Chrome Extension — Free Forever

Stop before
you spend.

pause. intercepts every Add to Cart click with a 10-second countdown. One breath between impulse and action — and a way to redirect that money somewhere it matters.

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$314B
annual impulse spend in the US
72%
of shoppers regret impulse buys
10s
is all it takes to decide
pause. — take a breath
8
Was this planned,
or impulse?
Nike Air Max 270 — Men's Size 11
$139.99
● from cart payload
Skip once/week → $560/mo · $7,280/yr saved
How it works
Four steps between
impulse and regret.
01
Intercept
The moment you click Add to Cart or Buy Now on any major shopping site, pause. catches the request before it fires.
02
10s Timer
A full-screen overlay appears with a 10-second countdown. The product name and exact price are pulled directly from the cart payload.
03
Redirect
Choose to save the money instead. The would-be spend is logged toward your savings goal. Buy anyway if it was planned — no judgment.
04
Compound
Your dashboard tracks every paused purchase, total saved, and projects the long-term impact of your decisions. Small pauses, big numbers.
Works across the sites you actually shop
Amazon Target Nike Walmart Best Buy Etsy eBay ASOS Shopify stores
The philosophy
Buying things is easy.
Wanting things is the problem.

Every major ecommerce platform has spent billions of dollars engineering away the moment between wanting something and owning it. One-click checkout. Saved payment methods. Countdown timers. They are designed to make you act before you think.

pause. puts that moment back. Not to stop you from buying — but to make sure the decision is actually yours.

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Behavioral science
Present bias makes us overvalue now at the expense of later. A 10-second pause is enough to break the automatic response.
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No judgment
If you decide to buy, you buy. pause. isn't a blocker — it's a mirror. The choice is always yours.
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Small acts, big change
Skipping one $50 impulse buy per week is $2,600 a year. pause. shows you the math in real time.
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Works on Chrome 88+. No account required.