A Control Panel is a web-based user interface using which you can manage various aspects of your presence online. For instance, you may set up or change website files, create and check emails, control databases, check visitor statistics and so on. These things are carried out through buttons and menus in a browser and the Control Panel can also be called ‘back office’, i.e. the admin area associated with your web hosting account. Most of the Control Panels available will enable you to control all hosting-related matters, but you shall commonly need a different system to control payments or to get a new domain name when the company offers domain registrations. Depending on the platform they utilize, you can 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 may have to use a 3rd system.