Who is my domain registered with?

[[Neo770]]

When I do a whois on contrabart.net it says:

Domain Name CONTRABART.NET
Registrar NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Whois Server whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL http://www.networksolutions.com
Status REGISTRAR-LOCK

When I whois contrabart.com.au, the domain we have a site at I get this:

Registrar ID R00012-AR
Registrar Name TPP Internet
Status OK

Anyway just for the hell of it I decided to get TPP Internet to email me my password for the .net domain and I got it, and can login and change domain settings.

So im confused, who do I goto re register the .net domain as we have been notified that it will expire in 30 days.

Seen our .com.au is already definatly with TPP could I just get TPP to make sure they register it for us as soon as it expires?

Im confused

Any input would be great

[OuTpaTienT]

You should be able to do that yes. Talk to TPP. It would be best to get all your domains under a single registrar.

[[Neo770]]

Ok thanks OuT ill put in a support ticket with them now and see that they can do.

Any clue why it says Network Solutions as the registrar but I change settings with TPP?

[RobRich]

TPP is playing middle-man between you and Network Solutions, especially considering it is a .net top-level domain name. Very common with smaller host providers.

[[Neo770]]

Soo you mean we ask TPP to register a domain then they go and register it with somone big like network solutions and then they let us controll the domain, but through them?

[RobRich]

I do not see your provider on the Accredited Registrar Directory list.

http://www.internic.net/origin.html

TPP likely has registar status for .au country code top level domains, but must rely on a third-party like NIS to register the original top-level domains (.com, .org, .net., etc.).

[[Neo770]]

Oh ok, that makes sense then.
Thanks Rob.