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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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:
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 21, 2020Only people with access to the shop can open the chest by clicking on the sign. You could disable the chest opening from the sign in the config but you should really disable that they have permission to access the shop to begin with.
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Posted Jun 22, 2020In reply to Phoenix616:
Ah thank you very much :)
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Posted Jun 22, 2020In reply to Phoenix616:
In reply to Phoenix616:
I also got the problem, that if you create a shop, it says "the shop owner doesn't exist" or something like this
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Posted Jun 22, 2020Simply don't put any name on the first line (it will autofill it for you) or make sure that you have typed the name exactly right.
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Posted Jun 11, 2020Hey
Players can't buy from shops in claims from the Grief Prevention plugin. How can I fix that?
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Posted Jun 11, 2020You'll need to make sure that interaction events with signs are allowed in GriefPrevention, I suggest taking a look at their help pages/wikis or ask in their support.
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Posted Jun 12, 2020In reply to Phoenix616:
It's fixed :)
The problem was that I was in creative and you can't use shops in creative.
Thanks!
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Posted Jun 3, 2020Hey! so im OP on the server and found that I cannot use chest shops as I have admin given. Whenever I try to change my permission level it doesn't work, any solutions?
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Posted Jun 4, 2020With the default config people who are able to access a shop cannot trade with it. You can permanently disable that by either removing the access permission or disabling the config setting IGNORE_ACCESS_PERMS. To allow temporary trading use /csaccess
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Posted Jun 2, 2020Hey I was just wondering why my players can't use the ? trick for long names
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Posted Jun 4, 2020That's hard to say without any information about your setup like the plugin version and what is written on the sign exactly and what happens if it's written on the sign. I suggest opening an issue and provide the requested information.
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Posted May 14, 2020I put sign and even can't buy or sell anything...
No support, I don't know what to do..
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Posted May 17, 2020If it's your own shop you are trying to trade with then you need to disable the block of that with /csaccess.
Otherwise please open an issue and provide the requested information.
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Posted May 12, 2020Hi, I am having an issue selling enchanted books with this plugin. I have opened a forum here: https://dev.bukkit.org/projects/chestshop/issues/1330.
Any help from devs or community would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Posted May 7, 2020When I put a sign on a chest of enchanted books, like say a chest full of Aqua Affinity, the sign just says "Enchanted Book #4" or "Enchanted Book #5" or whatever. Is it possible to have it put the name of the Enchantment on the sign?
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Posted May 12, 2020Unfortunately that is currently not possible with the plugin itself, mainly due to the length limitations of signs. It's possible for an addon to change that though and display it in some way, e.g. on the shop sign directly by using the Item and Material parse events or via holograms or addition signs (like my ChestShopTools addon)
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Posted May 2, 2020How do you gain money every day so that way there's always money to go around?
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Posted May 12, 2020You'll need a separate plugin for that. Some economy plugins have that function built in but if yours doesn't then I suggest looking for ones called something like "time is money" or similar.
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Posted May 1, 2020Hey there,
thank you for the wonderful plugin! I have a question: Is it possible, that players can only pay with diamonds? I don't want any currency or bank account with money, i would like to use dias to buy/sell things. Is there an option? Thanks in advance!
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Posted May 1, 2020You would need a Vault/Reserve-compatible economy plugin which uses items as money for that (E.g. Gringotts). ChestShop itself does not support item trading. (Mainly because the goal is to be used with an economy plugin and because the sign can hardly fit the current information content)