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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Mar 13, 2020Hello, I have a problem with ChestShop and that is that when creating the store, either with the name of a user or with AdminShop, it does not allow to buy, but it says that the store was created correctly, and when I go to not buy anything, the server is version 1.12.2, if you can help me I would appreciate it thanks
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Posted Mar 18, 2020Make sure users have interact permission with the sign (no region/spawn protection blocking it) and that you don't have negated any of the plugin permissions. If you still have issues after checking these then please open a ticket and provide the requested information.
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Posted Mar 30, 2020Do you have the permissions to use the sign? Are you testing as a normal user and not with some special non-user permissions? Because in the default config people with permission to access shops cannot trade with it. Either adjust the config or use the /csaccess command to toggle that temporarily.
Also please test with the latest development build for 1.12.2 if you are using any other version.
If that doesn't solve your issue then please open a ticket with the information requested in the template.
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Posted Mar 6, 2020command to get money
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Posted Mar 6, 2020ChestShop is not an economy plugin. You are going to have to use a separate one and refer to it's documentation regarding the commands.
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Posted Mar 1, 2020Hello i am having a problem where i'm setting up a marketplace and i can buy iron ore but not sell it back. is there some sort of blacklist i have to override or what could be preventing this from happening?
Thanks
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Posted Mar 1, 2020No, by default everything should be buyable and sellable (unless you negate permissions). Make sure that you have permissions to interact with the signs and that no other plugin/Vanilla spawn protection is cancelling the interaction.
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Posted Feb 27, 2020After a player made a shop and got the message saying it was made succesfully, any player who tries to buy form it gets the message the the owner doesnt have an economy account. Im using Just Essentials and vault and the economy works fine with other plugins.
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Posted Mar 1, 2020Can you post your log? It should say which economy plugin ChestShop detected. (Also all the versions used might play a role with it)
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Posted Feb 11, 2020Is there any possibility of adding alternate container support such as barrels and shulker boxes for more aesthetic possibilities?
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Posted Feb 12, 2020Yes, just add them to the SHOP_CONTAINERS list in the config.
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Posted Feb 9, 2020How do I make it so players can sell items for items? Like instead of dollars a currency could be diamonds.
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Posted Feb 10, 2020You will need a Vault economy plugin that is based on items for it to work with this plugin, direct item trading is not supported by ChestShop.
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Posted Feb 5, 2020Hi I can't make /iinfo or /iteminfo work. It only shows the item name and not the alphanumeric ID. Needed to sell custom enchanted items
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Posted Feb 6, 2020You need to provide some more information like your server and plugin version and your log file.
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Posted Feb 5, 2020hi I have a server in 1.14.4 how come if I create a store administrator, the other members of the server cannot buy but can only sell
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Posted Feb 5, 2020Please make sure that you used the exact name like in your config (case matters there), that your players don't have negated permissions for buying and that there are no errors in the log/console. Also you might want to check if some other protection is blocking the sign interaction (e.g. the spawn protection or some plugin like WorldGuard)
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Posted Jan 28, 20201.15.2
I cannot create shops with items including the letter i in its name. For example a diamond or a firework rocket shop don't work. Everything is properly made, plugin successfully creates sign, but you cannot buy or sell and even open the chest and steal the items. I noticed smth it's written Dıamond not Diamond and Fırework Rocket not Firework Rocket.
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Posted Feb 1, 2020Just for completion sake (it was also reported on github): This seems to be an issue when use a Turkish locale on the server and it should be fixed in the latest development build.
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Posted Jan 17, 2020Not Working on Paper 1.12.2 (plugin version 3.9.2)