The Event

ClickFarm Festival 2026 Sussex · 2-4 Sep

ClickFarm Festival ran 2-4 September in Sussex as a small, invite-only ecommerce gathering organized by eCom Collab Club®, built for 100+ ecommerce brand leaders and founders around practical workshops and roundtables, alongside festival-style extras such as private glamping, sound baths and chef-prepared food. Complimentary tickets were offered directly by the organizer ahead of the event.

No independent post-event summary, attendee count, or recap has surfaced since the event concluded. The organizer and format were confirmed ahead of time, but the specific Sussex venue was never publicly disclosed, and actual turnout or brand-to-supplier mix remains unverified.

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The Room

Who was expected at ClickFarm Festival 2026

ClickFarm Festival was positioned as a small, invite-only gathering for people working in ecommerce, organized by eCom Collab Club® for 100+ ecommerce brand leaders and founders. The organizer never published an official attendee breakdown, and no independent post-event report has surfaced since the event concluded, so the actual brand-to-supplier ratio and total headcount remain unconfirmed.

Worth revisiting if the organizer publishes fuller post-event detail, but for now the intended audience below reflects the organizer's own pre-event framing rather than a verified attendee list.

Ecommerce founders UK direct-to-consumer brands Ecommerce suppliers Community organizers

Format

An invite-only gathering rather than an open trade show, with complimentary tickets offered through the organizer's site ahead of the event.

Reported scale

Community channels put the gathering at roughly 120 people ahead of the event; that figure was never confirmed by an official organizer source and no post-event count has been published.

What's still open

The specific Sussex venue and the actual brand-to-supplier mix on the day remain undisclosed as of this update.

What's confirmed

The organizer (eCom Collab Club®) and the workshop-and-roundtable format were confirmed ahead of the event through organizer posts.

Programme

What was on at ClickFarm Festival 2026

Three tracks anchored the confirmed 2026 programme, as set out by the organizer ahead of the event.

01 Community Networking

The invite-only format was built around direct networking between ecommerce founders and suppliers rather than formal keynote programming.

Founder-to-founder networking
Supplier introductions

02 Ecommerce Growth Conversations

Informal sessions and discussions on growth tactics for UK ecommerce brands, reflecting the event's community-first positioning.

Growth tactics roundtables

03 Supplier & Partner Meetings

Structured time for brands to meet suppliers and service partners in a smaller, curated setting than a typical trade show floor.

Curated partner meetings

Live Intelligence

What's known about ClickFarm Festival 2026

ClickFarm Festival 2026 ran 2-4 September in Sussex. As of this update, no independent post-event coverage has surfaced, so the items below reflect what was confirmed ahead of the event.

No independent post-event coverage has surfaced

EVENTS INTELLIGENCE · SEP 2026

A post-event sweep of trade press, organizer channels and community sources turned up no recap, attendee count, or highlights published since the event concluded. For a small, invite-only gathering like this, that's consistent with its low-visibility profile rather than evidence the event didn't happen.

Complimentary tickets were offered ahead of the event

EVENTS INTELLIGENCE · JUL 2026

The organizer offered complimentary tickets via clickfarm.co.uk ahead of the 2026 edition. Free entry to an invite-only gathering is unusual and was worth understanding before assuming standard trade show economics applied.

Scale was community-reported only, and stayed that way

EVENTS INTELLIGENCE · JUL 2026

No official attendee figures were ever published by the organizer; the ~120-person estimate that circulated pre-event came from community channels rather than a verified source, and no post-event figure has since appeared.

Organizer and format were confirmed pre-event: eCom Collab Club®

EVENTS INTELLIGENCE · AUG 2026

Organizer posts confirmed eCom Collab Club® ran the inaugural ClickFarm festival for 100+ ecommerce brand leaders and founders, built around practical workshops and roundtables plus festival-style extras (private glamping, sound baths, chef-prepared food). Format and organizer were confirmed ahead of time; the specific Sussex venue was never publicly disclosed.

Expandly perspective

Small rooms can still open big doors

A smaller, invite-only UK gathering was never going to replace a major trade show for lead volume, and with no independent post-event coverage of ClickFarm Festival 2026 available, it's not possible to say how it actually landed. But the format itself, a low-cost way to meet UK-based ecommerce peers and suppliers ahead of a market entry, remains a reasonable one to keep an eye on for future editions.

The organizer (eCom Collab Club®) and the workshop-and-roundtable format were confirmed ahead of the event; venue and actual attendee mix were never published, and nothing has surfaced since to close that gap.

The UK is the usual first market for US brands expanding into Europe, thanks to a shared language and mature ecommerce infrastructure.
Since Brexit, UK VAT and customs sit entirely outside the EU system, so UK entry is a separate project from EU entry.
UK VAT registration triggers at a £90,000 turnover threshold, with a typical lead time of 8-14 weeks.
Smaller, curated events can be a low-risk way to validate UK demand, but without a post-event recap, this one hasn't yet demonstrated that value first-hand.

Worth checking back on the next edition and confirming the numbers before building a UK go-to-market plan around it.

UK VAT threshold

UK VAT registration triggers once a seller's UK taxable turnover crosses £90,000, a threshold worth planning around before treating the UK as a serious market.

£90,000turnover

No post-event confirmation

Community channels put ClickFarm Festival's planned attendance at roughly 120 people, but no official source, before or after the event, has confirmed that figure or the brand-to-supplier ratio.

~120planned attendees (unconfirmed)

UK VAT lead time

UK VAT registration typically takes eight to fourteen weeks to process, so it needs to be started well ahead of any planned launch date.

8-14weeks

Good to Know

Questions about ClickFarm Festival 2026

Did ClickFarm Festival 2026 happen as planned?

It was scheduled to run 2-4 September in Sussex, organized by eCom Collab Club®. No independent post-event coverage or organizer recap has surfaced since, so this page reflects the confirmed pre-event details rather than a verified account of the event itself.

How big was ClickFarm Festival 2026?

Community channels reported a planned invite-only gathering of roughly 120 people ahead of the event, but that figure was never confirmed by an official organizer source, and no post-event attendee count has been published.

How did you get a ticket to ClickFarm Festival 2026?

Complimentary tickets were available via clickfarm.co.uk ahead of the event, though the exact brand-to-supplier attendee ratio was never independently confirmed.

Was ClickFarm Festival a trade show or a networking event?

It was positioned as an invite-only gathering rather than a traditional trade show floor, closer in format to a curated community event than a large exhibition.

Is the UK a good first market for US brands entering Europe?

The UK is the usual first market for US brands entering Europe: shared language, mature ecommerce infrastructure, Amazon UK as an established marketplace, and rules that are detailed but well documented. Since Brexit it is a separate customs and VAT regime from the EU.

Does selling in the UK cover me for the EU too?

No. Since Brexit the UK sits outside the EU customs union and VAT system, so UK registration, customs, and product compliance are separate from the EU. Plan them as two distinct market entries.

Make Your Move

Heard the UK case for a small room?

Whatever ClickFarm Festival turned into on the day, the underlying question stands: what does a real UK launch take, and is your business ready for it?

Expandly's Global Expansion Pathway (GEP™) covers UK VAT registration, an EU or UK Responsible Person, and fulfillment options for brands testing the UK as a first international market. If a UK conversation is on your roadmap, let's talk about turning it into a launch plan.