A Control Panel is a web-based interface using which you can manage different aspects of your presence online. For instance, you could create or modify site files, set up and check e-mail messages, handle databases, check visitor statistics and so forth. These things are performed using buttons and menus in an internet browser and the Control Panel can also be called ‘back office’, i.e. the administrative area associated with your web hosting account. Most Control Panels on the market will allow you to manage all hosting-related matters, but you'll commonly need a different system to handle payments or to get a new domain when the company offers domain registrations. Depending on the platform they use, you may be able to use the billing account to open a support ticket to ask a question or to troubleshoot and fix a problem too, or you might have to employ a third system.