Shopkeepers

Set up custom villager shopkeepers that sell exactly what you want them to sell and for what price. You can set up admin shops, which have infinite supply, and you can also set up player shops, which pull supply from a chest.
It will also prevent any other trades with non-shopkeeper villagers, if you want it to.
For those who are simply looking for a convenient way to modify the trades of vanilla villagers (as an alternative to using complex Minecraft commands), the plugin also includes a graphical editor for regular villagers and wandering traders.
Basic Features
- Easily create villager shopkeepers that trade the items you want them to trade.
- Admins shops with infinite supplies.
- Player shops which pull supplies from a chest.
- Different types of player shops: selling, buying, trading, and selling books.
- Various supported mob types to represent your shopkeeper, sign shops, and Citizens (NPC) shops.
- Editor for regular villagers and wandering traders.
- Many configuration options.
- Translatable messages.
- Open source (Source code on GitHub)
Supported server versions
Shopkeepers supports the latest versions of Bukkit / Spigot.
Note that this plugin is created to work with CraftBukkit (or alternatively Spigot). Bukkit does not have an API for some of the things necessary to make this plugin work. This means that other server software (Tekkit, Forge, Cauldron, etc.) will not work with this plugin.
Other CraftBukkit or Spigot derivatives/forks might work, but are not officially supported. So if you run into issues while using those, try to reproduce your issue on a fresh and up-to-date Spigot server first.
Getting started
All documentation can be found in the wiki:
- Downloads and changelogs for all files
- Installation
- Translations
- Configuration
- Permissions
- Creating shops
- Commands
- Frequently Asked Questions
Showcase
Admin shops:
Configure the trades via the in-game inventory menu:

Resulting trading menu:

Player shops (ex. selling items):
Fill the shop chest with supplies:

Configure the trades via the in-game inventory menu:

Resulting trading menu:

Video Tutorials
More video tutorials can be found in the wiki: https://github.com/Shopkeepers/Shopkeepers-Wiki/wiki/Video-Tutorials
Tutorial by Donnie, explaining the setup of the different shop types:
Tutorial by Fan Staaff showing the setup of the different shop types in detail:
Tutorial by LastKing2X,showing the setup of the different shop types:
Spanish tutorial by Ajneb97, also mentioning placeholder items and various config options:
Statistics
This plugin uses bStats to collect anonymous plugin usage statistics. This helps me to determine how many servers are using the plugin, which Minecraft versions it is used with the most, and to which degree the different features are used.
Here is a list of all currently tracked information:
- Common information: The number of servers using the plugin, the number of players on these servers, online mode, Minecraft version, plugin version, core count, system arch, operating system, server country, Java version.
- Shopkeepers specific information: Whether specific related plugins are used (Citizens, Towny, WorldGuard, Gringotts, other Vault economy plugins), number of shops, whether player shops are used, whether certain features are enabled in the config (ex. WorldGuard/Towny compatibility, Citizens shops, delayed saves, colored names, chest protection, removal of inactive shops, tax rate, strict item comparison, purchase logging, disabling of other villagers, ..), the number of worlds containing shops.
- All information can be publicly viewed here: https://bstats.org/plugin/bukkit/Shopkeepers/
If you want to disable bStats for all plugins on your server, edit the file plugins/bStats/config.yml, or alternatively disable it only for Shopkeepers by setting 'enable-metrics' to 'false' inside the Shopkeepers config.
Known potential issues
A list of known potential issues of the latest version of Shopkeepers can be found in the wiki: This documents differences between Minecraft/Spigot versions, and existing Minecraft/Spigot issues related to Shopkeepers.
If you run into an issue, check if this list already contains and maybe offers information on how to handle it.
Have issues or further questions?
If you have a pressing issue or simple question, you can join the discord server and ask other plugin users for help:
But submitting a ticket is the best way to get help or report a problem with the plugin.
Before submitting a ticket:
- Check if your question is already answered in:
- The documentation (wiki).
- The FAQ.
- The Known Issues.
- Check if there is already another ticket for your issue.
Before reporting an issue:
- Try to reproduce your issue when using:
- The latest versions of Spigot and Shopkeepers.
- No other plugins.
- No kinds of other server or client mods.
When reporting an issue:
- Provide the versions you are using of Minecraft, Spigot and Shopkeepers.
- Provide a detailed description of your problem and add as much information as possible which could help reproducing the issue.
- If possible, include step-by-step instructions on how to reproduce the issue on a fresh Spigot server.
Donations
If you like this plugin, consider supporting its developers by making a donation:
- To blablubbabc (current maintainer: Dec 2013 - today)
- To nisovin (former author: Aug 2012 - Dec 2013)
A big "thank you" to everybody who is keeping the motivation up through donations!
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Want to help?
Whether you are a programmer or not, there are many ways in which you can contribute! For example:
- Help users with issues and questions on Github, Discord, or the comment section.
- Create and update translations.
- Keep the documentation (the wiki) up-to-date with plugin updates.
- Write or maintain add-on plugins (see the open Github issues).
If you are interested or have other ideas on how you can contribute, feel free to contact me via PM.
Add-On Plugins
Sometimes, a feature is either to specific to include directly into the Shopkeepers plugin, or I did not yet have the time to add something similar myself. You can find a list of both official and third-party add-on plugins that extend the functionality of the Shopkeepers plugin in the wiki: https://github.com/Shopkeepers/Shopkeepers-Wiki/wiki/Add-On-Plugins
If you have also written an add-on plugin that you want to add to the list, let me know!

