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 Jul 14, 2013@semirotta
That's a configuration error... Actually read the stack hurr durr
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Posted Jul 14, 2013Shopkeepers newest version not working with newest Bukkit 1.6.2 development build.... Says incompatible server version or something like that on start up.
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Posted Jul 14, 2013@wrecktify80
nop it doesnt.
Issue:
http://pastebin.com/6B0GLRRN
Using 1.6.2 bukkit
shopkeepers 1.14.2
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Posted Jul 11, 2013When will this work for 1.6.2?
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Posted Jul 11, 2013Issue:
http://pastebin.com/6B0GLRRN
Using 1.6.2 bukkit
shopkeepers 1.14.2
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Posted Jul 11, 2013Could you please add the suggestion of Gitany to this plugin? I really would like to make an marketplace where the players can buy a shop without the help of an admin.
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Posted Jul 11, 20131.14.2 works fine with 1.6.2, I mistakenly used an older version on my test server. All is fine and well! Thank you for your hard work! :)
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Posted Jul 10, 2013@IntoxicatedPig
1.14.2 Will work with 1.6.2
@nisovin
I figured. Until then!
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Posted Jul 10, 2013@nisovin
Wait im confused..... will it work on 1.6.2 or not?
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Posted Jul 10, 2013@chakyl
This plugin won't support the item attributes until Bukkit adds it to the API.
@shawshark
@wrecktify80
@superstein7
@alexiiop
Are you all running the latest version, 1.14.2? It should work okay. I put some effort in that version into making it at least somewhat update-proof.
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Posted Jul 10, 2013update to 1.6.2 PLEASE my server is broken because of it
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Posted Jul 9, 2013@superstein7
Hm, 1.13.2? 1.14.2 is already out
seems to work with 1.62
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Posted Jul 9, 2013I've been using Shopkeepers and Rebalance Villagers as the heart of my eco and it has worked out wonderfully! Thank you for your selfless efforts and for being so fast to update.
P.S. I upgraded to 1.6.2 last night and this plugin is still working. It's only shown minor glitches in that the green shopkeeper is brown and some have potion swirls going all the time, although I personally kinda like that. :)
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Posted Jul 9, 2013What they said down there - 1.6.2 needs an update!
Probably redundant but I'll paste it anyway; here's the error:
6:07:08 PM Shopkeepers: Enabling Shopkeepers v1.13.2
6:07:08 PM CONSOLE: [SEVERE] [Shopkeepers] Incompatible server version: Shopkeepers plugin cannot be enabled.
Thanks! :)
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Posted Jul 9, 2013Hope for an update soon this is the only plugin holding me back from 1.6.2. Thanks for your hard work!
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Posted Jul 9, 2013The lastest build for Shopkeepers isn't working with 1.6.2
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Posted Jul 9, 2013Seems like item attributes from 1.6 aren't saving after restarts.
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Posted Jul 9, 2013@daugvydas120
I guess you can keep the folder but replace the jar?
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Posted Jul 9, 2013Idea: Admins can setup "buyable" shopkeepers. That way admin can setup a trading market where people can buy shops. I know you could sell villager eggs, but that would enable the players to setup shops wherever they want. This idea makes it possible for admins to setup buyable shopkeepers so that players can invest their money on a shopkeeper shop where they can setup personal offers and make money. Maybe players too could be able of setting a price on their owned shopkeepers? That way a new business will begin where people buys and sells shops to make money. This process will make it so that shops will naturally be put on sale and other players can utilize that to grab ownership of a shopkeeper even when all slots already are bought. Admins can setup these shopkeepers from start, at chosen position and chosen area. That also makes certain positions more valuable than others. I think it would be great if this was implemented somehow. Thank you for reading.
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Posted Jul 9, 2013This plugin is the best and personally the most important for me. I love it! I hope it will nevee disapear