I am a web designer registering a domain
name for a customer - who should
be the "registrant"?

You should register the domain against the "end user" company - if a company is paying for you to register the name it would normally be registered under their name.

Transferring domains at a later date is a time consuming process and may incur additional costs.

You should also make them aware of their obligations - the registrant is the "legal entity" bound by the Terms and Conditions and Domain Name Registration Agreements.

See the other section (here) on - who "owns" a domain name?

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