Portal:Handbook/Funding/Selected article/2

Friends are the best way to raise funds. With the help of your crew, your flag, or your hearties you can raise extra pieces of eight much faster than you can on your own.

• Run a pillage or flotilla attack and ask everyone aboard to donate what they make back into the hold. You can do the same with an Atlantis or Cursed Isle attack as well. Make sure you announce this before you start and several times during the voyage.
• Ask your crewmates and flaggies to donate stuff to be auctioned. This can include clothes, furniture, or trinkets or other in-game items. Ask an avatar artist to donate a free avatar. You can even auction yourself (usually called a "slave" auction, the winner gets the services of the pirate "on sale" for a specified period of time.)
• Pool your money with a partner and wager on various team parlor games (swordfighting, rumble, and spades).