Most web hosting accounts come with a software management application that gives you easy management options from one location. This application is referred to as cPanel and for most beginners starting out with there own web hosting service this makes getting started very easy. With a little bit of trial and error even a beginner Will be right at home with this program.

Cpanel makes managing your domains easy enough. It gives you the ability to setup sub domains, redirect more than one domain to point at a website. It also allows the ability to add additional domains to the account. Typically the limits on these functions will be determined by your web hosting account

Cpanel is also where you go to setup email address's. You can setup email address's for each domain. Most web hosting providers allow you to even forward those emails to an existing account. The email setup functions will include being able to create, delete or modify each mail box that you setup. You will also have the ability to set it up as a pop account so you can download your email to a program like Microsoft's Outlook Express or read it through one of the email access programs in cpanel.

There is also going to be functions to manage your databases. You will be able to create, modify and delete databases as needed. This is usually a two step process where you setup the databases and then you have to setup users for them so that the applications using the database can get access.