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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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:
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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 May 23, 2012@scottymalloty Read the FAQ, please.
@Alexfire480 No problem :)
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Posted May 23, 2012It is allowing all of my players to create shops even with out the permissions. Does anyone know why this is happening?
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Posted May 22, 2012the admin shops are all thats being used right now perhaps it is the taxes i guess i never really looked to far into how those worked i will test it out.
Edit: Yeah ..*face palm* apparently i had taxes at 100% sorry for the trouble at least it was an easy fix
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Posted May 22, 2012@UnitedFactions Well, that's quite an undocumented feature :)
In your config.yml, just add:
max-buy-price-itemID: 0
max-sell-price-itemID: 0
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Posted May 22, 2012@Acrobot
where ;)
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Posted May 22, 2012@Alexfire480 Hmm, I don't know - I use version 1.2.15-b172
Also, are you sure that your taxes aren't set to too much?
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Posted May 22, 2012what vault do they use? I am running latest vault and getting this problem latest iconomy as well and latest chestshop
It was working well during development but when i released the server to the public the first person who sold something alerted me to this issue and i have sense shut down the economy.
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Posted May 22, 2012@xMasterPx_123 Yes, give them
ChestShop.name.somePlayersName
permission.
@Alexfire480 I'm pretty sure that's not ChestShop's issue. I've been testing it on few servers and none of them had that issue. I think it might be related to Vault.
@Baglex_ Yeah - that's why it's experimental. I can't change it, as WorldGuard doesn't officially allow "other" flags, so I do it the hackish way.
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Posted May 22, 2012Hi! Is it possible do adjust the Shop so other players who are not owner of the Shop have access to the chest?
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Posted May 21, 2012It seems a few people are having this issue: sense the new update for bukkit chest shop doesnt apear to update economy plugins (so far both bose and iconomy) it says you sell/buy an item however your account balance is not updated and the items are taken.
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Posted May 21, 2012@actobot
thanks for the quick reply, well have to find some other way around that, thanks anyway.
i was also wondering, and i know its supposed to be experimental so i understand if there are some bugs with it, but we were trying to use the by region permissions for shop creation and usage, and for some reason, when we set the flag to allow it, it seems to work for a while and then randomly, the flag allowing it will disappear, and players wont be able to place.
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Posted May 21, 2012@Baglex_ No, sorry - the only way would be just to clean the region with shops after it expires.
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Posted May 21, 2012is there a way to allow players to remove others chest shop signs?
i use simple region market in a rentable store system (player rents out a region for a set amount of money, builds a chestshop, etc)
once the time up for the rental, someone new is able to buy that area, but they arent able to destroy the last owners signs, is there any way i can allow them to break other players signs?
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Posted May 21, 2012@UnitedFactions Yes, just set the max-price-itemID: 0
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Posted May 21, 2012@Acrobot
Acrobat, can I blacklist certain items from sale?
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Posted May 19, 2012@Debesukaleejs Ok, could you post it as a ticket?
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Posted May 19, 2012@Acrobot
Make it an option ! It could just work like you make a shop selling coal they make a sing but they can't open the chest. to fill up the chest they hold the coal and press the sign and it fills it, basically selling to themselves.
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Posted May 19, 2012@cuddyier I know, that's an error, it will be fixed soon.
@rimlanin This might sound like a great idea, but when you realise each colour takes up 2 characters from 15 character limit, it doesn't look that well :/
@Debesukaleejs Hmm, I might do that, but I am worried that it may mean more inconvenience for shop owners.
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Posted May 19, 2012@rimlanin
Try in settings where you have your admin shop name just add color &4 or smth, just my guess.
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Posted May 19, 2012Why if I make a sign selling stone bricks of any kind, all chestshop gives is 98:3 which is the square pattern stone bricks.