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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Apr 2, 2012@Acrobot
Like when it says '[Shop] Grimlock257 bought 10 DIAMOND_BLOCK for 15 Pounds from your shop' Like that :)
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Posted Apr 2, 2012@XenoBen Yep.
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Posted Apr 2, 2012Can you have a doublechest with chestshop?
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Posted Apr 2, 2012@Grimlock257 Well, when exactly do you want it to say that?
If in messages - sure, I forgot about it :P
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Posted Apr 2, 2012Hello, would it be possible to make it so it says 'Diamond Block' not 'DIAMOND_BLOCK' and such? If that is possible then awesome!
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Posted Apr 2, 2012@OMG_Spedwards
"at com.iCo6.system.Queried.useMiniDB(Queried.java:92)"
Your iConomy 6 is broken...
Try
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Posted Apr 2, 2012I'm getting errors for my shops. 2 different ones: One for buying, and one for selling.
They are both here: http://pastebin.com/SpapVR50
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Posted Apr 2, 2012@WoodenAxeServer Well, iConomy generally doesn't handle transactions well, are you sure you are using MySQL local database?
You can set the SHOP_INTERACT_INTERVAL in config to higher value, this might "fix" the spikes for you.
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Posted Apr 1, 2012There's always a spike in lag (drop in TPS) when someone buys/sells a lot from a chest shop.. even just 10 clicks in quick succession. I'm using the MySQL backend of iconomy and only logging to console. Is there anything in particular to check for? Or is this a known problem?
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Posted Apr 1, 2012@Darrennick Well, it all depends on your settings in config.yml - specifically REVERSE_BUTTONS
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Posted Apr 1, 2012Can someone tell me why left click is now sell and buy is right click on mine?
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Posted Mar 31, 2012@Acrobot
I tried that as well. I know exactly what to do when setting it up im just getting errors. Come check out my server and show me then. Theres nobody on since its not public yet.
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Posted Mar 31, 2012@kcorb90 Again, I think you didn't type that right.
On your picture, you have "FREE" in the 3rd line.
It should be:
B free S free B free:free S
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Posted Mar 31, 2012@Acrobot
I have done that, I tried free and with a cost. Im not new to this, I have used this since early beta and just stating the format doesnt help me. What could be going wrong is there maybe a incompatible plugin?
EDIT* Its not an incompatibility I isolated the plugin with iconomy/vault and free signs do not work I just get you cannot buy/sell here and im op When the signs have a price it works
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Posted Mar 31, 2012Please add the ability to edit shops with shift right click or something similar to lockette, this would make editing shop prices, for discount etc alot easier.
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Posted Mar 30, 2012add feature to clear sign if all items in shop sold
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Posted Mar 30, 2012@Russeru Thanks :D Finally someone who understands that :)
@kcorb90 It should be either:
"B free"
"S free"
or
"B free: S free"
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Posted Mar 29, 2012about the permissions thing:
I am extremely glad that this plugin actually follows the standard and DOES NOT default to "only OP's can use our plugin by default and if you don't use perms then go screw yourself" like many others do. If you're going to have a public server and set up perms for everything and try to keep dozens of plugins updated and properly configured, I don't think it's too much to ask to change a setting in the .jar every time you update.
anyway thanks for an awesome plugin, and I can't wait for CS 4 :)
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Posted Mar 29, 2012@Acrobot
If you want, I can give you an IP to come show me. But Im pretty sure im doing it right, since this is what used to work on older versions
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Posted Mar 29, 2012@Acrobot
I did exactly that with signs that worked with previous versions, and copied the text onto new signs aswell. I even made adminshops with no price (free) and it doesnt work when free is enabled (http://i.imgur.com/TcviO.png). Nothing shows up in console. I am using your latest version, heres a screenshot of my plugins http://i.imgur.com/TFy8j.jpg