A Control Panel is a web-based user interface via which you can manage various aspects of your world-wide web presence. For example, you can easily set up or modify site files, set up and check e-mails, control databases, check visitor stats and so forth. Those things are performed using buttons and menus in a web browser and the CP may also be called ‘back office’, i.e. the admin area associated with your Internet hosting account. Most of the Control Panels out there will allow you to control all hosting-related matters, but you will often need a different system to handle payments or to get a new domain if the company offers domain registrations. Based on the platform they employ, you may be able to use the billing account to open a support ticket to ask a question or to troubleshoot an issue too, or you may have to use a third system.
