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
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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)
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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Jun 1, 2013@UNIboy99 Yes, it requires iConomy or any other economy plugin. No, it isn't Command iConomy. It's ChestShop, as the name implies.
@xGreenGamer Sorry, I've no idea what you meant to say.
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Posted Jun 1, 2013Does this plugin require iConomy? If so is it Command iComony?
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Posted Jun 1, 2013Hey help me when I try to put a shop on my server because I will not come out donot No Error and will not I get the same error that Drakoz
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Posted Jun 1, 2013@Skwirrells54 Firstly, admin shop doesn't need any chests.
Secondly, I can't help you if you just tell me "i can't buy anything".
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Posted May 31, 2013I have a problem. When I put a sign ABOVE the chest, i write: Admin Shop 2 B2 Stone But when I click done after i can't buy anything from the chest. Plus I also filled the chest with stone. Please Help, I don't know what to do.
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Posted May 31, 2013@drak0rz Sorry, it seems like your Spigot might be corrupt. Please try re-downloading it.
@FluffyTheNeko Sure, no need to pay. Just please create a Ticket for it.
@mausterio1 Hmm, if that's the case, it means that Spigot is NOT fully compatible with Bukkit. However, I kind of doubt that.
@Xarniia Nope.
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Posted May 30, 2013Can i use BOSEconomy-bank accounts as shopowner, and how?
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Posted May 30, 2013@drak0rz
Also receiving this same error.
Running 1.5.2 Spigot, also.
Console was throwing out errors whenever blocks are broken or placed, but after a restart I only recieve
[SEVERE] Error occurred while enabling ChestShop v3.50 (Is it up to date?)
along with a whole line of error similar to prior report.
Although no current new errors and the plugin seems to be working fine.
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Posted May 30, 2013@Acrobot Well, can you add it as an hidden option?
I would seriously pay you to get this feature back, it felt like the greatest thing you had ever added to the plugin, and then you removed it... :(
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Posted May 30, 2013Getting an error, even though it shows up the plugin itself still works.
Using CraftBukkit version git-Spigot-878 (MC: 1.5.2)
2013-05-30 10:08:50 [SEVERE] Error occurred while enabling ChestShop v3.5 (Is it up to date?) java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/joda/time/LocalDateTime at com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.type.DefaultTypeManager.initialiseJodaTypes(DefaultTypeManager.java:633) at com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.type.DefaultTypeManager.<init>(DefaultTypeManager.java:165) at com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.core.InternalConfiguration.<init>(InternalConfiguration.java:137) at com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.core.DefaultServerFactory.createServer(DefaultServerFactory.java:209) at com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.core.DefaultServerFactory.createServer(DefaultServerFactory.java:64) at com.avaje.ebean.EbeanServerFactory.create(EbeanServerFactory.java:78) at com.lennardf1989.bukkitex.Database.loadDatabase(Database.java:153) at com.lennardf1989.bukkitex.Database.initializeDatabase(Database.java:73) at com.Acrobot.ChestShop.ChestShop.setupDB(ChestShop.java:269) at com.Acrobot.ChestShop.ChestShop.onEnable(ChestShop.java:92) at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin.setEnabled(JavaPlugin.java:217) at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.enablePlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:457) at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.enablePlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:383) at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.loadPlugin(CraftServer.java:305) at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.CraftServer.enablePlugins(CraftServer.java:287) at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.MinecraftServer.j(MinecraftServer.java:310) at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.MinecraftServer.e(MinecraftServer.java:289) at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:249) at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.DedicatedServer.init(DedicatedServer.java:152) at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:388) at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:573) Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.joda.time.LocalDateTime at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) ... 21 more
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Posted May 30, 2013@Omarz9787 Hmm, and how about the steps for troubleshooting I gave him?
@FluffyTheNeko Well, uhh... I could, however this would probably mean more confusion for users. You really overestimate the abilities of an average server owner ;)
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Posted May 29, 2013@Acrobot
So there's chance at all that it will come back?
We really miss it, couldn't you just re-use the code and put it as an option?
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Posted May 29, 2013@ShadowOfBlood @Acrobot
I have the same exact problem ShadowOfBlood does, the server lags everytime someone tries to buy from shop. I made the interval 5000 and it still lags with a 5 second delay. I closed shops for a day on my server and it seemed that there was no lag at all rather then when there were shops.
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Posted May 29, 2013@ShadowOfBlood Hmm, unfortunately I can't help - as ChestShop is getting more and more modular, it might slow down a bit.
@FluffyTheNeko I'm sorry, but I believe that shift sells all was used too rarely, instead shift selling stacks could be just the golden mean.
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Posted May 29, 2013@Acrobot I know that it sells in stacks, but that's the problem.
When you want to sell like an entire inventory (we have cobble and dirt admin shops in my server, so we just go dump stuff into them after we've gone mining.)
So it takes a while to sell it all, and it gets quite frustrating.
Would love you over and over if you put it back.
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Posted May 28, 2013@Acrobot
K, so I've generated a new timings file since changing the SHOP_INTERACTION_INTERVAL to 1,000 and it still lags just as much. I have Essentials installed, so I'll probably just switch over to using essentials eco signs.
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Posted May 28, 2013@Acrobot
Thank you,
I increased the SHOP_INTERACTION_INTERVAL from 250 to 1000. (hopefully my users don't hate me now XD)
DB and Console logging was already disabled.
I'll post back later if its still lagging =)
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Posted May 28, 2013@FluffyTheNeko It's kind of in the plugin. It's been renamed to "SHIFT_SELLS_IN_STACKS" and, as the name says, now sells in stacks instead of everything.
@ShadowOfBlood - increase the SHOP_INTERACTION_INTERVAL
- turn off DB logging (if you do log to one)
- turn off logging to console in favour of logging to file
- (if applicable) move your economy db from an external server to local
That's all I can think of from the top of my head.
@DeclinedGiant58You need an economy plugin for that.
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Posted May 28, 2013how do you find out how much money you have someone please answer!
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Posted May 28, 2013Hey, so I've been getting a lot of lag from ChestShop lately. Any ideas how I can cut down the lag? Here's my timings for ChestShop: