Sticker Sheet Manufacturers?
I recently took the leap to open up my own Etsy shop with three sticker sheets. I purchased them from Sticker Invasion because they are water and weatherproof and they had a 20% discount code from Reddit that made the total for 75 sticker sheets (3 designs) come out to $168.70, which is about $2.14 per sheet. Since I outsourced them and didn't print it myself, I thought that was a really good price (I could be wrong, I'm fairly inexperienced). The quality was really good (I was surprised how thick? the sheets were) and I really enjoyed my experience with Sticker Invasion as a company with their customer service and responsiveness. I appreciated the hands-on nature of the service. If I had infinite money this wouldn't even be a question; I'd choose this company, but my financial situation says otherwise.
I want to make a second order for just one sticker sheet this time, same quantity, 25, but if I order again with the same company, the price will be closer to $2.81 per sheet since the code doesn't work on additional orders and that's a really steep increase for me because I'm just starting out. My question is, should I bite the financial cost and stay with the same company? I don't know the etiquette on like if each buyer should get the same exact quality of sticker sheet even if I switch companies, because I don't think they'll print on the same paper. Is $2.81/sheet a good price still compared to other sticker sheet manufacturers? I don't need to have them be weatherproof, I guess, but waterproof would be nice.
TL;DR: Is $2.81 expensive for manufacturing a sticker sheet? Who do y'all recommend as sticker sheet manufacturers for kiss cut and waterproof stickers?