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Player Shops with QuickShop

Create sell and buy shops from any chest, manage them, and find other players' shops.

What you'll learn

  • →Hold the item you want to sell → left-click a chest → type the price
  • →Shops must be inside a claimed plot you own — not in the wilderness
  • →A 5% tax is deducted from every sale — price accordingly
  • →You can own up to 10 shops
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Shops can only be created inside a claimed plot that belongs to you. Wilderness or someone else's plot won't work.
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If your shop is inside a town claim, visitors need switch permission on that plot or town to use it — see the Towny permissions step below.
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    Create a sell shop

    Hold item → left-click chest → type price in chat

    A sell shop sells your items to other players.

    1. Place a chest inside your claimed plot.
    2. Hold the item you want to sell in your hand.
    3. Left-click the chest.
    4. A prompt appears in chat — type the price per item and press Enter.
      e.g. type 50 to charge $50 per diamond.

    A floating hologram appears showing item name, price, and stock. Other players right-click the chest to buy.

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    Stock the shop by putting items into the chest. The hologram shows OUT OF STOCK when empty — buyers will go elsewhere.
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    Create a buy shop

    Create a chest shop → right-click it → switch to Buy Mode → add coin balance

    A buy shop purchases items from other players — useful for collecting materials like wood, stone, or food.

    1. Create a chest shop the same way as a sell shop (left-click with item in hand, set a price).
    2. Right-click your new shop chest to open the management GUI.
    3. Find the mode toggle and switch to Buy Mode.
    4. Use Add Balance in the GUI to deposit coins so the shop can pay sellers.
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    If the shop's coin balance hits $0 it stops buying. Top it up regularly.
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    Understand the 5% tax

    You keep 95% of each sale — factor this in when pricing

    Every transaction charges a 5% tax to the shop owner, deducted automatically.

    • Sell a diamond for $50 → you receive $47.50
    • Want to net $50? Set the price to $52.63
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    Manage an existing shop

    Right-click your shop chest to open the management GUI

    Right-click any of your shop chests to open the GUI. Options:

    • Change price — update what buyers pay
    • Toggle mode — switch between sell and buy
    • Add / withdraw balance — fund a buy shop or collect your earnings
    • Remove shop — items and balance returned to you, nothing is lost
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    Find other players' shops

    /qs find <item> — lists matching shops with prices, click to teleport

    /qs find <item>

    For example: /qs find diamond. QuickShop lists matching shops with price and owner. Click a result to teleport directly to that shop.

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    Let visitors use your shops (Towny permissions)

    Enable outsider switch on your plot or town — otherwise visitors can't click your chests

    QuickShop respects Towny's permission system. By default, outsiders can't interact with chests inside a town claim — which means they can't use your shops until you open up switch permissions.

    You have two options depending on how much of your town you want to open:

    Just this plot (recommended for shop districts)

    /plot set perm outsider switch on

    Stand inside the plot you want to open. Only that one plot is affected.

    Entire town

    /town set perm outsider switch on

    Opens switch permissions for all plots in the town. Only do this if your whole town is a public market.

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    Towns that don't want visitors touching anything don't need to change a thing — the default keeps outsiders locked out.
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    Double chests for more stock

    Place two chests side by side → left-click one to create a double-chest shop

    Place two chests side by side and left-click one with your item to create the shop. The entire double chest becomes storage — double the stock capacity.

    This still counts as one shop against your limit of 10.

Quick Reference

Commands at a glance

(hold item + left-click chest)Create a new shop — type the price in chat when prompted.
(right-click your shop chest)Open shop management: change price, mode, balance, or remove.
/qs find <item>Find shops selling or buying a specific item.
/qs price <price>Quickly update the price of the shop you are looking at.
/qs removeRemove a shop — items and balance are returned to you.
/qs historyView recent transactions for the shop you are looking at.
/plot set perm outsider switch onAllow visitors to use shops on the plot you're standing in.
/town set perm outsider switch onAllow visitors to use shops across the entire town.

💡 Tips & Tricks

  • ✓Keep sell shops stocked — OUT OF STOCK holograms lose customers.
  • ✓A 5% tax is deducted from every sale. If you want to net $50, charge $52.63.
  • ✓Buy shops stop buying when their coin balance hits $0 — check and top up regularly.
  • ✓Run /qs find before pricing to see what competitors charge. Undercut slightly to attract buyers.
  • ✓Removing a shop returns all items and balance — you lose nothing by cleaning up old shops.
  • ✓Double chests count as one shop but hold twice the stock.