diff --git a/common/messages/de.json b/common/messages/de.json
index 0023d322..c6049097 100644
--- a/common/messages/de.json
+++ b/common/messages/de.json
@@ -265,6 +265,15 @@
   "delete_survey.reasons.taking_a_break": "Ich mache eine Pause von Dating-Apps",
   "delete_survey.reasons.technical_issues": "Technische Probleme oder Fehler",
   "delete_survey.reasons.too_much_time_or_effort": "Die Nutzung der Plattform erforderte mehr Zeit oder Aufwand als ich geben kann",
+  "delete_survey.stay.alerts_body": "Speichern Sie eine Suche, und wir benachrichtigen Sie, sobald jemand Neues dazu passt. Sie müssen nie wieder selbst nachsehen.",
+  "delete_survey.stay.alerts_title": "Wir kommen zu Ihnen.",
+  "delete_survey.stay.intro": "Compass wächst weiter, und Ihr Konto zu behalten kostet Sie nichts: keine Gebühren, und Sie können alle E-Mails in den Einstellungen abschalten.",
+  "delete_survey.stay.keep_account": "Mein Konto behalten",
+  "delete_survey.stay.timing_body": "Zwei Menschen, die hervorragend zueinander gepasst hätten, verpassen sich aus einem einzigen Grund: Sie waren zu unterschiedlichen Zeiten hier. Zu bleiben macht die Überschneidung erst möglich.",
+  "delete_survey.stay.timing_title": "Es kommt auf den Zeitpunkt an.",
+  "delete_survey.stay.title": "Eines noch, bevor Sie gehen",
+  "delete_survey.stay.visible_body": "Die nächste Person, die beitritt, kann Sie finden. Ist Ihr Profil gelöscht, sind Sie für alle unsichtbar, die nach heute dazukommen.",
+  "delete_survey.stay.visible_title": "Sie bleiben auffindbar.",
   "delete_survey.title": "Schade, dass Sie gehen",
   "delete_yourself.confirm_phrase": "delete my account",
   "delete_yourself.description": "Das Löschen Ihres Kontos bedeutet, dass Sie es nicht mehr verwenden können. Sie verlieren den Zugriff auf alle Ihre Daten.",
diff --git a/common/messages/fr.json b/common/messages/fr.json
index ee031ceb..d49c992f 100644
--- a/common/messages/fr.json
+++ b/common/messages/fr.json
@@ -265,6 +265,15 @@
   "delete_survey.reasons.taking_a_break": "Je fais une pause des applications de rencontre",
   "delete_survey.reasons.technical_issues": "Problèmes techniques ou bugs",
   "delete_survey.reasons.too_much_time_or_effort": "Utiliser la plateforme demandait plus de temps ou d'effort que je ne peux donner",
+  "delete_survey.stay.alerts_body": "Enregistrez une recherche et nous vous prévenons dès qu'une nouvelle personne y correspond. Vous n'avez jamais besoin de revenir vérifier.",
+  "delete_survey.stay.alerts_title": "Nous venons à vous.",
+  "delete_survey.stay.intro": "Compass continue de grandir, et garder votre compte ne vous coûte rien : aucun frais, et vous pouvez désactiver tous les e-mails dans les Paramètres.",
+  "delete_survey.stay.keep_account": "Garder mon compte",
+  "delete_survey.stay.timing_body": "Deux personnes qui auraient formé une belle rencontre se manquent pour une seule raison : elles étaient là à des moments différents. Rester, c'est ce qui rend le croisement possible.",
+  "delete_survey.stay.timing_title": "Tout est une question de moment.",
+  "delete_survey.stay.title": "Un mot avant votre départ",
+  "delete_survey.stay.visible_body": "La prochaine personne qui s'inscrit peut vous trouver. Si votre profil disparaît, vous êtes invisible pour tous ceux qui arriveront après aujourd'hui.",
+  "delete_survey.stay.visible_title": "Vous restez visible.",
   "delete_survey.title": "Désolé de vous voir partir",
   "delete_yourself.confirm_phrase": "delete my account",
   "delete_yourself.description": "Supprimer votre compte signifie que vous ne pourrez plus l'utiliser. Vous perdrez l'accès à toutes vos données.",
diff --git a/web/components/profile/delete-account-survey-modal.tsx b/web/components/profile/delete-account-survey-modal.tsx
index f0f26ea2..00899345 100644
--- a/web/components/profile/delete-account-survey-modal.tsx
+++ b/web/components/profile/delete-account-survey-modal.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {deleteAccount} from 'web/lib/util/delete'
 import {ConfirmationButton} from '../buttons/confirmation-button'
 import {Col} from '../layout/col'
 import {Title} from '../widgets/title'
+import {SCARCITY_DELETION_REASONS, StayInsteadOfDelete} from './stay-instead-of-delete'
 
 export function DeleteAccountSurveyModal() {
   const [selectedReason, setSelectedReason] = useState<string | null>(null)
@@ -125,6 +126,8 @@ export function DeleteAccountSurveyModal() {
     }
   }
 
