A Control Panel is a web-based interface via which you can control various aspects of your world-wide web presence. For example, you may set up or change site files, create and check e-mails, handle databases, check visitor stats etc. These things are done via buttons and menus inside a browser and the CP could also be called ‘back office’, i.e. the admin area associated with your website hosting account. Most of the Control Panels out there will allow you to control all hosting-related matters, but you will usually require a different system to control payments or to get a new domain if the company offers domain registrations. Based 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 resolve a problem as well, or you may have to use a third system.