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
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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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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:
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 Jan 22, 2012Thanks Acrobot, we'll revisit the ID10T possibility tonight. I ruled it out because he bought and sold to my chest, that and he says he's an admin on another server and went right to work making his own shop, seemed like he knew your plugin well already. Maybe he doesn't realize he has to click the sign not the chest after all. Thanks for letting me know what triggers that error message :)
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Posted Jan 22, 2012@nebenezer Are you sure it isn't the ID10T problem :P From what I hear, he is getting "You don't have permission to access this CHEST" message - this only happens when the user clicks on the chest instead of a sign. I have no clue what is happening if that's not the problem :/
Try checking his permissions with /pex user HisName check ChestShop.shop.buy also the same, but with sell.
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Posted Jan 22, 2012@Acrobot
Acrobot, I didn't think this could get anymore.. mysterious, but it has :P
At this point I think I can rule out it being user-error (aka an ID10T problem), or a ChestShop bug, as several successful transactions have been completed by..
He is getting the "You don't have permissions to access this chest!" message.
I tried the following last night:
None of this worked so I asked him to log out and I..
When he logged in after that it was as though he was a Guest again for the first time. He was added to the default group, his money account was regenerated, blah blah blah. Still no love for this guy, regardless what user group he is in :P
FWIW I triple checked my perms.yml.. his perms are still identical to others. Also, I will be happy to describe my region setup in the market (I use WG, EpicZones and SimpleRegionMarket, sounds redundant but they all play their role) but for now let it suffice to say all the shops are set up identically.. no problems with the other shops :/
If you have any brainstorms please let me know. This issue is going on my shelf for at least a few days. Fortunately he is a very patient dude :)
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Posted Jan 22, 2012@nebenezer Nope, there isn't. Does he get any message?
@Godworld Can you post that on the Tickets list? Thanks :)
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Posted Jan 21, 2012When you destroy a chestshop you get your amount set in config.yml refunded to your balance but there is no alert message to notify you about this, can you please fix this?
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Posted Jan 21, 2012Acrobot.. No luck :(
And here is what has really got me stumped.. there is one player that has a shop but cannot buy from any other shops. I just found out that there is another guy that is in the SAME group and CAN buy from any shop, he also has a shop open. I just checked my perms.yml for PEX and confirmed.. their users are set up identically and they are assigned to the same group = they have the exact same permissions ???
Is there any limitation on how close they can be from another persons shop or something. I am totally confused here.
Any insight would be great :)
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Posted Jan 21, 2012Acrobot.. I'll give it a shot.. but my spawn radius is already only 2, the market plots are nowhere near it. I hope you're telling me this because its a bukkit bug or something, about to find out! :P
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Posted Jan 21, 2012@ScribbleQ Yep, totally adding it to the new version :)
@nebenezer
Go to bukkit.yml, change spawn-radius to 0.
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Posted Jan 21, 2012Hi. I'm using PEX 1.17, cs 3.3, cb build from yesterday and Simple Region Market..
Some of my players can buy from other shops and some can't. I can buy from anyone who has correctly set up a shop, I am op. My Moderator can buy from other shops but Citizens can not. My Moderators DO NOT have *.. they are just like Citizens only they can tp, mute and kick. The ChestShop perm nodes given to Citizens and Moderators are identical but for some reason the Citizens can't buy :( They all have plenty of money..
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Posted Jan 21, 2012would it be possible to make a version of this plugin that is compatible with Vault API? I don't use iConomy or BOSE, but the one I use is compatible with Vault. Would you be able to do what I asked in the first sentence? Thanks if you do, oh well not a big deal if you don't.
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Posted Jan 21, 2012@DarkMinecrafter Are you sure you are using either latest RB or latest CB build?
@Puremin0rez Sure, I'll try.
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Posted Jan 21, 2012Can you look into adding Residence support? Much appreciated!
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Posted Jan 21, 2012no when i click on a sign to buy
the plugin say i have buy 1 Diamondaxe for 200 Coins
but it isnt in my inventory
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Posted Jan 20, 2012@DarkMinecrafter You can already use it with 1.1
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Posted Jan 20, 2012pls update for 1.1
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Posted Jan 18, 2012Why can no one buy from my shops? It says "You cannot buy here" when they have permissions and everything, it used to work.
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Posted Jan 18, 2012@Acrobot
schweet - thx for letting me know its on your todo list
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Posted Jan 17, 2012@Acrobot
Done. Thanks for considering my idea :D
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Posted Jan 17, 2012@falsevacuum Hmm, I'll check that tomorrow (I'm ill :/ But I'm not going to school, so I'll probably have some time if I feel better :P) Could you post this as a request-ticket?
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Posted Jan 17, 2012@Acrobot
I believe you would just call block.update() on all the blocks surrounding the block the sign it on. I haven't actually done it, though.