Offering an account costs ~2 NEAR, and ~1.6 is locked by contract.
The current account list is relatively small and may be extended easily with some good names.
Increasing account list will increase interest to the project.
500 NEAR will be enough to add ~250 accounts, helping project to grow and attract people.
IMO instead of pre-funding multiple accounts you should just make it easy for everybody with .near account to grab multiple names and offer them for sale without leaving near.bet UI.
~1.6 is locked by contract
I think it should be possible to reduce this price by making contract using AssemblyScript (no pressure on this, just letting you know, e.g. bananaswap.near only locks 0.23116).
What you’re saying makes sense but it’s very separate thing and not related to the topic. The funding is asked specifically for adding accounts to the marketplace under current system requirements.
Basically, this is very unpleasant logic when the reason for rejection is because there is something that may be improved in the system. There is always something that can be improved. Not sure does it make any sense to try to ask for funding this way anymore.