@JB_Studio38 Not sure what city, you're in but the more the merrier definitely isn't it. Where I live, there is an abundance of providers, but as I weed through this forum, or make inquiries, it's clear some of them are either not good, swindlers, not reviewed etc.....
My salary isn't keeping up with inflation either. I would say, stick to your guns and raise your prices i needed. You need to do more than break even.