+  const showStayPitch = !!selectedReason && SCARCITY_DELETION_REASONS.includes(selectedReason)
+
   return (
     <ConfirmationButton
       openModalBtn={{
@@ -132,6 +135,14 @@ export function DeleteAccountSurveyModal() {
         label: t('delete_yourself.open_label', 'Delete account'),
         color: 'red',
       }}
+      cancelBtn={
+        showStayPitch
+          ? {
+              label: t('delete_survey.stay.keep_account', 'Keep my account'),
+              color: 'indigo',
+            }
+          : undefined
+      }
       submitBtn={{
         label: t('delete_yourself.submit', 'Delete account'),
         color: selectedReason ? 'red' : 'gray',
@@ -190,6 +201,12 @@ export function DeleteAccountSurveyModal() {
             </div>
           </RadioGroup>
 
+          {showStayPitch && (
+            <div className="mt-4">
+              <StayInsteadOfDelete />
+            </div>
+          )}
+
           {
             <div className="mt-4">
               <label htmlFor="otherReason" className="block text-sm font-medium">
diff --git a/web/components/profile/stay-instead-of-delete.tsx b/web/components/profile/stay-instead-of-delete.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40259411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/components/profile/stay-instead-of-delete.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import {BellAlertIcon, EyeIcon, HeartIcon} from '@heroicons/react/24/outline'
+import {ReactNode} from 'react'
+import {useT} from 'web/lib/locale'
+
+import {Col} from '../layout/col'
+import {Row} from '../layout/row'
+
+/**
+ * Reasons that boil down to "there aren't enough people here (yet)". Deleting is the one move that
+ * makes that worse for the person doing it: they stop being found, and they stop being told when
+ * someone who fits shows up.
+ */
+export const SCARCITY_DELETION_REASONS = [
+  'not_enough_relevant_people',
+  'platform_not_active_enough',
+  'low_response_rate',
+]
+
+function Point(props: {icon: ReactNode; title: string; body: string}) {
+  const {icon, title, body} = props
+  return (
+    <Row className="gap-3">
+      <div className="text-primary-600 mt-0.5 shrink-0">{icon}</div>
+      <div className="text-sm">
+        <span className="font-medium">{title}</span> <span className="text-ink-700">{body}</span>
+      </div>
+    </Row>
+  )
+}
+
+/** Shown when the stated deletion reason is one that keeping the account actually helps with. */
+export function StayInsteadOfDelete() {
+  const t = useT()
+
+  return (
+    <Col
+      className="border-primary-300 bg-primary-50 gap-3 rounded-lg border p-4"
+      data-testid="stay-instead-of-delete"
+    >
+      <div className="font-semibold">
+        {t('delete_survey.stay.title', 'One thing before you go')}
+      </div>
+
+      <div className="text-ink-700 text-sm">
+        {t(
+          'delete_survey.stay.intro',
+          'Compass keeps growing, and keeping your account costs you nothing — no fees, and you can turn every email off in Settings.',
+        )}
+      </div>
+
+      <Col className="gap-2.5">
+        <Point
+          icon={<BellAlertIcon className="h-5 w-5" />}
+          title={t('delete_survey.stay.alerts_title', 'We come to you.')}
+          body={t(
+            'delete_survey.stay.alerts_body',
+            'Save a search and we notify you as soon as someone new matches it. You never have to check back.',
+          )}
+        />
+        <Point
+          icon={<EyeIcon className="h-5 w-5" />}
+          title={t('delete_survey.stay.visible_title', 'You stay findable.')}
+          body={t(
+            'delete_survey.stay.visible_body',
+            'The next person who joins can find you. If your profile is gone, you are invisible to everyone who arrives after today.',
+          )}
+        />
+        <Point
+          icon={<HeartIcon className="h-5 w-5" />}
+          title={t('delete_survey.stay.timing_title', 'Timing is the whole game.')}
+          body={t(
+            'delete_survey.stay.timing_body',
+            'Two people who would have been a great match miss each other for one reason: they were here at different times. Staying is what makes the overlap possible.',
+          )}
+        />
+      </Col>
+    </Col>
+  )
+}