What are my options?
I thought of Lightning but that is still going to cost me a lot in transaction fees when opening a channel. And since this is a one time purchase, it defeats its purpose because, well, might as well just directly purchase using btc.
So...what can I do?
Can't deny that transaction fees have really increased quite significantly recently. Maybe because the network is busy and also because the price of Bitcoin has risen quite significantly recently. However, when you want to make a transaction like that and what's more it is a one-time purchase, of course this might be a little difficult to carry out according to expectations. Usually the fees will change. but not necessarily significantly in a fairly close time span. The Lightning network, which is usually the solution, is currently still quite ineffective. So, yes, that's the fee that has to be paid now. So, if you don't choose altcoins, that means you might need to rest the purchase time again to get a lower fee. but this may be difficult to do.