A Control Panel is a web-based user interface where you can manage numerous aspects of your online presence. As an example, you can create or modify website files, create and check e-mails, handle databases, check visitor statistics and so forth. Those things are carried out using buttons and menus in a web browser and the CP can also be called ‘back office’, i.e. the administration area associated with your Internet hosting account. Most of the Control Panels on the market will permit you to manage all hosting-related matters, but you shall usually require a different system to manage payments or to get a new domain when the company offers domain registrations. Depending on the platform they employ, you could be able to use the billing account to open a support ticket to ask a question or to diagnose a problem as well, or you might have to use a third system.