A Control Panel is a software tool employed to control the content of a website hosting account. Including, but is not limited to, files, e-mail messages, databases, stats along with other operations performed with them. The Control Panel offers a web-based interface to handle all these things and anything else related to the hosting service through different sections in which you can access functions through buttons and/or menus. The easier to use a Control Panel is, the simpler it'll be for you to control your online presence in its entirety. In the general case, the CP is the Internet hosting account’s back office, while an independent billing account is used to manage payments and domain name registrations - if the company offers that particular service. Trouble tickets may be managed from the billing account or through an independent system.