A Control Panel is a software tool that is used to control the content of an Internet hosting account. This includes, but is not limited to, files, e-mails, databases, statistics and various operations executed with them. The CP offers a web-based interface to handle all of these things and everything else associated with the website hosting service via different sections in which you can access functions through buttons and/or menus. The less difficult to use a CP is, the simpler it shall be for you to control your online presence as a whole. In the common case, the CP is the web hosting account’s back office, while a separate billing account is used to handle payments and domain name registrations - if the company provides this service. Trouble tickets may be dealt with via the billing account or via a separate system.