[sodapopcan]

Would love to know from OP and others why this isn't the most sound advice.

I worked for a very small online retail company recently (I know it's not exactly the same but in the same vein) and raising the price for $18—$40 items by $5 had zero affect on the number of people placing (sales weren't amazing but not bad).

But ya, in the first line you say you made $15k over....... FOUR YEARS? Obviously that's a bunch for some people, but certainly not MOST people in tech?? You could have made much more and had a lot more fun bartending or even being a barista.

Having read the whole post... keep it up! Just raise your prices by... like, a LOT! Like, a lot a lot!