A Control Panel is a web-based user interface where you can handle numerous aspects of your web presence. As an illustration, you could create or change site files, set up and check e-mail messages, control databases, check visitor statistics and so on. These things are carried out using buttons and menus in a browser and the CP may also be called ‘back office’, i.e. the administrative area associated with your website hosting account. Most Control Panels available will allow you to control all hosting-related matters, but you shall commonly require a different system to manage payments or to get a new domain name if the company offers domain registrations. Depending 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 troubleshoot and fix an issue as well, or you may need to employ a 3rd system.