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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Jul 20, 2014@Acrobot
Updating vault fixed all of my issues! Thank you so much for the response :)
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Posted Jul 20, 2014@dilbukon @Great_Snake
Unfortunately due to the BukkitDev rules, I cannot. However, it appears like it finally got approved.
@MASSEY801 @kirstenmarie @Therobodavo @kustimork @drschool Do you have the latest Vault installed?
@ghac Well, while this might be possibly true, it is not the culprit. The problem is with their Vault versions - since ChestShop 3.7.15 uses UUIDs, I needed the latest Vault build which supports UUIDs as well.
@mushuweasel Yup. Everyone getting this error should update their Vault builds.
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Posted Jul 20, 2014@dotapurex1
From the line:
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: net.milkbowl.vault.economy.Economy.getBalance(Lorg/bukkit/OfflinePlayer;Ljava/lang/String;)D
I'd suspect a mismatched Vault version.
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Posted Nov 30, 2014Yes, I have tried it and it works really good with Essentials
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Posted Jul 19, 2014Does this work with Essentials?
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Posted Jul 19, 2014@ghac
I do not run a cracked server, and I run the plugin on 1.7.9, so I am unsure how your comment would affect my server players getting the not enough money messages.
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Posted Jul 19, 2014Hello,
My console is being spammed with this error: http://pastebin.com/NQtHvQ4W
Could you please fix?
Thanks!
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Posted Jul 19, 2014@ghac
I'm running a genuine server, and although I don't get "You don't have enough money" when the shop owner has enough amount, I get it when the shop owner doesn't have more than the price of the item even though the shop is for buying customers.
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Posted Jul 19, 2014Everyone with having errors saying "You don't have enough money" has propably a cracked server and uses version 3.7.15, the version for UUIDS, just downgrade to 3.7.9.
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Posted Jul 19, 2014I use 1.7.10 and chestshop works fine for me. Both buying and selling with chestshop works without problems, i can buy from server shops aswell. all balances are updated accordingly
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Posted Jul 19, 2014everything was working fine and then today anytime someone tries to buy something from an admin shop it says "You don't have enough money"
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Posted Jul 18, 2014Same problem: Selling to shops takes your items, but doesn't pay out money. Just says "You sold 64 stone to Shop for ."
Console shows correct transaction, with price but this isn't reflected in game and the players money total doesn't change.
Users can't sell to shops, it says that the owner doesn't have enough money even if they do.
Was seeing tons of lag leading up to this problem when people were selling, and now poof nothings working.
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Posted Jul 18, 2014Major Issue.
Users can't sell to shops, it says that the owner doesn't have enough money.
This is the case even though the owner has more than enough money.
Please fix this as it is hurting my server population.
Thanks, David.
P.S. I know others are having the same issue and this really hurts prison servers as they almost always use this plugin.
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Posted Jul 18, 2014@MASSEY801
I'm having this same issue. Fingers crossed that the next update fixes it, since I have an economy server and would like the economy to work xD
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Posted Jul 18, 2014Just waiting for the new update which fixes lag like everyone else I guess :)
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Posted Jul 18, 2014@dilbukon
I would appreciate that as well, im losing members daily to this lag caused by chest shop
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Posted Jul 17, 2014for some reason the admin shop says i dont have enough money to purchase the item but i have waaaay more then i need . is anyone else having this problem
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Posted Jul 17, 2014Could you release the fixed version on an alternative link? My server heavily depends on your plugin and it is inoperative.
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Posted Jul 17, 2014@Malachi21 Already done. Please wait for the approval process to continue (may take a while).
@ooosssososos @Great_Snake Fixed in the new build, please pester (:P) the BukkitDev moderators to approve it faster.
@dane2dawg Do you have a Mac? If so, please install Oracle's Java:
https://www.java.com/en/download/help/mac_install.xml
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Posted Jul 17, 2014im not sure if anyone else is having this problem or its just me but im on my server and we have "ChestShop" everyone is able to use it and i am able to sell and buy but i am not able to create my own shop, it wont tell me in chat that i made the shop, i have no other way to make an shop, so if you can help me by giving an answer or suggesting me an better chest plugin that would be great!