signshop
by LukeOnuke
Signshop lets a player turn a chest into a one-player shop that sells items through a sign placed on the chest.
What it does
Signshop adds a single-player shop built around chests. A player sets up a sign on a chest, and the sign defines the item and price the shop offers. Only chests work for now; the author notes that other containers are planned for a later release, so barrels and similar storage do not yet take part.
The mod runs on the server only, so players join without installing anything, and only the server owner needs the mod in place. It is built for Fabric and has files for 1.21.8 and 1.21.11, with 0.0.5-alpha for 1.21.11 as the most recent release, published on 2026-01-02 on the alpha channel. The code is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and public links exist for the source code and the issue tracker.
The author text includes a player guide, an admin guide with a first setup section and a configuration section. The configuration covers a message prefix, which is shown before shop messages; the prefix can be disabled by leaving it as an empty string. No required dependency is listed for Fabric.
Key features
Single-player chest shops
A chest with a sign becomes a shop that one player owns and runs, without any trading villager or market block.
Sign-defined offers
The sign on the chest sets the item and price the shop offers, so the setup stays in the world rather than in a menu.
Configurable message prefix
Shop messages carry a prefix that server owners can change, or clear by setting it to an empty string.
Player and admin guides
The author text provides a player guide and an admin guide with first setup and configuration sections.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Private shop on a survival server
A server owner lets one player run a chest shop for trading surplus goods with other players.
Market stall in a town
Players place a chest with a sign at a town spot to sell their own crafted items to visitors.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want player-run chest shops on a Fabric server, and players who want to sell items from their own chests without installing a client mod.
Questions
Does Signshop need to be installed on the client?
Which containers can Signshop use?
Can the shop message prefix be turned off?
More from LukeOnuke
What the author says
Still in alpha, although it runs on beocraft (decently large survival smp). technical documentation in the works. Document index: - 1 Player guide - 2 Admin guide - 2.1 First setup - 2.2 Configuration - Message prefix - 3 Technical documentation
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/signshop
- Owner
- LukeOnuke
- Published
- 2025-09-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15