A Control Panel is a tool which is used to control the content of a web hosting account. This includes, but is not limited to, files, e-mails, databases, statistics along with other operations executed with them. The Control Panel provides a web-based interface to control all these things and everything else relevant to 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 easier it'll be for you to handle your presence online as a whole. In the typical case, the Control Panel is the Internet hosting account’s back office, while a different billing account is employed to manage payments and domain name registrations - if the company provides this particular service. Trouble tickets may be addressed through the billing account or via an independent system.