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)
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Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)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 Jan 11, 2014Acrobat check the tickets :)
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Posted Jan 11, 2014@octosapien Estimated date - when Bukkit staff makes my 3.7.3 build public...
http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/chestshop/files/67-v3-7-3/
I released it on 07/01, and it's still not approved...
@mmuziek I was looking into it, however everything worked just fine :/ I'll probably carry out even more tests for this.
@BlackFing85 Yes, it works.
@inkwriter There is no way, at the moment :/
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Posted Jan 9, 2014Hello, I was looking for a way to limit the amount of chestshops a player can create, what would be the most effective way to do this?
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Posted Jan 9, 2014@Acrobot
Does this work with 1.7.2 bukkit? If not can you please update!
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Posted Jan 9, 2014yo aacrobot when are you gonna fix the issue where everyone can create chestshops? even when they dont have the perm?
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Posted Jan 9, 2014Hi @Acrobot ! Any estimated date when we will be able to use Chestshop with Worldguard's 'allow-shops' flag? For example I want players only to be able to create shops near spawn in a mall/market/shop area. Thanks for a great plugin!
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Posted Jan 8, 2014@Acrobot How Do You Get Money?
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Posted Jan 8, 2014@bjornleijdstrom I unfortunately am not knowledgeable enough with GroupManager to help you with that :/
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Posted Jan 8, 2014@Acrobot
ok i will do that
i will send you the translations as soon as possible.
greetz
speedlegs
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Posted Jan 7, 2014Hi @Acrobot, I'm using GroupManager and latest beta build (also tried some dev builds, but no luck) and have -ChestShop.shop.* for all users exept 1 level that has ChestShop.shop.create.buy.
They can still create shops for selling, I also tried removing each node instead of using *. Other problem is they can do it in all worlds, even if I just add it to one.
No errors, it's just that they can do it even if i remove the permission.
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Posted Jan 7, 2014@XeonG8 Do /iteminfo, put that ID on the sign.
@VirtualRunner I replied to you in the main thread, here: http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/4150/page-285#post-2157389
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Posted Jan 7, 2014I have tried for hours to get this plugin to work but it just doesn't. I've just started a server and have the latest craftbukkit version and 3.7.2 of this... when I place a chest shop sign it just stays as a sign. Why?
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Posted Jan 7, 2014players can't sell an item that has lore text on it, ie the same item spawned without any lore text works fine when sold to shop.
any work around?
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Posted Jan 6, 2014@fov360 Both. ChestShop (up to now) has been using a hacky way of implementing the flag. Since there's a new flag now (included in WorldGuard - "allow-shops"), I'll be using it in the next release.
@killerjezza Players shouldn't be able to do that unless they're OP or they have ChestShop.admin permission.
@Durand1w Hmm... You'd have to recompile the plugin and add a check for potion shelves.
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Posted Jan 6, 2014I have a question. We have been using chestshop for a longtime without issues. I was wondering if it is possible to define an inventory item other than a chest? Specifically, we were hoping to place signs above Bibliocraft's potion shelves.
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Posted Jan 5, 2014How do i stop players Creating Chest's for other people because i have disabled there perm to it. I have removed these perms:
- -ChestShop.name.someName - -ChestShop.name.*
But players can still create shops with other people's names on them :/ Please Help me!!
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Posted Jan 5, 2014We used to use the Chestshop flag which worked fine befor 1.7. But when setting it now it says "unknown flag specified". Is this a worldguard or a chestshop problem?
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Posted Jan 5, 2014@KingPyro Oh, so that's what happens! Sorry, I was really busy and as far as I can remember, there's still no ticket for it on the bug tracker. It seems like the name is confusing to the plugin (since there can be a 'Redstone Lamp On' and 'Redstone Lamp Off' AND I've made an error in the sign creation section of ChestShop. Could you create a ticket for it, please?
@speedlegs Go into plugins/ChestShop/ folder. There, you will find 'local.yml' file, which you can edit freely. Finally, when you're happy with the results, just give me a link to the translation on pastebin.com (preferably choosing the YAML color coding).
@Kyurem55 Probably there's an issue with your permission file.
@deancohen1994 Huh, it's weird that regenerating does not help. The error is caused because there seems to be an invalid character in the local.yml file and it's not encoded in UTF-8. Firstly, try deleting local.yml file again, and if that doesn't work, open the file with Notepad + + and choose Format - Convert to UTF-8 and then save it.
@turtledude01 Yup, it seems like the tax section of the plugin is currently broken. Sorry!
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Posted Jan 4, 2014I have no idea if I did something wrong or im just the lucky person to find this "bug". When I set the server economy account and a player buys an item for $10, it adds $20 to the server account, when they sell, it subtracts $10. This works with every price I have tried, Please tell me if im just having issues with the config or if its the plugin. I am using the newest version (3.7.2) with Bukkit 1.7.2 Thanks.
EDIT: Well, I just fixed it. I changed the Tax amount for buying from a server account to 0 and it works how thought.
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Posted Jan 4, 2014Im having an error on startup saying problem with configs http://dev.bukkit.org/paste/9084/ have regeneratd config to default still getting errors 1.7.2 craftbukkt thanks