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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Mar 3, 2013@cdh0127 :)
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Posted Mar 3, 2013@Acrobot
Appreciate it!
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Posted Mar 3, 2013@cdh0127 /iteminfo is your friend.
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Posted Mar 3, 2013How can players make Player Chest Shops for enchanted gear or potions? You can't type the name of it...and enchanted items don't have item ids...
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Posted Mar 3, 2013@iceco Yup, I was thinking about that, however it could be a bit hard to predict when exactly the shop has been restocked! Anyway, could you create a ticket for it (if one doesn't already exist)?
@thechipserver Nope. Not working with the latest versions of ChestShop and CraftBukkit.
@Mikkets @Mikkets Exactly what the error says. You need Vault plugin for Essentials to work.
@Blabla72 What do you mean by "doesn't work"? The shop has to be completely empty to be removed.
@ms0244412 Well, increase the SHOP_INTERACT_INTERVAL in the config? Your economical plugin's just not keeping up.
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Posted Mar 3, 2013@Mikkets
It you use Essentials and Vault for your economy, you don't need to fill that part of the config in; it's a fallback for some setups.
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Posted Mar 2, 2013Hey! I have a problem...In the configuration need select the economy plugin - i type Essentials but it still not working! On game it says i dont have money but i have! On conosle it says: You haven`t got any economy plugin or, if your plugin is not recognised, download vault! Why it is not working? Sry for bad English
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Posted Mar 2, 2013Whenever someone holds right click to purchase something, the server crashes with a Read Time Out error.
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Posted Mar 2, 2013Hello,
I use ChestShop v3.50 t0049 with REMOVE_EMPTY_SHOPS: true but this don't work, why?
Thank you for the help.
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Posted Mar 2, 2013@thechipserver
Are you using the latest build because this issue has already been fixed.
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Posted Mar 2, 2013Hey! I have a problem...In the configuration need select the economy plugin - i type Essentials but it still not working! On game it says i dont have money but i have! On conosle it says: You haven`t got any economy plugin or, if your plugin is not recognised, download vault! Why it is not working? Sry for bad English
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Posted Mar 1, 2013When a player renames an item then sells it to the shop, they keep the item that they sold, yet still get the money for that item.
For example, a player renames a Diamond, "Piamond" then sells it to the shop for 300 they will be given 300 but keep the item they have sold.
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Posted Mar 1, 2013I wanted to ask if it's possible that could be displayed behind the stack size, the total number of items in the box?
like this ->
Line1: der_robert
Line2: 64 (10) or (640) // number of possible stacks or the total number of items
Line3: 100:10
Line4: Dirt
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Posted Mar 1, 2013@ZwPBerserk Yup, just use the latest ChestShop version and do /iteminfo while holding the item!
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Posted Mar 1, 2013Hey, Is it possible to sell enchanting books?
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Posted Mar 1, 2013@ja6 Try doing /iteminfo while holding the item - assuming you are running the latest version of ChestShop.
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Posted Feb 28, 2013Hey, I was wondering what the details of selling dyed leather armor are. I've tried (leather armor id): (color id) but it doesn't work. Thanks
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Posted Feb 28, 2013@cyclo666
Hmm...
Do you get any errors in the console?
@xsonarx
Huh, well, it sounds exactly like the Minecraft bug... I've no idea why it would work with Essentials, given that they use the same method of interacting as me.
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Posted Feb 28, 2013@Acrobot
/iinfo shows help no matter what i'm holding. i'm using /itemdb from essentials as a work around for now