{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"BD Tech and Accounting","home_page_url":"https://bdtechaccountant.co.za","description":"BD Tech and Accounting","author":{"name":"BD Tech and Accounting"},"items":[{"id":"https://bdtechaccountant.co.za/blog/f/how-to-price-your-products-or-services-when-costs-keep-rising","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/058852fc-e064-419f-9abd-66508e53905d/Social%20Media%20Posts%20(6).jpg\"/><p>If you run a business right now, you already know the feeling: your suppliers raise prices, your rent goes up, your software subscriptions creep higher — and your own prices are still stuck where they were a year ago. 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