A Control Panel is a software tool that is used to manage the content of an Internet hosting account. Including, but is not limited to, files, emails, databases, statistics and different operations performed with them. The CP provides a web-based interface to control all of these things and everything else associated with the web hosting service using different sections where you can access features through buttons and/or menus. The less complicated to use a Control Panel is, the easier it will be for you to handle your web presence in its entirety. In the general case, the CP is the Internet hosting account’s back office, while an independent billing account is employed to control payments and domain registrations - if the company offers that service. Trouble tickets could be addressed through the billing account or via a different system.