# Chest Shops

Chestshops are one of the main aspects of Lilac's economy, allowing you to buy and sell items within the community. To be able to create your own chestshops, you first need to /rankup to the Merchant in-game rank. Once you've done that, creating the chestshop itself is an easy process you can accomplish via one of the following two options:

1. Using the command: <mark style="color:purple;">**/qs create \[price]**</mark>

* You need to be holding the item you wish to buy/sell in your hand and looking directly at the container<mark style="color:red;">**\***</mark> you want to turn into a chestshop.

2. Crouching and left-clicking (punching) the container while holding the item in your hand. This option requires you to then type the price in chat.

Both options will create a sign in front of the container with the following information:

* your username
* the chestshop mode (the two chestshop modes being buying and selling) along with the quantity
* the item name or type
* the price

By default, both options will create a selling mode chestshop, meaning that other players can buy the item you put inside in exchange for in-game currency.

You can change the mode, the item type and the price at any time after the chestshop is created without breaking it and repeating the process. All you need to do is right-click an existing chestshop which will pull up the following menu in chat:

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Alternatively, you can also use the following commands while looking directly at the chestshop:

* To change the mode: <mark style="color:purple;">**/qs buy**</mark> or <mark style="color:purple;">**/qs sell**</mark>
* To change the item type: <mark style="color:purple;">**/qs item**</mark> (while holding the new item)
* To change the price: <mark style="color:purple;">**/qs price \[price]**</mark>
* To remove the chestshop: <mark style="color:purple;">**/qs remove**</mark>

The remaining feature within that menu is "<mark style="color:green;">Staff amount</mark>". The chestshop staff feature allows you to provide other players with access to change the mode, price and item of the specific chestshop<mark style="color:red;">**\*\***</mark>. You can either click the menu option in chat or use the <mark style="color:purple;">**/qs staff add \[player]**</mark> command directly. This feature works well for multiple players working together and sharing resources. Make sure the person you have added to the staff list of your chestshop is someone you trust. Keep in mind that people you have added as staff members **cannot** remove/delete the chestshop or receive money for the items bought/sold.

Once your chestshop is created, other players will be able to find it via <mark style="color:purple;">**/lb \[item]**</mark> (for buying mode chestshops) or <mark style="color:purple;">**/ls \[item]**</mark> (for selling mode chestshops; you will need at least one item in the container for it to show up).

<mark style="color:red;">**\***</mark>Containers you can use to create chestshops include chests, shulker boxes and barrels.

<mark style="color:red;">**\*\***</mark>Note that you need to grant chestshop staff members additional access if you want them to be able to put in or take out items from the container. You can do that via <mark style="color:purple;">**/cmodify \[player]**</mark> (for specific containers) or <mark style="color:purple;">**/trust \[player]**</mark> (for all containers).