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)
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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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Apr 2, 2013I am getting a nullpointer on buying and selling
http://pastebin.com/uytVQ5Jq
Just installed and configurated.
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Posted Apr 2, 2013permissions don't work at all anyone can buy/sell regardless of not having the chestshop perms
using group manager
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Posted Apr 2, 2013When you sell a named item the item doesn't disappear from your inventory but you get money for the item this is exploited so much please fix!
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Posted Apr 2, 2013It's a great plugin. Now all you have to add is a "real economy adminshop" function, so that prices get calculated automatically depending on how often they are sold or bought by players.
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Posted Apr 2, 2013http://pastebin.com/Q8jWWtyt latest CS on 1.5.1 / pex
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Posted Apr 2, 2013The plugin is great but highly inefficient. Could you please try to optimize it a little bit?
Here's what i got by running /timings merged:
143s is a lot :S
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Posted Apr 1, 2013@NemesisMate It's already there, though experimental, since it's not yet officially in WorldGuard. Check out WorldGuard integration in the config.
@ManBeastPigDev How does the sign look like?
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Posted Apr 1, 2013Are you adding per region permission?. So players only can make their shop on a worldguards region?
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Posted Apr 1, 2013I have OP and ChestShop.admin but i can't break chest signs. It did work on previous versions.
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Posted Apr 1, 2013@lukasnieder12 What do you mean by that? Any errors?
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Posted Apr 1, 2013Please help me I can't sell anything!
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Posted Apr 1, 2013@Tylerlee5353 You need to have an economy plugin installed for this to work.
@Toooiiiaaa What do you mean by "huge lags"? It can be a combination of anything, but most likely, the slowest part of it is the economy plugin. Have you tried configuring the SHOP_INTERACT_INTERVAL to a higher value?
@Ukaok Because in ChestShop 3.50's core, multi-item transactions are now possible, so %amount in the messages would make no sense. Please just edit your local.yml file in plugins/ChestShop/ folder, remove the %amount from messages regarding buying/selling.
@jayfella I'm sorry, but if you want to insult me, please try again. I've been developing ChestShop for 2 years. I do have confidence in my work. However, jeb_ introduced a complete change in how items are stored in Minecraft 1.4.5, that's why I can't provide you with a fully-tested build. I had to re-write ChestShop, and I do not have as much time as I had before, that's why instead of saying "bug-free", I release the versions as "test versions" - they haven't been as thoroughly checked as the previous ones, despite the fact that they are probably more stable than their predecessors. It's really hard to retain backwards-compatibility, really.
I'm not paid by anyone to make ChestShop. I make it because I feel like contributing something to the community, and it seems like the community appreciates it. By insulting me you're absolutely not helping and I have no idea why would you do it.
Anyway, have a good day sir - similar to one I had before seeing your comment.
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Posted Apr 1, 2013@thxaaaa
cuckoo
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Posted Apr 1, 2013So many months of "test versions" and "release candidates" - surefire sign you have absolutely no confidence in your own work.
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Posted Apr 1, 2013@Tylerlee5353
Any Economy system will have that function and without one I don't think you can run this anyway, so if you have ChestShop you likely also already have a pay command.
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Posted Mar 31, 2013Hey, when I purchase stuff from my shops, its says that I purchase %amount 1 Diamond, for example. Why does it have that %amount?
Thanks.
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Posted Mar 31, 2013@Acrobot
PM with screenshot sent, sorry it took this long, I missed your comment. thanks for any help.
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Posted Mar 31, 2013I use iConomy, Vault. ChestShop make huge laggs on every operation sell or buy. Every plugin is on the same serwer. It can't be that longer! Or mayby list of accounts is to long?!?! What to do?
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Posted Mar 31, 2013Can u plz make a command where u can pay somebody