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Posted Dec 29, 2019In reply to blablubb:
I thought so :P
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Posted Dec 27, 2019Hi,I'm using the 1.12.2 of Spigot
I have an error which disabled Shopkeeper on the server
I have EpicSpawner and EssentialX on my server
Help !
https://imgur.com/a/4TdOyWf
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Posted Dec 27, 2019In reply to moonlightx5:
You will have to use an older version of Shopkeepers. v2.8.1 is not comaptible with Spigot 1.12.2.
Try v2.2.2: https://dev.bukkit.org/projects/shopkeepers/files/2615597
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Posted Dec 21, 2019Hi there! First of all, thank you for this awesome plugin :)
Second: In 1.15.1, when I place for instance a villager for an admin shop, it always faces south. Can't get it to face a different direction. Known issue? Thanks! And keep up the good work.
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Posted Dec 21, 2019In reply to Forge_User_80752915:
Known issues. Requires an update. No ETA yet since I am currently still working on something else.
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Posted Dec 21, 2019In reply to blablubb:
Thank you for the quick reply. I'll await the update.
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Posted Dec 27, 2019In reply to blablubb:
can you say roughly when the problem will be fixed?
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Posted Dec 27, 2019In reply to blueeyestar:
A snapshot is available on the discord server (for testing purposes), which fixes this issue. There are still a few other minor things I want to fix before publishing the update.
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Posted Dec 27, 2019In reply to blablubb:
Thank you we will test it :) Great and many thanks
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Posted Dec 20, 2019In 1.15 I am getting a bug where even tho the item is in the chest for instance a looting III book. It will not let the players purchase it because it says it's out of stock.
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Posted Dec 20, 2019In reply to minecraftsmurf37:
Does this only affect enchanted books or other items as well? How did you create this book? DOes the book use a custom display name?
I am aware of that issue (or another issue with the same effect) for textured player heads and for written books.
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Posted Dec 20, 2019In reply to blablubb:
Book from a villager trade also enchanted bows as well
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Posted Dec 26, 2019In reply to blablubb:
I have updated my EssentialsX plugin and changed from spigot to paper. Somehow the problem with items using custom displayname or custom enchant (I don't know if it was the displayname problem or enchant) is gone . I'm not 100% sure if it's related.
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Posted Dec 18, 2019Test Umm Hello Everyone Just Quick Announcement Or what idk why i do this but the plugin is broken everytime ./shopkeepers and then i click the Villager Proffesions it just pop up a chest with 9slots and theres a title said My Name :/ this is a bug or what i checkeed the config again and again but theres nothing wrong with the config :/ FOR THE CREATOR OF THIS PLUGIN CAN U FIX THIS PROBLEMS Cuz its So Annoying ...............................................\
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Posted Dec 18, 2019In reply to fabb_exe:
Maybe also create a short video or screenshots of what you are doing step by step and how the resulting inventory menu looks like.
Since the inventory menu opened by Shopkeepers will usually have more than 9 slots and not your name as title, this might be caused by an incompatibility with one of your other plugins. Can you try to reproduce your issues on a fresh and up-to-date Spigot server without other plugins?
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Posted Dec 18, 2019In reply to blablubb:
i dont now how to send a photo :/
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Posted Dec 19, 2019In reply to blablubb:
So how do i fix it my man? 😖😖 This is so Annoying :'C
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Posted Dec 19, 2019In reply to fabb_exe:
I regulary use this tool for making and uploading screenshots: https://prnt.sc/
Have you tried running it on an empty server, without other plugins?
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Posted Dec 19, 2019In reply to blablubb:
Nope :/ i dont have money if i do dat
"Create new server"
Cuz its cost $
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Posted Dec 19, 2019In reply to fabb_exe:
You don't have to buy and host a server remotely to test the plugin without other plugins. You can download BuildTools from Spigot's website, build the latest version of Spigot 1.14 or 1.15 and run the server locally on your own PC.