Early warning for Stripe, PayPal & more

Know your payment processor will freeze you before it does.

Thaw monitors your merchant accounts for the warning signs that precede freezes, holds, and rolling reserves — so you're never blindsided by the email.

Founding members lock $99/mo for life. Fully refundable — we're validating before we build.

The problem

It happens to real businesses. Every week.

"Stripe froze over $50,000 across our two accounts. Over a year later, still nothing."

— eCommerce merchant, r/stripe

"60,000 SEK frozen for 120 days. No chargebacks, no fraud, no warning."

— SaaS founder, r/stripe

"PayPal has held £22,364 of our business funds for four years."

— UK business owner, r/paypal

"We ramped marketing, volume spiked, and they seized $20,000 during our best month ever."

— Store owner, r/stripe

How it works

Early warning, not autopsy

1

Connect read-only

Link your Stripe or PayPal account in 2 minutes. Read-only access — we can never touch your money or your customers.

2

We watch what processors watch

Payout schedule changes, volume anomalies, card-testing attacks, dispute activity and fraud warnings. Your payout schedule is the one signal Stripe never explains. When it stretches from 2 days to 7, their risk model has re-rated you, and nothing in your dashboard says so.

3

You get warned in days, not blindsided in seconds

"Your payout schedule moved from 2 days to 7 on Tuesday, and your volume tripled last week. Both point the same direction. Here is what to send your processor before they ask." Weeks of lead time, with the exact steps to take.

Limited founding cohort

Founding member pricing

$99/mo, locked for life

We're validating Thaw with a small cohort of merchants before we build. Reserve a founding spot with a fully refundable pre-order — if we don't ship, you pay nothing.

Refundable anytime, no questions asked. Cancel with one email.

FAQ

Questions

Are you affiliated with Stripe or PayPal?

No. Thaw is independent — that's the point. Processors' own warnings are designed to protect them, not you. We work for the merchant.

Can you guarantee my account will never be frozen?

No one can. What we do is surface the same risk signals processors use, weeks before they act — so you can fix the problem, document your case, or diversify before it's existential.

What data do you access?

Read-only API access to charges, disputes, refunds, and payouts. We never see full card numbers, never move money, and never touch your customers.

Who is this for?

Online businesses processing $20k–$300k/month — especially in categories processors treat as risky: supplements, digital products, courses, subscriptions, events, travel.

Why refundable pre-orders?

We're founders validating a real problem before writing code. If enough merchants reserve a spot, we build. If not, you get every cent back and we share everything we learned.