Website development, as I do it from Calicut, is a short list.
The business. Who it is for, and what a visitor should do on the first screen. A menu, a booking, a product, or a message.
The site. Pages and a design that match the brand. Custom, unless WordPress is the right tool because the business needs to edit it. Shopify when the job is a store. A landing page when there is one offer and it needs to be live quickly.
Search. Titles, descriptions, and a structure so the site can be found after launch. Belagavi Proteins saw organic traffic rise 128% in 90 days after the site and that setup went live.
Handover. You can open the URL. Landing pages have shipped in 48 hours. Full sites in about 5 days, depending on content and photos. A new project usually starts within one to two weeks.