A Control Panel is a web-based user interface via which you can manage various aspects of your online presence. As an illustration, you can set up or edit website files, set up and check email messages, handle databases, check visitor statistics and so forth. Those things are carried out using buttons and menus inside an internet browser and the Control Panel can also be called ‘back office’, i.e. the administrative area associated with your website hosting account. Most Control Panels out there will enable you to control all hosting-related matters, but you'll normally need a different system to control payments or to get a new domain name if the company offers domain registrations. Based on the platform they use, you could be able to use the billing account to open a support ticket to ask a question or to troubleshoot a problem as well, or you might have to employ a 3rd system.