.1?
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Posted Jun 10, 2014The latest dev build doesn't even support Vault...
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Posted Jun 10, 2014@Acrobot
Please help me!! I tried to use your link (I do have a Mac) but it says a newer version exists! I cannot seem to find a place where I can download the latest version either! Please send me a link to the download, thank you :)
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Posted Jun 10, 2014@LOLniqqa Sorry, but in your case, it is probable that the economy plugin is killing your server - it seems like it can't handle almost 19 transactions per second.
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Posted Jun 10, 2014@TheKnight787
Yeah just waiting on a reply
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Posted Jun 10, 2014@LOLniqqa Ask the author for the dev build
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Posted Jun 10, 2014This plugin is causing extreme lag issues, please fix ASAP. Using the latest version and Spigot 1491.
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Posted Jun 10, 2014ChestShops has been raping my server... Your text to link here...
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Posted Jun 9, 2014I use 3.8.9, but whenever I use /chestshop it shows 3.7.9
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Posted Jun 9, 2014@NoChanceSD Hmm, honestly I have no idea what might be causing such high timings, however it definitely is not normal. How heavy is your economy plugin's database? Also, if you wish, PM me and I will send you a dev version of 1.7.9 build of ChestSHop.
@Robolawrence You simply do /iteminfo while holding the item you want to sell. If it has any metadata, the metadata will be encoded in the form of a hashtag and displayed back to you.
@1337Zero Hmm... Weird, could you PM me? I will send you the dev 1.7.9 build of CHestShop.