.eth registrations

Hey everyone,

I always wanted to pick up a .eth address, something nice and short, maybe 3-4 characters, but they're super expensive on myetherwallet and ens.domains. Does anyone know of any other sites to register them, or if the prices will be coming down soon? I read that the majority of the cost to register them are in gas fees, and those fees may be coming down soon with the eth2 upgrades, is that true? If so, anyone know when those updates are coming out?

Thanks!