Hi David,
Happy to be of help. Zero transactions means other nodes aren’t accepting transactions from your node, which is a problem (won’t be able to mint blocks) - but getting your relays into other operators’ relay topologies should address this.
I would stick it out - you still could mint blocks, but just not every epoch - and I suspect a lot of stake will be moving around in the near term. You most likely will want to increase marketing efforts that work within your operational model to help attract delegation.
Your friend, FROG