EXHIBIT 99.2


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 Annual Report of Payless ShoeSource, Inc. (the "Company")
on Form 10-K for the period ending February 1, 2003, 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.

/s/ Ullrich E. Porzig
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    Ullrich E. Porzig
    Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer
    and Treasurer
    April 18, 2003