A Control Panel is a tool that is used to manage the content of an Internet hosting account. This includes, but is not limited to, files, emails, databases, statistics and various operations performed with them. The Control Panel provides a web-based interface to control all of these things and everything else associated with the hosting service through different sections where you can access features through menus and/or buttons. The easier to use a Control Panel is, the simpler it'll be for you to handle your online presence as a whole. In the common case, the Control Panel is the hosting account’s back office, while a separate billing account is used to control payments and domain name registrations - if the company offers this service. Trouble tickets could be dealt with via the billing account or by using an independent system.