# Pause Before Purchase – Dopamine Delay

> Dopamine Delay helps you pause before impulse purchases — a no-shame tool built with ADHD brains in mind. When you reach the checkout on a shopping site, a calm pause overlay, earn points, and sync your progress to the cloud.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/dopamine-delay](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dopamine-delay)

## Overview

- **ID:** `dopamine-delay`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Dopamine Delay
- **Category:** shopping
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 2.6.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-04
- **First published:** 2026-06-15
- **Size:** 753 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dopamine-delay/)
- **Website:** [https://www.dopaminedelay.com](https://www.dopaminedelay.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dopamine-delay/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dopamine-delay/privacy/)

## Description

Dopamine Delay helps you pause before impulse purchases — a no-shame tool built with ADHD brains in mind.

When you reach the checkout on a shopping site, a calm pause overlay appears and invites you to wait, reflect, and choose. Stay with the pause and you earn points; come back later if you still want the item.

What it does:
- A gentle pause overlay on checkout pages
- Points and streaks that reward waiting — never shame spending
- Syncs your progress to the cloud across your devices
- Works on any shopping site

No lectures, no guilt — just a moment to decide on purpose.

## Rankings

- #98,277 — Overall
- #18 — purchase
- #77 — pause

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `https://*.supabase.co/*`
- `https://dopaminedelay.com/*`
- `https://www.dopaminedelay.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`
- `dopaminedelay.com`
- `www.dopaminedelay.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension support email may not be valid

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dopamine-delay)