Shops

Open a chest-based store (a shop) to buy and sell items with other players.

Creating a shop

You can create a shop by clicking a chest and entering a price, with almost no commands needed. Each new shop costs 100 Spa Coins, and you cannot create one without enough money.

1. Place a chest. Trapped chests and barrels work too.
2. Hold the item and quantity you want to sell per transaction.
3. Left-click the chest.
4. Enter the price per transaction in chat, such as 100.
5. Put stock into the chest.

The shop is ready when a display item appears above the chest and a sign appears beside it.

The floating display item is visual only and cannot be picked up.

Quantity and price per transaction

The number of items in your hand when creating the shop becomes the quantity per transaction. The price entered in chat is for that entire quantity.

For example, holding 1 item creates a price per item. Holding 16 creates a price per 16 items. You can change the quantity later with /qs size.

Prices can be any amount from 0.01 Spa Coins upward, including decimals.

Unsupported locations and setups

Restriction	Details
Resource worlds	Shops cannot be created in resource worlds (Resource Server, Resource Server 2, Resource Nether, Resource Nether 2, and Resource End).
Double chests	Use one single chest, trapped chest, or barrel. Two connected chests are unsupported.
Sign space	There must be room for a sign beside the chest or another suitable adjacent position.
Prohibited item	Bedrock cannot be traded in shops.
Owner-bound items	Items whose lore contains SoulBound cannot be newly listed.

Switching to a buying shop

Look at the created shop’s chest or sign and enter /qs buy. Return to selling mode with /qs sell.

• A buying shop pays from your balance. Visitors cannot sell to it if you lack funds.
• Instead of stock, the chest needs empty space for purchased items.
• Switching modes is free.

Buying and selling items

Marketplaces have a chest and sign for each product.

Left-click the sign or chest to be asked in chat how many to buy or sell.

Enter a number in chat to trade. Enter all to buy or sell as much as possible.

Selling shops require the owner to keep items stocked in the chest.

Finding shops

Use /qs find <item> to find shops for an item. It displays up to 10 shops within 45 blocks. After using it, you must wait 20 seconds before using it again.

To include distant shops, browse the server-wide list with /qs browse. It shows what is sold and where, but does not teleport you to a shop.

Checking market prices

The market page charts the per-item price of trades that actually went through at shops. Prices paid at selling shops and prices received at buying shops are shown separately. Items with enchantments or custom names are not included.

Use it as a guide when setting your prices.

Where sales proceeds go

Money is added directly to the owner’s balance when the sale happens. You do not need to collect it from the chest.

• A chat message identifies the buyer, item, quantity, and money earned.
• Sales while you are offline are also paid immediately. Retrieve missed trade notifications with /qs fetchmessage.
• Your proceeds are the sign price minus a 10% transaction tax.

Sign price and sales	Buyer pays	Owner receives
1 transaction at 100 Spa Coins	100 Spa Coins	90 Spa Coins
64 transactions at 10 Spa Coins	640 Spa Coins	576 Spa Coins

Look at a shop and use /qs history to see when, to whom, and for how much it traded. You can view only your own shops and shops where you are staff.

Managing a shop

Right-click its sign to open a control panel in chat. It lets you change the price, switch buying or selling mode, pause trading, or remove the shop.

Right-click the chest to open it normally. Add stock or collect items purchased by a buying shop here.

Goal	Method
Add stock	Open the chest and insert items
Collect purchased items	Open the chest and take them out
Change price	/qs price <price>, costing 50 Spa Coins
Switch buying or selling mode	/qs buy or /qs sell
Change quantity per transaction	/qs size <quantity>
Change the product	Hold the new item and run /qs item
Name the shop	/qs name <shop-name>, free
View trade history	/qs history
Pause the shop	Right-click the sign and toggle pause
Remove the shop	/qs remove or break the chest

Changing the product or quantity does not require recreating the shop and does not cost the 100-Spa-Coin creation fee.

/qs size accepts up to the item’s maximum stack size, usually 64. Unstackable items such as tools and armor remain at 1.

Adding shop staff

Adding someone as shop staff lets them restock and view transaction history.

Command	Purpose
/qs staff add <player>	Add staff to the shop you are looking at
/qs staff del <player>	Remove a staff member
/qs staff clear	Remove all staff
/qs staff list	List staff
/qs staffall add <player>	Add someone to all your shops

Sales proceeds go only to the owner, not staff.

Removing a shop

There are 2 methods. Both remove the shop completely, including its sign.

The 100-Spa-Coin creation fee is not refunded. A removed shop cannot be restored.

For a temporary break, you can right-click the sign and pause instead of removing the shop. Trading stops, but the shop remains.

You cannot break only the shop sign. To remove the sign, remove the entire shop.

1. Use /qs remove

Look at the shop’s sign or chest and enter the command. If confirmation is requested, follow the on-screen instructions.

2. Break the chest

Breaking the chest normally also removes its shop.

Shop protection

A shop chest is protected automatically.

• Only the owner, registered shop staff, and server staff can open it. Other players cannot steal its contents; registered staff can restock and manage it.
• Hoppers and droppers cannot extract its contents.
• Explosions such as TNT or creepers cannot destroy it.
• Players other than the owner cannot break the chest.

You therefore do not need a separate Bolt lock on a shop chest. For surrounding land, see Land protection.

Server shop settings

• The in-game interface is Japanese.
• Ordinary players can have up to 20 shops, or 30 from Lv2. At the limit, creation shows 「最大値を超えています」 (Maximum exceeded). Remove unused shops to make room for new ones.
• Shops use the server-wide Spa Coin currency.
• Player-shop commands use /qs. /chestshop and /cshop open the same interface.
• /shop is the admin shop, not player shops.
• Shops are not automatically deleted because the owner has been offline for a long time.

Paid actions

Creating a shop and changing its price cost money. The other actions in the table are free.

Action	Cost
Create a shop	100 Spa Coins
Change price with /qs price	50 Spa Coins
Switch buying or selling mode	Free
Change quantity with /qs size	Free
Change product with /qs item	Free
Add or remove a name with /qs name	Free
Remove a shop	Free; no refund

Recurring upkeep fees are disabled. Simply keeping a shop does not cost money.

Common problems

Problem	What to check
You cannot create a shop	Avoid resource worlds and double chests, leave sign space, and have at least 100 Spa Coins.
You cannot add more shops	The limit is 20, or 30 from Lv2. Remove unused shops with /qs remove.
You cannot buy	Check your balance and the shop’s stock.
A shop will not buy from you	Check the owner’s funds, buying mode, and chest space.
You cannot find a product	/qs find <item> only searches within 45 blocks. Use /qs browse for distant shops.
Proceeds differ from expectations	The 10% tax leaves 90% of the sign price. Check actual records with /qs history.
The product or quantity is wrong	Change it with /qs item or /qs size; no need to recreate the shop.
You missed a sale notification	Read it with /qs fetchmessage. The money was already paid.
You cannot pick up the display item	It is a visual display, not a collectible item.

If you see permission errors or a trade seems wrong, ask in 「ai質問箱」, the AI question channel on Discord.

For other trading options, see the admin shop and auctions. The economy explains the overall money system.