EXHIBIT 32.2

SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION

In connection with the quarterly report of Payless ShoeSource, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q/A for the period ending October 29, 2005, 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: February 21, 2006

/s/ Ullrich E. Porzig  

Ullrich E. Porzig 

Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)