EXHIBIT 32.2


                  CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

      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 E Com Ventures,  Inc. (the "Company") of
Form 10-K for the year ending January 29, 2005, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, A. Mark Young, Chief
Financial Officer 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.


                                            By: /s/ A. Mark Young
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                                                A. Mark Young
                                                Chief Financial Officer
                                                April 27, 2005