A Control Panel is a software tool used to control the content of a website hosting account. This includes, but is not limited to, files, email messages, databases, stats along with other operations performed with them. The Control Panel provides a web-based interface to manage all of these things and anything else relevant to the Internet hosting service via different sections where you can access features through menus and/or buttons. The less complicated to use a Control Panel is, the simpler it'll be for you to control your world-wide web presence in general. In the general scenario, the Control Panel is the hosting account’s back office, while an independent billing account is used to handle payments and domain registrations - if the company offers that particular service. Trouble tickets could be handled via the billing account or through an independent system.