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
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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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 Nov 5, 2014@Acrobot
It works but it can tend to have large delays.
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Posted Nov 5, 2014Although, the shops work fine.
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Posted Nov 5, 2014Getting this error:
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Posted Nov 5, 2014Is there a way to sell items with certain lore and name? I have a HP plugin and I want to sell an elder wand but it needs a certain lore and name to work.
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Posted Nov 5, 2014@Acrobot
I know about iteminfo, the problem is every enchanted book of the same kind
Power V
if you use iteminfo you see 403#1, then you get a second book of Power V and says 403#2 and if you take another Book it doesnt matter says 403#3... that's not right
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Posted Nov 5, 2014@Sothatsit Oh wow, this is seriously wrong. What the hell, no-one warned me about that. The worst part is that I base the whole admin shop part around OfflinePlayers ._. This caching functionality should be in Bukkit/Spigot IMHO - should a plugin care what exactly does getOfflinePlayer() do behind the curtains? I cannot even look in the source code, since it is DMCA'd.
@2Fast08 This should not be caused by the config, but by the sqlite library. It sounds like it cannot link somehow. Does the plugin work at all?
@GodsDead Custom plugin, perhaps.
@Miyukifei /iteminfo.
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Posted Nov 5, 2014@Acrobot Is there a way to sell enchanted books? every book has a different ID and cant be sold.... like every Book with Power V has a different ID, they arent the same....
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Posted Nov 3, 2014How would I go about moving shops from Essentials Trade signs into this plugin? we have a few extensive shops made using trade signs at present.
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Posted Nov 2, 2014How do you get the money plugin?
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Posted Jan 18, 2015I recommend getting essentials bukkit plugin for money.
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Posted Nov 2, 2014@Acrobot
It's been run on Linux and Windows 7. Never fails to pop up with that error for some reason. Using default config that gets generated on first run.
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Posted Nov 1, 2014@Acrobot
Not sure you are aware about the change in the newer versions of bukkit/spigot where when you use Bukkit.getOfflinePlayer it causes it to query the mojang servers for the players uuid. This is causing us major issues specifically in the vault listener for chestshop (only place i have checked because that was the only place flagged by timings). When players buy/sell from shops where the owner is offline it causes it to query the mojang servers for the players uuid in the main thread. this causes the server to stall for 150-250 ms.
It would be great if you could fix this and maybe make a cache for the uuids or figure out another way to accomplish what you are after without using offline players.
thanks, sothatsit
Edit: (i am not sure if you've fixed this in the latest version as i do not have access to the servers files. i've just been asked to take a look at his timings and try to fix it :))
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Posted Nov 1, 2014@Bron4 Hmm, I'm running the same version successfully. Are you hosting on linux? Which distro?
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Posted Oct 31, 2014@Acrobot
In the case of @2Fast08 I have been in contact with him.
We are running Spigot1649 patched.
Though its been happening previous to 1649 also.
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Posted Oct 31, 2014@titanrat Fe Economy is your problem.
@2Fast08 What server software are you running?
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Posted Oct 25, 2014@bebacksee
runs like a dream for us, in crafbukkit 1.79, (1.7.10 was buggy anyway) moved to spigot 1.7.10 plus protocol hack and it's fantastic :)
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Posted Oct 24, 2014however I tried this plugins in MC1.7.10->made my server stop , Waiting for you next version.thk
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Posted Oct 23, 2014@Acrobot
All shops doesn't work with "Could not pass event CurrencyCheckEvent to chestShop" error I use Chestshop version 3.17.17 Fe Economy Vault and Spigot 1.7.9
Can you help me with this problem please?
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Posted Oct 20, 2014@2Fast08
Same.
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Posted Oct 20, 2014Thanks