A Control Panel is a web-based interface using which you can control numerous aspects of your web presence. As an example, you can set up or edit website files, create and check e-mail messages, manage databases, check visitor statistics and so forth. These things are performed using buttons and menus in a web browser and the CP may also be called ‘back office’, i.e. the administration area associated with your web hosting account. Most Control Panels on the market will enable you to handle all hosting-related matters, but you shall normally require a different system to control payments or to get a new domain when the company offers domain registrations. Depending on the platform they employ, you can be able to use the billing account to open a support ticket to ask a question or to resolve an issue also, or you might have to employ a 3rd system.