A Control Panel is a software tool which is used to manage the content of a website hosting account. This can include, but is not limited to, files, emails, databases, stats and different operations performed with them. The Control Panel provides a web-based interface to control all of these things and everything else relevant to the web hosting service using different sections in which you can access functions through buttons and/or menus. The less difficult to use a Control Panel is, the easier it shall be for you to control your world-wide web presence as a whole. In the common case, the CP is the Internet hosting account’s back office, while an independent billing account is used to handle payments and domain registrations - if the company provides that service. Trouble tickets can be dealt with through the billing account or via a separate system.