EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Payless ShoeSource, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending May 1, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Ullrich E. Porzig, Senior Vice President — Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: June 7, 2004

/s/      Ullrich E. Porzig
	Ullrich E. Porzig
	Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)