A Control Panel is a web-based interface using which you can manage numerous aspects of your world-wide web presence. For example, you can create or edit site files, set up and check e-mail messages, manage databases, check visitor statistics and so forth. Those things are executed using buttons and menus in an internet browser and the CP could also be called ‘back office’, i.e. the administration area associated with your hosting account. Most Control Panels on the market will permit you to control all hosting-related matters, but you shall normally need a different system to control payments or to get a new domain if the company offers domain registrations. Depending on the platform they use, you may be able to use the billing account to open a support ticket to ask a question or to troubleshoot and fix an issue also, or you might have to use a third system.