A Control Panel is a web-based user interface through which you can manage different aspects of your presence online. As an illustration, you could create or edit site files, set up and check emails, control databases, check visitor statistics and so on. Those things are done via buttons and menus inside an internet browser and the CP can also be called ‘back office’, i.e. the administration area associated with your web hosting account. Most Control Panels on the market will allow you to handle all hosting-related matters, but you shall often require a different system to take care of payments or to get a new domain name when the company offers domain registrations. Based 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 diagnose an issue too, or you may have to employ a third system.