A Control Panel is a web-based user interface using which you can manage various aspects of your web presence. For example, you can easily create or modify site files, set up and check emails, handle databases, check visitor stats etc. These things are performed through buttons and menus inside a web browser and the CP can also be called ‘back office’, i.e. the administrative area associated with your Internet hosting account. Most Control Panels on the market will permit you to control all hosting-related matters, but you shall commonly need a different system to take care of payments or to get a new domain if the company offers domain registrations. With respect to the platform they employ, you may 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 use a 3rd system.