diff --git a/api/resolvers/item.js b/api/resolvers/item.js
index 5ff729d3..ac169d11 100644
--- a/api/resolvers/item.js
+++ b/api/resolvers/item.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { verifyHmac } from './wallet'
 
 function commentsOrderByClause (me, models, sort) {
   if (sort === 'recent') {
-    return 'ORDER BY ("Item"."deletedAt" IS NULL) DESC, ("Item".cost > 0 OR "Item"."weightedVotes" - "Item"."weightedDownVotes" > 0) DESC, "Item".created_at DESC, "Item".id DESC'
+    return 'ORDER BY ("Item"."deletedAt" IS NULL) DESC, ("Item".cost > 0 OR "Item"."weightedVotes" - "Item"."weightedDownVotes" > 0) DESC, COALESCE("Item"."invoicePaidAt", "Item".created_at) DESC, "Item".id DESC'
   }
 
   if (me && sort === 'hot') {
@@ -412,10 +412,10 @@ export default {
                 typeClause(type),
                 muteClause(me)
               )}
-              ORDER BY "Item".created_at DESC
+              ORDER BY COALESCE("Item"."invoicePaidAt", "Item".created_at) DESC
               OFFSET $2
               LIMIT $3`,
-            orderBy: 'ORDER BY "Item"."createdAt" DESC'
+            orderBy: 'ORDER BY COALESCE("Item"."invoicePaidAt", "Item".created_at) DESC'
           }, decodedCursor.time, decodedCursor.offset, limit, ...subArr)
           break
         case 'top':
diff --git a/api/typeDefs/item.js b/api/typeDefs/item.js
index e44eca24..f817e340 100644
--- a/api/typeDefs/item.js
+++ b/api/typeDefs/item.js
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ export default gql`
     id: ID!
     createdAt: Date!
     updatedAt: Date!
+    invoicePaidAt: Date
     deletedAt: Date
     deleteScheduledAt: Date
     reminderScheduledAt: Date
diff --git a/components/item-info.js b/components/item-info.js
index f7301789..ad0ed310 100644
--- a/components/item-info.js
+++ b/components/item-info.js
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ export default function ItemInfo ({
             {embellishUser}
           </Link>}
         <span> </span>
-        <Link href={`/items/${item.id}`} title={item.createdAt} className='text-reset' suppressHydrationWarning>
-          {timeSince(new Date(item.createdAt))}
+        <Link href={`/items/${item.id}`} title={item.invoicePaidAt || item.createdAt} className='text-reset' suppressHydrationWarning>
+          {timeSince(new Date(item.invoicePaidAt || item.createdAt))}
         </Link>
         {item.prior &&
           <>
@@ -250,6 +250,11 @@ function InfoDropdownItem ({ item }) {
           <div>{item.id}</div>
           <div>created at</div>
           <div>{item.createdAt}</div>
+          {item.invoicePaidAt &&
+            <>
+              <div>paid at</div>
+              <div>{item.invoicePaidAt}</div>
+            </>}
           <div>cost</div>
           <div>{item.cost}</div>
           <div>stacked</div>
diff --git a/fragments/comments.js b/fragments/comments.js
index 50cdfafd..991bc299 100644
--- a/fragments/comments.js
+++ b/fragments/comments.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export const COMMENT_FIELDS = gql`
     position
     parentId
     createdAt
+    invoicePaidAt
     deletedAt
     text
     user {
diff --git a/fragments/items.js b/fragments/items.js
index ada616cd..f51d1771 100644
--- a/fragments/items.js
+++ b/fragments/items.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export const ITEM_FIELDS = gql`
     id
     parentId
     createdAt
+    invoicePaidAt
     deletedAt
     title
     url
diff --git a/prisma/migrations/20250122114228_recent_sort_by_invoice_paid_at/migration.sql b/prisma/migrations/20250122114228_recent_sort_by_invoice_paid_at/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4db8be41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prisma/migrations/20250122114228_recent_sort_by_invoice_paid_at/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-- CreateIndex
+CREATE INDEX "Item_invoicePaidAt_idx" ON "Item"("invoicePaidAt");
+CREATE INDEX "Item_paid_created_idx" ON "Item" (COALESCE("invoicePaidAt", created_at) DESC);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index dcdb3b93..5b227594 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ model Item {
   @@index([cost])
   @@index([url])
   @@index([boost])
+  @@index([invoicePaidAt])
 }
 
 // we use this to denormalize a user's aggregated interactions (zaps) with an item