MoTaverse: testing community, courses and certifications — $110K a month, self-reported in 2024

MoTaverse is a community and education business for software testers, QA professionals and quality engineers. Its $110K a month was founder-reported on the Indie Hackers product page (not independently verified), as of December 2024.

What it actually sells

MoTaverse sells community access, courses, certifications, events and a software testing conference. Its audience includes software testers, QA professionals and quality engineers who build their careers on the site.

Members can create and share Moments, links and jobs within the community. The site also offers free instant test scenarios for any URL, on-demand courses, and professional certificates in software quality engineering, testing and automation.

How it charges

The pages we read do not state a price for community access, courses, certifications, events or the software testing conference.

Where customers come from

MoTaverse has served over 100K software testing professionals. Visible channels include a newsletter, the Ministry of Testing podcast hosted by Rosie Sherry, a free test-scenario tool, conferences, chapter events and community gatherings.

The site says its audience is where software testers, QA professionals and quality engineers build their careers. It also lists community content, courses, certifications, events and a software testing conference as parts of the offering.

What stands out

The business began as The Software Testing Club, an online forum, and later moved towards Ministry of Testing. Rosie Sherry and Graham Sherry co-founded the business.

The site says MoTaverse has operated for over 15 years and has served over 100K software testing professionals. It describes the company as small and independent with no outside investors.

From the official site

Where software testers, QA and quality engineers build their careers

Explore Membership

Into The MoTaverse is a podcast by Ministry of Testing, hosted by Rosie Sherry

Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.

Where it sits in the data

MoTaverse's $110K a month is higher than 89% of the 6,604 projects with founder-reported monthly revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $2K. Snapshot: 2026-09-30. The dataset only covers founders who chose to publish their numbers, so it leans toward businesses that work; use it for scale, not as an average.

Currency

All figures are in US dollars as published. A rough yuan or euro conversion is not applied here because prices, taxes and acquisition costs differ by country.

Could you build something like this?

My view is that demand would come from software testers, QA professionals and quality engineers who need community access, practical courses, certifications and professional events. The buyer is a professional audience with ongoing learning and networking needs, and the listed distribution surfaces include a newsletter, podcast, free tools, conferences and chapter events.

Building this would require real work across content, community operations, event production and learner support. Certifications also raise the bar for credibility and delivery. A new entrant would face competition in professional education and community management, while the need to handle support and any regulated course or certification requirements would add operational complexity.

Verdict: Needs real work.

One thing to take from it

MoTaverse combines community access with courses, certifications, events and a software testing conference for a defined professional audience. The visible site also points to newsletters, a podcast, free tools and gatherings as audience touchpoints.

Sources

MoTaverse official website, fetched October 1, 2026
MoTaverse about page, fetched October 1, 2026
Indie Hackers product page: revenue founder-reported on the Indie Hackers product page (not independently verified), as of December 2024

Revenue, team and start-cost figures are what the founder reported at the interview date, not current figures and not a prediction of what you will earn. Product and pricing facts come from the business's own website as checked on 30 September 2026. Method & sources · Disclosure