You can also try searching for your hs1 address balance by googling/searching: hns block explorer in your web browser and pasting in your hs1 address.
After about a day for the redemption to clear on the network, you can use your HNS to register top-level domains (which could also be useful for usernames on systems which use Handshake). Replace NAME with your desired name. Please see the documentation on auctions and protocol summary for more information.
-Name status (week in which it will be released): ./bin/hsd-cli rpc getnameinfo NAME
+Name status (week in which it will be released if not yet available): ./bin/hsd-cli rpc getnameinfo NAME
Open for bidding (if name is not being opened): ./bin/hsw-cli rpc sendopen NAME
Send bid (5 is an example bid amount and 10 is your blinding mask, see documentation): ./bin/hsw-cli rpc sendbid NAME 5 10
Reveal bid (YOU MUST REVEAL AFTER BIDDING IS CLOSED WITHIN 10-BLOCK-DAYS OR YOU WILL LOSE YOUR COINS, SEE DOCUMENTATION): ./bin/hsw-cli rpc sendreveal NAME