A Control Panel is a web-based user interface using which you can manage numerous aspects of your online presence. For instance, you can easily set up or edit website files, set up and check e-mails, control databases, check visitor statistics and so on. Those things are carried out via buttons and menus inside a web browser and the Control Panel can also be called ‘back office’, i.e. the administration area associated with your hosting account. Most Control Panels available will enable you to control all hosting-related matters, but you shall commonly require a different system to deal with payments or to get a new domain if the company offers domain registrations. With respect to the platform they utilize, you may be able to use the billing account to open a support ticket to ask a question or to troubleshoot a problem too, or you might have to use a 3rd system.