# Chest Shops
📦 **How to Use Chest Shops on MC TeaCraft** 🛍️
Setting up your own shop is easy and open to everyone!
You can create a chest shop by placing a **sign** on a **chest**, **shulker box**, or **barrel**. There are **three types of shops** you can set up:
1. 💎 **Buy Shop** – Let others sell items *to you* (you pay diamonds).
2. 🛒 **Sell Shop** – Sell your items *to others* (they pay you diamonds).
3. 🔁 **Barter Shop** – Set up item-for-item trades (no diamonds involved).
💰 **Currency:**\
Diamonds are the official currency for all shops — except barter shops, of course.
👥 **Who can use them?**\
**All members** can use shops **and** create them! Just make sure you stay within your shop limit — check the chart below on this page to see how many shops you can create based on your rank.
**Here is how to make a shop:**
| Step-1 | Step-2 | Step-3 | Step-4 |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Place container and add sign on the container | Change the text on the sign into your desired configuration | The sign turns red, hit the item (left click) while holding the desired selling item | Fill the container with the selling items and leave 1 empty place for receiving payment |
| |  | | |
Note, if you want to buy items instead of selling, just fill the container with the correct amount of diamonds in order for the shop to work. This also applies to barter shops.
## Rank overview
| UNPAID RANKS | SHOP LIMIT |
| --------------- | ---------- |
| Default players | 1 |
| Commoner | 3 |
| Legend | 5 |
| SUBSCRIPTION RANKS | SHOP LIMIT |
| ------------------ | ---------- |
| TeaLeaf | 5 |
| TeaBlossom | 8 |
| GoldenBrew | 12 |
| PAID RANKS | SHOP LIMIT |
| ---------- | ---------- |
| TeeWee | 5 |
| MatchaFan | 20 |
| TeaLord | 30 |
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