More details: Found hereAs part of the single market, EU laws still apply in Northern Ireland meaning regulations meant to improve product safety is stopping some deliveries.
Small British businesses have stopped selling to Northern Ireland as well as Europe due to extra administrative hurdles posed by new EU customs rules coming into effect.
Many small firms said they are unable to meet new requirements for paperwork and numbering of each product as well as the need to have an "authorised representative" in the EU or Northern Ireland .
A conviction and the penalty of fines mean business owners without the resources to get legal advice are not risking getting something wrong, instead simply halting Northern Ireland and EU exports, one businesswoman told Sky News.
The result is legislation meant to improve product safety and protect online shoppers - the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) - is ending British deliveries to some shoppers in Northern Ireland and the EU.
Firms have already pulled the deliveries though the new laws don't come into force until Friday 13 December.
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While some businesses made a difficult decision to end shipping to Northern Ireland and Europe, others said their hands were tied.
Owner of Weirdstock bedding company Johanna Haughey-Lewis, herself from Northern Ireland, said she is upset about it but added: "I don't feel like I had a decision. You get fines if you don't comply with this... I just don't have the resources to comply, at least not at this stage."
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