A Control Panel is a tool used to handle the content of an Internet hosting account. This includes, but is not limited to, files, e-mails, databases, stats along with other operations executed with them. The Control Panel provides a web-based interface to handle all these things and everything else relevant to the website hosting service via different sections in which you can access functions through menus and/or buttons. The less complicated to use a Control Panel is, the simpler it shall be for you to control your online presence altogether. In the general case, the Control Panel is the web hosting account’s back office, while an independent billing account is employed to control payments and domain registrations - if the company offers this particular service. Trouble tickets can be managed from the billing account or by using a separate system.